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	Abraham D. Beame
		Abraham D. Beame (usually called "Abe Beame" by the press) was mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977.
		As such, he presided over the city during the fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s, during which the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy.
		Before being elected mayor, Beame served as city comptroller during the mayoralty of John V. Lindsay[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ab/Abraham_D._Beame.html (80 words)

	Abraham D. Beame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Beame was the city's first Jewish mayor and the second ex-mayor to die in the last two months.
		Beame spent his last years defending his reputation from those who said he was a bean-counter who couldn't count - a man who, as city budget director, comptroller and finally as mayor from 1974 through 1977, failed to prevent a fiscal catastrophe.
		Beame's hopes of a second term were dashed by his third-place finish, behind Edward I. Koch and Mario Cuomo, in a six-candidate Democratic primary.
	members.aol.com /deathpool/obits01/beameabr.html (424 words)

	Celebrity Deathwatch: Abraham Beame, New York's First Jewish Mayor, 94
		Beame, who was born in London, England, in 1906, came to the United States a year later.
		Beame then opened an accounting firm in Manhattan, taught in New York City public schools, and held posts in city government, including those of assistant budget director under Mayor William O'Dwyer, budget director under Mayor Vincent Impellitteri, and city comptroller in 1962.
		Beame was defeated in the Democratic primary in 1977 by Koch.
	www.slick.org /deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00194.html (431 words)

	Abraham Beame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Abraham David Beame (known as Abe Beame) (March 20, 1906 – February 10, 2001) was mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977.
		Beame was the first openly Jewish mayor of New York City, although earlier Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia's mother was actually Jewish.
		He was born in London, and grew up on New York's Lower East Side, and became city budget director from 1952 to 1961.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abraham_D._Beame (278 words)

	east end of london, mayor of new york, polish jews, london vacation, pogrom, cockney, abraham beame
		Abraham David Beame was the son of Polish Jews who, like hundreds of thousands of others were fleeing persecution in Czarist Russia.
		While his rivals were at home in the upper class suburbs of New York and New England, Abraham would be calling on all friends back in the working class district of Queens, many of whom had accompanied the Beame family on the long ocean crossing from the East End to Ellis Island.
		Beame found himself pilloried by the media for the mounting debt, though he had inherited 15 years of municipal mismanagement.
	www.eastlondonhistory.com /beame.htm (837 words)

	Index Be-Bh
		Beame's hopes of a second term were dashed by his third-place finish, behind Ed Koch and Mario Cuomo, in a 6-candidate Democratic primary.
		Abraham Lincoln's call for troops, he advocated resistance and henceforth classed himself a rebel, though he took no active part in the Civil War.
		As the pope's "enforcer" on matters of orthodoxy, he was nicknamed the "Panzerkardinal." After the death of Ioannes Paulus II, Ratzinger was elected as the first German pope in centuries.
	www.rulers.org /indexb2.html (15935 words)

	About Abraham Beame- Richmond Hill Historical Society
		Beame's life and public career epitomize the meteoric rise and important contributions of immigrants to New York City in the twentieth century.
		Beame's mother went to London and a few months after Abraham was born, they joined his father in New York City, passing through the immigration station on Ellis Island.
		Beame graduated from the High School of Commerce with a perfect score on his Regents book keeping exam and attended City College, which was a highly competitive, tuition-free institution that catered to gifted but poor immigrant students.
	www.richmondhillhistory.org /abeame.html (655 words)

	Abraham Beame, New York mayor during fiscal crisis, dead at 94: 2/11/01
		Abraham Beame, New York mayor during fiscal crisis, dead at 94
		NEW YORK -- Abraham D. Beame, the diminutive accountant who served as the 104th mayor of New York through the darkest days of the city's 1975 fiscal crisis, has died, according to a family spokesman.
		Beame spent his last years defending his reputation from those who said he was a bean-counter who couldn't count -- a man who, as city budget director, comptroller and finally as mayor from 1974 through 1977, failed to prevent a fiscal catastrophe.
	www.s-t.com /daily/02-01/02-11-01/c07wn093.htm (329 words)

