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...worst. Fiorello LaGuardia, who ruled New York from 1934 to '45, besides reforming and rebuilding his city, was famous for smashing slot machines with a sledgehammer and reading the comics to children over the radio during a newspaper strike. On the other hand, Chicago's William (Big Bill) Thompson, first elected in 1915, kept a picture of his good buddy Al Capone on his office wall and once conducted a debate between himself and two white rats, which he placed onstage to represent his political opponents...
...SCOTT THOMPSON Dallas...
Newspapers throughout the country recorded incredulity at a seemingly classic case of injustice. Tens of thousands of Illinois citizens signed protest petitions and inundated Governor James Thompson's office with phone calls, telegrams and letters. How, everyone wondered, could Cook County Judge Richard Samuels have done it? The judge, after allowing Convicted Rapist Gary Dotson a few days of freedom on bail, had then sent him back to prison, despite the fact that his supposed victim, Cathleen Crowell Webb, had retracted her accusation. But while most members of the legal community shared the public discomfort with the outcome of Dotson...
...policies require prospective immigrants to prove they have sufficient financial resources to avoid becoming welfare recipients once they arrive. Thus most legal immigrants to this land of opportunity are above the poverty level and are already better off than the 36% of blacks who are below that line. Victor Thompson Fort Wayne...
...advertising editions targeted for specific audiences. Although advertiser resistance has not been fully overcome, it is easing. "The color and setup of USA Today fairly well guarantees that if someone goes through the newspaper, he is going to see your ad," says Richard Kostyra, media director at J. Walter Thompson, a New York ad agency...