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4.1 Or DAILY NEWS, iMONDAY, APRIL 21, '1969 7A 1 3 Ay By EDWARD O'NEILL TViPrP hnn alwavs been lively debate in political cir-t cles over the value of a Liberal Party endorsement such? as that won by Mayor Lindsay last week. The question Do you lose more votes than tne line can oenver Because you took the nod the first place 1 In Demftcratic Party backrooms it is still a question. 01d-line; Dems and those right of center have been known to dead auy-j one wearing that Liberal tag. On the other hand, the party lias beenj-salted with enough 2 and free-swingers to muddle the POLICIES? Th answer is more clear-cut in the Republican Party. So much tkmu COP leaders who back the mayor now openly rOx, NEWS photo by Richard Corkcry The best dramatic actor of the season, James Earl Jones, star of "The Great White Hope," is cheered again by fans as he leaves Tony awards show with actress Lauren Bacall.

voice fears that tg jonn my very well have- blown the Repub- Iican primary Dy nis puuuu with' Liberal Party bosses this past week. 3 FeeayA pBms uonsiaer. tne-picture: An incumbent mayor of New York, hat in hand, forced to ap rtt Jfi llKr t'li pear before the bosses oi a splinter group while insisting how "proud" he'was to get their nomination. s': That was- bad enough some GOPers raee. What followed was that the mayor then had to beg By JAMES DAVIS I 1 the Libs to give their support to his two.

running mates, Sanford "The Great White Hope," based on the career of Negro heavyweight boxing Garelik and Fioravante G. ler- champion Jack Johnson, won three Tony awards last night as the Broadway theater gathered in glitter and glamor to heap honors on its own rotta. After-- all, Lindsay deserves something from the Libs. He has repaid them over and over again for those votes they The drama won the best play erot for him four vears aeo. For a roviow of tho TV pro i duction of tho Tony Award iow, Btn GroM column on pago 34.

1 1 award; its male lead, James Earl Jones, won the best dramatic actor award, and Jane Alexander, who plays Jones' white wife, was voted the best supporting actress in a drama. The tuneful treatment of the American Revolution, was another triple-award winner. It won the best musical award and Ronald Holgate won the award as best supporting actor in a musical. Peter Hunt took a Tony for directing the play. Both Have Racial Aspects Both "The Great White Hope" and "1776" dealt with the situation of Negroes in the United States.

In the musical, the Founding Fathers are shown passing up a chance to write, a clause in the Declaration of Independence recommending the freeing of slaves. In "The Great White Hope," the reaction of whites to the champion's mar-age to a white woman destroys the powerful slugger. Veteran actress Julie Harris, who began her stage career as the lonely 12-year-old in "Member Of The Wedding," won the best dramatic actress award for her portrayal of a 40-year-old woman smitten by love for an 18-year-old boy on a Greek Island in "Forty Carats." The best actor award for performance in a musical went to Jerry Orbach, who plays the hapless apartment renter in "Promises, the musical version of the movie, "The Apartment." Angela Lansbury, who rocked Broadway in won the award for the best actress in a musical. She copped ths honor for her role in "Dear a musical adaptation of the play, "The Madwoman of Chaillot." Voted best supporting dramatic actor for his role as the tormented drug addict in the shortlived "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?" was Al Pacino, Celebs Pay $35 a Ticket The 23d annual award ceremonies in the Mark Hellinger Theatre attracted a luminous collection of celebrities who paid $35 a head to gaze upon the superlative array of talent gathered to hand out and receive the prestige-laden silver medallions The awards come from the world's toughest critics theater people themselves to acknowledge excellence in theatrical The ceremonies were televised nationwide by the. National Broadcasting The producer of the award show, Alexander H.

Cohen, who worked on behalf of the League of New York Theatres under the authorization of the American Theatre Wing, saw another of his productions win an award. That was "Dear World." The awards were founded in 1947 in memory of Antoinette (Continued on page 52, eof. 1) i IPlililliiiil I ISIililllllp ki Nlilllp The results of the past week's, activity could give New York a historical repeat a three-way race such as the one staged in 1953 when the Liberal candidate actually started out as the favorite Such a repeat could be set up if Lindsay loses his GOP pri- mary tussle against Sen. John Marchi. andor Vito Battista and runs on the Liberal line alone.