	Editorial Abe Beame, Mayor In Fiscal Crisis
		Beame was a product of another time who had the bad luck to become mayor as the era that produced him was ending.
		Beame was reduced to being a figurehead while others took control of the city in which he had grown up and of which he was the first Jewish mayor.
		The public Beame was an honest, unpretentious public servant who made a major contribution to a new understanding of the limits of government and what the term "fiscal responsibility" really means.
	www.qgazette.com /news/2001/0214/Editorial_Pages/e01.html (1056 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Polls Open: PR Faces Crucial Vote; Lindsay Favored
		Beame, in a curbside interview told a CRIMSON reporter, "the crowds have been very good; I'm very pleased." He claims that he will win by a 200,000 vote margin.
		Beame is probably more worried than his outward optimism would suggest.
		Beame agreed to debate alone after a previous refusal and has made angry personal attacks on his opponent.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=269854 (540 words)

	Encyclopedia: John Lindsay
		Elected to Congress as a Republican from the "Silk Stocking" district in 1958, Lindsay established a liberal voting record, known for his strong support of civil rights legislation.
		The bargains Lindsay made with the unions later contributed to the fiscal crisis of Abe Beame's administration.
		To secure their political support, Lindsay offered unions large raises â” the transit workers managed an 18 percent salary increase, an extra week of vacation, and fully paid pensions; District Council 37 got a raise and retirement after 20 years; the teachers received increases of 22 to 37 percent.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Lindsay (4013 words)

	Abraham D. Beame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As such he presided over the during the fiscal crisis of the mid- 1970s during which the city was almost to declare bankruptcy.
		After defeating State Senator John Marchi in 1973 mayoral election Beame faced the worst crisis in the city's history and spent bulk of his term attempting to ward bankruptcy.
		He slashed the city workforce froze and restructured the budget that proved insufficient reinforced by actions from newly created state-sponsored and the granting of federal funds.
	www.freeglossary.com /Abraham_D._Beame (401 words)

	NYNY 1973-1975
		Abraham D. Beame and Herman Badillo, running along with Mario Biaggi and Albert H. Blumenthal in the Democratic Primary get the most votes.
		Beame goes on to defeat Republican John J. Marchi, Liberal candidate Blumenthal and Conservative candidate Biaggi, to be elected the city's first Jewish mayor, serving 1974-1977.
		New York City's new mayor Abraham Beame is inaugurated, then orders the lights on the city's bridges turned off as a symbolic fuel-saving measure.
	home.eznet.net /~dminor/NYNY1973.html (1831 words)

	Short Persons Support: Who's Who of Short People : Biography : Abraham Beame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Abe Beame was born in London, England, the son of Polish immigrants.
		Beame was the first Jewish mayor of New York City and also very short.
		Along with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, Abe Beame is one of two New York City mayors to be honored on these pages.
	www.shortsupport.org /cgi/whowho_bio.cgi?seq=109&orderby=height&direction=ASC (181 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Culture of New York City
		New York City is also home to the Jewish Theological Seminary, the world headquarters of Orthodox Judaism, as well as the headquarters of the Anti-Defamation League.
		Abraham D. Beame was New York City's first Jewish mayor, and the current mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is also of Jewish descent.
		The everyday lifestyle of New Yorkers differs substantially from that of other Americans, and has in some ways been compared to that of urban Western Europeans.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Culture_of_New_York_City (1075 words)

	AllRefer.com - Abraham David Beame (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Beame, who grew up on New York's Lower East Side, was city budget director (1952–61).
		After defeating John Lindsay in the 1973 mayoral election, Beame faced the worst fiscal crisis in the city's history and spent the bulk of his term attempting to ward off bankruptcy.
		He slashed the city workforce, froze wages, and restructured the budget, moves that proved insufficient until reinforced by actions from newly created state-sponsored entities and the granting of federal funds.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/E-BeameA.html (217 words)

