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Every year, according to the U.S. Justice Department, the Philadelphia police shoot an average of 75 people, which contributes heavily to the force's image as one of the toughest in the nation. This reputation is a source of pride to Mayor Frank Rizzo, who was a cop for 28 years. On a visit to Italy in 1977, he declared that the best way to deal with criminals is "spacco il capo," which can be loosely translated as "break heads...
...Frank Rizzo, mayor of Philadelphia, who leaves city hall in December after eight years in office: "This city could never pay Frank Rizzo back for what I've done-slept on floors, no holidays, no vacation. I knew I was the difference between destruction and disorder...
...November 1977. Harvard trails Yale 10-7, with 10 minutes to go, and the Crimson's All-Everything end Bob Baggott sacks Yale's QB Bob Rizzo on third down at his 35. Eli Mike Sullivan fools everybody--including Carm Cozza and, possibly, himself--by running around end for a touchdown. Yale goes...
...Philadelphia, the campaign to amend the city charter to permit Mayor Frank Rizzo to seek a third term also rebounded against Flaherty. Democrat Rizzo, whose campaign had strong anti-black overtones, angered many Philadelphians. They voted 2-to-l against the mayor and in the process failed to give Flaherty the necessary margin to offset Thornburgh's advantage elsewhere. The Republican victory in the gubernatorial race is important, since it gives control of a populous Eastern state...
...prove the wisdom of Philadelphia's refusal to give Rizzo a chance at another term, a federal grand jury last week heard charges that his administration was responsible for the failure of perhaps hundreds of voting machines, most of them concentrated in anti-Rizzo wards. One of the city's election commissioners, Margaret Tartagalione, a Rizzo supporter, was arrested for having ordered voting machines in other anti-Rizzo districts moved away from regular polling places...