European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday june 18, 1977 new York Bella Abzug reacted to the television lights As if she were in a Shower on a hot Day. The arms waved happily her face became soft and Pink and her wide body seemed to shrink several Picas with each de lighted breath As she informed the crowd in the room that she was a candidate for mayor of new York. I m rain to she said. I m in Good form from top to Bottom and every other part in her crowd of supporters yelped and Bella gave a big smile and people wore buttons and played with imitation Straw hats and it was Good for everybody in the place i stood in the bark of the room and accepted congratulations. If it were not for me of course Delia Abzug would not be on the ballot for the democratic primary in sep tember. Because of my sense of right and wrong of my willingness to express outrage. New York voters will be Able to make a Choice from a Field of mayoral candidates that includes Bella Abzug and for this i feel i am to be applauded that was terrific of Gloria Stei Nam said yesterday she came up to me in the Back of the room and kissed me. Forget about said. Ill never forget Gloria said. Think nothing of it 1 said i had to turn away so Mary travers could hug me. Tins All started Back in february when there was Only surface news being reported about new York politics. This is because the majority of those who report on politics in this City Don t even think enough of new York to live Here. On the newspaper where i work one political writer lives in Jersey and another lives on in my Island this is terrific if you arc going to write about Turnpike traffic and Railroad delays. The political writer for the new York times lives so far out on Long Island that people living there still grow potatoes of which he knows less but 1 live in this City. My investment in this City is my six kids who also Are going to live Here. So 1 have a bit of a personal inter est in what goes on. And. One night Back in february i bumped into a Guy at the bar and he said to me 1 wish that Bella Abzug would Stop abusing Howard Rubenstein s Issue i said. Something he said. Now i knew something was going on. Howard Ilu Hunstein is mayor came s Polit ical adviser if Bella was calling Ruben Stein s House enough to get mad at the maid then some business was being done. There was. Came had decided he wanted to run for re election. The last place he lived was the top floor of a two family House in Rockaway. Ii was a Nice House and a Good Street. Gracie mansion is better. Beame began to think about possible opponents As he did. He could hear Bella Abzug s feet clamping on the floor in the other room. Abe Beame thought. The record shows he cannot think very Well for others such As the people of new York but he is terrific at doing it for himself. He came up with an obvious answer get Bella out of the picture by getting her a Job. On a Friday in the Middle of february Abe came Slid Down to Washington and saw Jimmy Carter for a half hour. Ever since the election. Abe came had been talk ing about How much Jimmy Carter owed Bella Abzug new York because of the election results. Now he was in the White House alone with Carter and he was going to Cash in. Welfare Reform transit Money forget about it. Get Bella a Job. Came left the White House and said Noth ing about his conversation with Carter. That was Friday. On monday Bella Abzug walked into Jimmy Carter s office. When she came out she was exuberant. He wants me to work in the administration Bella said. When t heard that knew that 1 had them. Dirty politicians who Are they to pull off deals like this i got Alan Hochberg from the Bronx and started to put together a column that would Knock this Deal out of the Box. Alan Hochberg is a former new York state assemblyman. He is a former assemblyman because he got convicted of offering an oppo nent a Job in order to get him out of the race. The charge was fraudulently affecting the outcome of a primary. I was convicted for exactly what Carter Abzug and Beame arc Hochbert said. Do you think we All could go away to Gether when the newspaper came out in new York that night Bella at aug got a copy of it. She went berserk. She went to the Telephone and called my Friend Pete Hamill who was asleep in his House in Brooklyn. In a Pinch they All look alike. You Bella screamed at Hamill. Who the hell do you think you Are me Hamill said. Call the Guy up yourself. I m the next Day Jody Powell of the White House called. You re comparing the president with somebody from the Bronx who got convicted of Avrahm i was ready for him. Try to yell at me he saw came on Friday 1 said. What did they talk about the weather then Bella came in on monday and told people she was offered a Job. What am i supposed to think after i Hung up. I was elated. I had out pointed them All. Beame. Carter. Powell Abzug. There was to be no Job in washing ton. If she wanted to keep her career Active she would have to run for mayor. And Here she was yesterday up in the from of the room waving her arms in the lights and the music and now there is a real primary in new York and everybody was coming around thanking me for it to new York Pridun across 1 reality 5 Moose like deer8 horned vipers12 Stravinsky 13 starting place 14 persian fairy 15 school for priests it Siberia River 18 figure of speech 19 pixie21 was beholden24 spoken by laotians25 daring 28 silent Star theda30 pull 31 individual crave is Frozen dessert existed37 indigo 38 beat it39 title 41 Groom i India 43 things Tobe dealt with46 secretes 50 diet or fare51 Branch of the Creek tribe 54 an Skittles 55 personality56 Man s name57 Mel Priidu Donnas Khan 59 pledge down1 closed hand z dyeing apparatus 3 1-Ake i Italy 4 three legged stool5 greek letter 6 celtic Neptune 7 tones of voice8 armadillo 9 of symptoms avg. Solution time 22 min. 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All she needs to get Herway is to bang her Bead a Tew times and Yon dance to her tone some kids tyrannize their Moth ers by holding their breath til their faces torn purple first rest assured the child will not kill herself. Then make of your mind hat you will no permit Ber to dominate you. It will be a Battle of wills for a few Days but if you hang in there you la win. If you lose prepare Tobe manipulated and bossed around for the rest of your life. Dear Ann i live in a Small town with no daily newspaper so i subscribe to one from a nearby City that runs your column. A Friend of mine does the Friend is a Nice person but she does t have much commonsense. Her paper usually arrives before mine and she has this habit of phoning and asking has your paper come yet before i have a Chance to answer she says listen to this. Then she begins to read the death notices first and the your column. Tills takes All the Joy out of Reading my paper. How can i Tell her to Stop without hurting he feelings frustrated Scarf rus the Best Way to Tel anyone anything is in simple direct next time the town crier gets on the bom say please Don t read me the paper any More. The reason i Lake mine is because re rather see the news than Bear it dear Ann i was interested inthe letter from the Daugher who related How her 83-year-Oldmother had used up All her father s Energy by demanding so much care. Mother was placed in nursing Home Cost $1,200 a month and drove the nursing personnel crazy. She accused them of being mean Toner have an 85-year-old lady in our nursing Home who also accused us of being cruel to Ber. Sic screamed refused to nothings for herself things she had done for several years be cause i pay Good Money for this i spent a lot of Tim trying to please her and Felt i had succeeded when she began to behave herself. One Day i saw her Reading column of yours that she bad clipped out of the paper. It waste one i referred to. 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