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PRESS, Nov. 7, 1973 Beame to Take Over Second it Toughest Job i the eeneral election city the general election. i He worked his way through He and his wife of 41 years, the former Mary to-cermann, have two sons, Ed-mond, who teaches economics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and Bernard, a free-lance television producer. When the Beames move to Gracie Mansion, the Manhattan residence of the mayor, they will leave a modest IVr room apartment In EMoklyn. He campaigned energetically, even though New York City's large Democratic enrollment made him the favorite from the start.

Stressing management expertise and projecting a reasoned approach to problems, Beam supported a proposed transportation bond issue and construction of a new conventoin center. tegrity, precision, loyalty and a good-natured, unpretentious manner. His political foes called him drab and unima-ginitive. Born in London, Beame was brought to New York by his parents and grew up on the Lower East Side, where he acquired the nickname "Spunky" because of his scrappiness. NEW YORK UP) At 67 years old, more than retirement age for most men, Comptroller Abraham D.

Beame is embarking on what others have called the second toughest job in the land mayor of New York City. Beame's election yesterday achieved the goal that eluded him eight years ago and culminated 23 years in public ASBURY PARK EVENING Mayor-elect Abraham Beams quarters. 6 map nn office, all of it in the finan cial end of city government. In succeeding John V. Lindsay, the soft-spoken, silver-haired comptroller becomes the first Jewish mayor in the history of New York, the city with the world's largest Jewish population.

Beame is short, 5 feet 1, and has a reputation for in ROAST OB LEGS i Beame Is inner In IV, Y. Landslide City College and both taught school and began an accounting firm before entering politics through the Democratic regular organization. Loyal party worried to his appointment in 1946 as an assistant city budget director and six years later he was named budget director by Mayor Robert F. Wagner. 3l JUICE n7 mm BREAST Vrfith Rib Cage HI 1 NEW YORK -Democrat Abraham D.

Beame scored a landslide victory over three opponents yesterday, becoming the first Jewish mayor of the city with the world's largest Jewish population. The diminutive 67-year-old city comptroller also led the first Democratic sweep of city offices in 12 years. Beame will succeed retiring Mayor John V. Lindsay, a recently converted Democrat who was elected once as a Republican and once as a Liberal. He took no part in this campaign.

The landslide in the city contrasted with close contests in two statewide elections. In the first contest for chief judge of the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, in 60 years, Republi Between two terms as comptroller, Beame ran for mayor in 1965 and lost to John V. Lindsay, then a Republican. Lindsay, re-elected in 1969. announced he would not seek a third term in City Hall.

Beame reported spending $1.5 million on this year's campaign, which involved a primary and a runoff before ALL VARIETIES FROZEN ml BOUND BONE OR BLADE UMB CHOPS SM1SA6E 'O'Dwyer Captures N. Ye Council Post nrnrnT(TiiTm REG. or ELEC. GRIND FAMILY SIZE waves to crowd at head (AP) can Charles D. Breitel led Democrat Jacob Fuchsberg in early returns.

A $3.5 billion state transportation bond issue, proposed and backed by Republican Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, was leading 2 to 1 in the city, and losing by nearly that margin upstate. It was touted in the city as the only way to save the 35-cent subway and bus fare. Beame led in all five boroughs over three major opponents Republican State Sen.

John Marchi; Democratic Rep. Mario Biaggi, running as a Conservative, and State Assemblyman Albert Blumen-thal, another Democrat who was the Liberal nominee. Returns from 1,296 of the 4,571 polling places gave Beame 249,316, Marchi 74,339, Biaggi 57,079, Blumenthal 53.33L tive Thomas Galvin, 225,802 or 32 per cent: and Liberal Simeon Golar, 65.232 or 9 per cent. Goldin. 437,455 or 62 per cent; Conservative Joseph Perrini, deputy comptroller, 150,800 or 22 per cent; and Republican Richard Lewi-sohn, city finance administrator, 111,266 or 16 per cent.

The City Council president, who earns $40,000 a year, presides over council meetings and holds four votes on the influential Board of Estimate. O'Dwyer, 66, served as Manhattan councibnan-at-large from 1963 to 1965. He has lost races for both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and was defeated twice in Senate primaries and once in a mayoral primary. Outspoken in behalf of Irish and Israeli causes, the white-haired candidate who speaks with a brogue has long been involved with civil rights, the peace movement, and trade unions.

Galvin, an architect, previously served for 20 months as chairman of the city's board of Standards and Appeals. Golar, is the former chairman of the city's Housing Authority and the only major-party black candidate on the ballot. Goldin, a veteran reform Democrat, was accused by one opponent of running a campaign heavily financed by Wall Street tycoons and using phony endorsements. Goldin called the charges "by and large" absurd. Perrini, the source of the charges against Goldin, is a career civil servant who has spent about 15 years as deputy comptroller.

Lewisohn claimed he was best equipped for the job, citing his service as city treasurer and finance administrator with the Lindsay of THE SHOP-RITE BRAND OATSUJI? 8D 46-oz. can (51 MUD) SOAP PADS 5 l7 -Ib. 1 can NEW YORK LT) Democratic Paul O'Dwyer, a veteran civil rights crusader and spokesman for other liberal causes, overwhemed two opponents yesterday in the race for City Council president. State Sen. Harrison J.

Golden, a Bronx lawyer running tihe Democrat and Liberal Klines, routed Republican and "Conservative rivals in the contest for comptroller, a post he sought unsuccessfully four years ago. With 51 per cent of the vote in, the breakdown in the two races are: O'Dwyer, 421,631 or 59 per cent; Republican-Conserva- Paperhanger Remodeling? Check "Services" in the Classified Section for the firm to add the finishing touch! 6GB (SID 26-oz. btl. SHOP-RITE FROZEN IN "POUR STORE" BAGS CAR! CM kllflwH 24-oz. bags 20-OZ.

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