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...fall guy's role. Even politicians who are not racist?as Procaccino and Marchi are not?can capitalize on this sentiment. Candidates can be swept into office solely on its strength. Circumstances vary from region to region, but some of the same factors appear. Thus Detective Charles Stenvig finds himself the mayor of Minneapolis, and Sam Yorty was re-elected in Los Angeles for no other discernible reason than that his opponent was black and his constituents frightened...
Police Detective Charles S. Stenvig, 41, an independent with a ragtag organization, rolled over Republican City Council President Dan Cohen. Stenvig took city hall with 62% of the vote, amassing majorities of up to 81% in working-class areas. Cohen, 33, a Harvard Law School graduate, had the backing of the city's powerful labor leaders and the endorsement of big names, including Richard Nixon and Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy. Yet Stenvig carried all but two of the city's 13 wards. The result was all the more astonishing because, with a Negro population of just 3%, Minneapolis...
Continuing Decay. But the voters learn about upheavals elsewhere, on TV and in the press; fear is contagious. While Cohen put on a slick, well-financed campaign, Stenvig had only to state repeatedly that he would make the city safe for everyone. Cohen issued detailed position papers on housing, taxes, pollution and other issues, and attacked Stenvig as a Northern-style George Wallace. The detective meanwhile produced no specific programs, even in the law-and-order field. He answered personal criticism with the reassurance: "I'm not goofy...
...excursionists who have fun sending home Hell-marked postcards.† Situated on hilly ground, Hell (the Norwegian word for luck or slope) maintains two churches but no fire department, has cool summers, bitterly cold winters, sometimes freezes over completely. Last week mild-mannered, blue-eyed Lorentz Stenvig, mayor of Hell, arrived in Manhattan as the guest of publicity-wise Robert ("Believe It or Not") Ripley, gave the press a chance to make free use of naughty expressions. Sample: chided by Host Ripley for bringing Manhattan a heat wave, Mayor Stenvig replied: "Why, it's hotter than Hell...