PHILADELPHIA: Brotherly Hate

In this week's pivotal Pennsylvania primary, Mayor Frank Rizzo was hoping to play kingmaker for his friend Senator Henry Jackson. But the burly Rizzo —who vowed during his own campaign last year that "I will make Attila the Hun look like a faggot" and won re-election with 57% of the vote—has got himself into deep political trouble. A former cop and police commissioner from South Philly's tough "Little Italy" district, Rizzo, 55, is accused of failing to uphold law-and-order in the city. Having campaigned on the slogan "He held taxes down," he is now advocating harsh new levies....

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