-r-r In '53 this newspaper ran a popularity poll of candidates nothing about parties, issues or opponents, just popularity. The? runaway winner was the then president of ithe City CouncU? Jh4iM Rudolph Halley of Kef auver committee aBie. V) 4 Licking their chops, the Libs endorsed Halley and prevailed upon him to run for them alone and NOT enter the Democratic party primary against Mayor Vincent Impellitteri and RobertiF. Wagner Jr. In retrospect, Rudy might -have -won that one easily.

i' Came the election and Halley, now-faced with solidified opposition in Wagner and Republican Harold Riegelman, suddenly took a nosedive. The end result of course was a Wagner victory, his first. RETIREMENTS A rare, simultaneous Mr. and Mrs. double by Eugene D.

Grun, who leaves after 47 years of city service as a senior transportation inspector for the Franchise arid bis wife, Edna, a telephone operator in the State Supreme Court Build- ing, departing after 27 years on the job. 4 Proeoeeino Aide Also Leaving Also, Albert Margolies, chief speech writer and director of e-l' search for Controller Mario A. Procaccino, effective next Friday. Al, who, joined the controller's office 10' years ago after a long stint 1 as a public relations man in the film industry, plans to go to Israel" to start a cultural program for children of all ethnic and religious '--3 backgrounds. Then, we have a to announce.

Irving Oppenheim, Mayor Lindsay's personal steno, rounds out 38 years in city service" this week and plans to stay just where he is. Oppy began his' career 1 in 1931 as an autopsy steno in the city morgue. CITY COUNCIL The moat interesting council taoe in town is shaping up in Staten Island, where incumbent GOP Councilman-atr, Large David D. Smith, the only one of 10 sitting at-largers to denied renomination by his organization, has decided to run as' the Conservative Party candidate. If he wins and on Staten Island.

it's likely hell be the fiist pure Conservative in city Richmond Republican Kingmakers eased Smith out in an odd way. They offered him a council district nomination against bent Dem Ed Curry. Curry is only slightly unbeatable over so the offer is akin to offering a drink of water to a drowning man. Smith, who recognizes a ride on the Staten Island Ferry when he, -I. sees one, turned down that "nomination." On the old if-they-don't-join-you, beat-'em' theory, Dave is now striking out to make local political history.

The two at-large seats in each county go to the two highest vote-getters, regardless -i- Smith's GOP opposition, by the way, is expected to be Frank NEWS Photo by Richard Corkery Marian Mercer holds the card which named her best supporting actress for "Promises, Promises." Sirhsn Jury Set to Weigh Sentence By THEO WILSON Staff Corresoondent of The News Los Angeles," April 20 Put yourself in the place of one of the 12 jurors of the oirnan iaiTnan muraer xnai. iou nave aecraea tnat ne committed first degree murder Dionuiueuo, wn0 lost out in last year's congressional election to' wnen ne snot en. Kooert a. Kennedy to death and that he is a political assassin the a. tl.

i A 4 1 xl mi nnt i.uot uiie uruugut iu niai in me uniieu otaiea since ivvz, t- Emberresfd by Rival fa Baum Now you must return to the cutor John Howard will speak for about 20 minutes. The defense attorneys have, estimated that their arguments' and. evidence will take no more than a day or a day and half. 'Then, after instructions on the -law from the judges you will re turn- to your small deliberation room one light above the7 trial room, and wrestle with the ques trial room in the Hall of Justice tomorrow to decide whether Sir-han should die for what he did, or go to prison for life. The prosecutors have told you that' the 25-year-old Palestinian Arab is cold and, vicious killer.

although they will not urge that irhan be sent to the gas chamber, they will remind you that be "has" shown no remorse, and they also will remind you that political assassination is Sirhan's lawyers have told you that the volatile, brooding -little defendant is a mental a "poor gick wretch" who could no more control himself than could a computer programmed for Under California law, if the death sentence is passed. Judge Herbert V. could reduce it to life. The law also provides an automatic appeal, from the Mayor Lindsay and Sen. Jacob K.

Javits are both embarrassed by the decision of Bernard A. Rittersporn an aide to javits, to challenge veteran GOP Councilman Lester Baum in the June 17 primary. Javits quickly grabbed JUttersporn's resignation and indt-S" cated support for Baum; Lindsay people, we bear, have also presS-sured him to. lay off Baum, the mayor's most consistent City Council' supporter. f- "Short takes: To give impetus to his drive to organize an feffeC' tive citywide narcotic control program, Dr.

Robert Baird, nbted 'heaa' of the Haven in East Harlem, has teamed up with New York County GOP Chief Vince Albano in a new Committee on Narcotics 'Iftfbc'a- ri! tioni Dr. Baird will supply the know-how, Albano the manpower'ani' the forums to reach parents and educate them in recognition, iiuf'' PWrc's, tion: does Sirhan die, or does he live? death sentence. Wh'af yofu ao 1.