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...great movements of this century or of any other, an expansion of the concept of our human dignity and of our worth. One-half of the human race is waking to claim its birthright. The full participation of women in our national life-in our courts, capitols, boardrooms, precinct houses, theaters and universities-will flood this country with new energy and imagination and genius...
...election day, one of Burke's precinct captains greeted voters in Polish, but the final word of his lecture was clear in any language: "Epton." Urging people to vote Republican "is a big nut to swallow," the precinct worker explained, "but I've lived in this neighborhood 76 years, and we don't want it to change." Race was clearly the overriding concern. "The whites should be with the whites and the blacks with the blacks," said another precinct captain...
...Harold Washington was already savvy about the byzantine world of Chicago politics: he worked with his father, a Democratic precinct captain, organizing voters on the South Side. He also received an early education in the rigors of competition. While at Du Sable High School, he won the city championship in the 120-yd. high hurdles. At the Civilian Conservation Corps camps, he became a no-nonsense amateur middleweight boxer who won 50 of 60 fights, 15 by knockout. Laughs the mayor-elect today: "I'm a pretty good bare-knuckles fighter...
...trade, the law-abiding citizens of Alphabet Town three weeks ago marched in protest to Mayor Ed Koch's apartment in nearby Greenwich Village. Police officials grumble that only an air strike could clean it up. Because of budget cuts, the complement of 300 officers in the Ninth Precinct, which patrols the area, has shrunk...
Detective Kenneth Lent of New York City's 19th Precinct, who is handling the case, said yesterday that family members told him Cattan had been enrolled at the University of Hartford Lent added he did not know why the newspapers thought Cattan was from Harvard...