New York mayor race called racist
NEW YORK (UPI)—No candidate in his right mind would make an obvious appeal to racism or bigotry in any New York City election, but the current campaign for the mayor of America's largest city has turned into a fight in which they have become almost the only visible issues.
John V. Lindsay nor John J. Marchi nor Mario A. Procacino is a bigot or a racist. Yet for the first time in memory, bigotry and racism have become almost the only issue in a New York City mayoral election.
Lindsay is the Republican mayor who lost his party's primary to Marchi and chose to run for re-election as the city's liberal party candidate and on an independent line. Besides the Republican banner, Marchi is running under that of the Conservative party. Proaccaccio is the Democratic candidate in the election to be held Nov. 4.
Lindsay denies calling Procaccino a racist, yet, one after another, Democrats who insist they cannot stomach Procaccino have come forward to endorse Lindsay and accuse Procaccino of conducting a campaign which has deteriorated into racism.
Proaccaccino, for his part, has kept the issue in the forefront by calling frequent news conferences to accuse the mayor of maligning him.
Dominant Theme
Gone are the expected blasts at Lindsay for the way snow piled up in the Queens borough last winter or the allegations of his opponents that he has fumbled housing and labor relations. Lost in the racist talk are the Lindsay boasts for accomplishments and for keeping the city cool when many others were burning.
Everything is buried in the repeated charges and countercharges of racism—always accompanied by a denial by everyone that he is calling anyone else a racist.
On Oct. 10, the three contenders will engage in their first debate—not before the public or the television cameras, but in the offices of the New York Times. It is expected that racially colored charges and counter charges will resound there as they have everywhere else since the campaign began.
Started With Strike
The campaign started in a town already menaced by racial and religious tensions. The school strikes last fall—which seemed to pit white Jewish teachers against blacks—had done that. Then Procaccino and Marchi both made "law and order" the key issues of their primary campaigns and the fat was in the fire.
"Law and order" to the city's large black and Puerto Rican population meant the police could abuse them. "Law and order" to certain whites meant the cops would "keep those people in their place."
During the primary campaign, Bronx Borough President Herman Badillo, who waged an unsuccessful battle for the Democratic Mayoral nomination, joined with Lindsay in an unusual statement condemning "appeals to fear."
Professor honored
Dr. H. Glenn Wolfe, a KU professor of Genetics, has received a special fellowship from the National Institute of Health, one of only three such awards made this year for research abroad.
Wolfe and his family will leave this week for Harwoll, England to spend a year's sabbatical leave working in the radio-biological research unit of Great Britain's Medical Research Council. Harwoll is Great Britain's unclassified atomic center.
Sept. 22
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland (UPI) — Worried by an explosion which smashed windows and tore a hole in a street, Roman Cath- olics Sunday night rebuilt street barricades in one section of Belfast.
Barricades up in Belfast
A police spokesman said the explosion was caused by "some sort of bomb" left in a brown paper bag on the street. No one was injured in the blast.
Troops and police were sent to the scene and cordoned off the area. At least 30 windows were broken along exchange street in the dock area of the city by the
About 1,800 British soldiers, on edge after weekend shootings, stabbings and firebomb attacks, Sunday patrolled the shattered streets of Belfast with rifles and searchlights.
explosion. It is a predmoninantly Catholic section.
Police said they were concerned over the lack of response from feuding Roman Catholics and Protestant to the government's three-week arms amnesty which ends Sunday night. They said only a handful of weapons had been surrendered.
Rumors circulated through the streets of a black market in weapons and of gunrunning into Roman Catholic and Protestant zones.
In spite of a massive army security network around the city's trouble spots, violence erupted sporadically throughout the weekend.
Bus routes now include Gatehouse
Early Sunday, a man was hospitalized with "serious" stab wounds after an incident in the Orneau Road area, a mixed neighborhood of Catholics and Protestants. Nearby, a gasoline bomb was hurled at a taxi headquarters but it failed to ignite.
Residents of Gatehouse apartments, W. 26th St., now enjoy bus service to and from the campus. The new route was initiated by the Lawrence Bus Company during the second week of September and will contine throughout the school year.
Duane Ogle, manager of the Lawrence Bus Company, said results of the route so far have been very good.
New force adds security
Working eight-hour shifts, nine new Public Safety (P.S.) Officers are answering Lawrence emergency calls, in coordination with the police and fire departments. A 24-hour patrol is designed for immediate response.
The men, a Sept. 1 addition to the Department of Public Safety, were selected to provide three officers on duty every shift. Two P.S. Officers patrol in an unmarked car, the third in another emergency unit.
Volunteers for the combined police-fireman position were narrowed to four firemen and five policemen, on the basis of previous experience and performance. Two months of daily extensive training sessions began June 30 in first aid, fire and police techniques. Less rigorous training continues.
The patrol car carries a resuscitator, first-aid kit and complete fire-fighting tools. Equipped with
one emergency blue light for better visibility, the car also flashes a red light in regulation with Kansas laws.
Gilbert Smith, Director of Public Safety, stressed the program is a supplement to the police and fire departments, not a future replacement. He said it was designed for maximum city protection.
Concerned with Public Safety Service, Lawrence joined Boulder, Colo., and Ft. Worth, Tex., in initiating the system, Smith said.
P. S. Officer Robert Lemon said regular police attire is worn now, but new uniforms will consist of blue blazer, gray slacks, white shirt, black tie and black shoes.
Plans for increasing the force to a possible 15 members will begin in 1970.
AMERICAN ROYAL QUEEN NOMINATIONS
The University of Kansas is now in the process of selecting a candidate to represent KU at the American Royal, October 9-12, 1969.
1) If you have a 1.00 cumulative grade point average and have attended KU for at least one semester . . .
2) If you live off-campus and would like to be considered in the competition . . .
Please contact the Dean of Women's Office, 220 Strong Hall for further information.
All applications must be returned to the Dean of Women's Office by 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 23,1969.
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