Slipping on a tan raincoat and battered fedora, Pittsburgh's Mayor David Leo Lawrence last week climbed into a borrowed Oldsmobile, drove through the steel city's uncertain October weather to campaign for reelection. Like the shrewd old political boss that he is, "King David" stopped at a funeral, hopped up Eleventh Ward followers to turn out the vote, popped up at rallies of the United Steelworkers and the Serbian Progressive Club. Like the latter-day apostle of civic progress that he has become, he never missed a chance to mention his "better Pittsburgh," with...
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