NEW YORK: Lindsay's Curtain Call

Should I? Shouldn't I? Should I? Shouldn't I? Do I want four more years Of endless headaches, worries and woes?

Singing and soft-shoeing, Mayor John Lindsay conveyed his dilemma to an appreciative audience of political reporters at New York City's annual Inner Circle Dinner two weeks ago. Should he or should he not run for a third four-year term as mayor of the nation's biggest and toughest-to-govern city? A few days later, he had made up his mind: he would not.

In recognition of his Thespian talents, he was more or less seriously offered a leading role in the Broadway production of...

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