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...Watergate seemed to be a decisive factor in Philadelphia, where a notable Republican incumbent, District Attorney Arlen Spector, 43, was defeated by a Democratic virtual unknown, Attorney F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, 43. A popular campaigner who was slated for higher office, Spector had the backing of Philadelphia's Democratic Mayor Frank Rizzo. Both had been ardent supporters of Nixon, and this became a Fitzpatrick asset. On Election Day, Republicans did not get out enough of the vote, while the Democratic machine did its traditional duty; even its entire slate of 39 Court of Common Pleas judgeships was elected. "Watergate...
...some Women's Liberationists to avoid male obstetricians. Another reason is the gradual acceptance of home delivery outside of remote rural areas, where it is often a necessity. "The difference between a home delivery and a hospital delivery is the difference between day and night," says Mary Edna Fitzpatrick, recently retired from teaching at the Medical College of Virginia and a veteran of about 140 deliveries during her own years as a public-health nurse. "At home you don't get any screaming and yelling, and you don't have to use as much medication. Labor is shortened by hours...
...contractor, Ewbank (William Swetland), is on the verge of bankruptcy, but he wants to give his daughter a splashy lawn wedding reception. His workers are sullen, sassy and querulous. Two of them, Fitzpatrick (Emery Battis) and Marshall (John Cazale), verbally dominate the play, like stinging tarantulas. On a certain level, Storey has drawn a scathing portrait of the welfare state prole. But Storey never withdraws his compassion from any of these men. When the foreman, Kay (John Braden), is exposed as an ex-convict, and another workman is mocked because his wife deserted him for his impotence, Storey fills each...
...press conference held yesterday morning at the office of the Massachusetts Council on Crime and Correction, the group offered a joint statement praising Fitzpatrick for making "an honest effort to change a system that--because of some inmates, some guards and some wardens--may be almost impossible to change...
...Tyler of the Massachusetts Council on Crime and Correction recommended that Sargent consider appointing Dr. Jerome Miller, currently chairman of the Department of Youth Services, or John Buckley, Sheriff of Middlesex County, to replace Fitzpatrick. Both Miller and Buckley have been highly praised for their administrative expertise and commitment to reform...