	12 Who Made It Big
		Beame as a New York mayor who, like his predecessors Robert Wagner and John Lindsay, was dedicated to social reform, but who ultimately was forced to pay the price for the ambitiousness of the Liberal dream.
		Beame defines Liberalism as "helping the underprivileged and the disadvantaged to be given an opportunity to succeed in society." But like many Liberals, he has felt compelled to adapt to events.
		In 1977, Beame ran for reelection as mayor but was eliminated in a hotly contested Democratic primary in which none of the candidates won the required 40 percent of the ballots cast.
	newman.baruch.cuny.edu /digital/2001/history/exhibit/chap_09/who_made_big/made_big.htm (17650 words)

	NYC 100 -- NYC Mayors - The First 100 Years
		McClellan was a graduate of Princeton University, a journalist, an attorney, a congressman by twenty-seven, and by thirty, president of the New York City Board of Aldermen [the precursor to the City Council].
		It was during Beame's term that President Gerald Ford refused to provide federal aid to New York City, prompting the now famous New York Daily News headline: "Ford to New York: Drop Dead." However, Beame helped secure annual federal loans of $2.3 billion, starting in 1976, which helped stave off bankruptcy.
		Beame was defeated in the Democratic primary in 1977 by Edward I. Koch.
	www.nyc.gov /html/nyc100/html/classroom/hist_info/mayors.html (6075 words)

	Alfred Eisenpreis, 78, Beame Administrator -- Rest in Peace
		Beame said at the time that the appointment was "an important part of a message I wish to convey to the business community," and "I want business to know that this is a city where business interest and public interest can be brought together for everyone's benefit."
		Beame went ahead with plans to revamp his administration's efforts to assist the city's drooping economy.
		Beame said at the time that he had not requested Dr. Eisenpreis's resignation.
	www.voy.com /87202/2/845.html (368 words)

	Abraham D. Beame Collection
		Most of the material was donated to the Archives by Abraham Beame in the early and mid 1990s.
		The Abraham D. Beame Film and Video Collection is a small collection containing videos of two parties in honor of the mayor's birthday and television broadcasts featuring the mayor.
		The Beame Administration Series consists of papers donated by members of Abraham Beame's Mayoral administration, including W. Bernard Richland, who was Corporation Counsel, and Sid Frigand, who was Press Secretary.
	www.abrahambeame.lagcc.cuny.edu /beame/findingaids.asp (2012 words)

	U.S. Mayor Articles \| Abraham Beame, Former Mayor of New York, Dies (3/6/01) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Abraham D. Beame, a former Democratic Mayor of New York who was confronted with the city's major financial crisis en the 1970's, died February 10 in New York City.
		The Beame era was only four years —1974 to 1977- and it was a term marked by calamitous events.
		Mayor Beame received praise for the scandal-free administration, and for getting a fiscal situation —not of his doing- under control.
	usmayors.org /uscm/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/03_06_01/beame_dies.asp (211 words)

	This Week in 1965 - The New York World's Fair Community - Peace Through Understanding
		This week in 1965, Moses tells Abraham D. Beame to wait like everyone else for a financial statement from the World's Fair.
		Beame made it just as clear that this would not satisfy him.
		Moses branding any honest attempt to protect the interests of our city and its taxpayers in a political vein." Adding he was authorized to examine the fair's records under a section of the City Charter empowering the Controller to investigate all matters relating to or affecting the finances of the city.
	www.peacethroughunderstanding.org /index.php?showtopic=2188 (447 words)

	Oral History - Beame Administration
		A series of 38 interviews with the colleagues, family, friends, and political supporters of Mayor Abraham D. Beame, donated to the Office by Dr. Ruth B. Cowan.
		The interviews are particularly rich in the political history of Brooklyn, the James Madison Club, the Brooklyn Democratic Party from the 1940s to the 1970s, various mayoral administrations, and Mayor Beame's tenure as City Comptroller.
		Many of the interviews discuss the administration of Mayor Beame and its accomplishments, as well as the New York City fiscal crisis.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/oral/guides/beame.html (142 words)

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		Abraham D. Beame was appointed budget director in 1952 by Impellitari.
		Upset over having a weak candidate lose to a person who could not even win the Republican Primary a law was passed requiring the city to hold a runoff if the mayoral candidate does not receive 40% of the primary vote.
		In a comeback, Beame received 266,462 votes in the 1973 four-way primary, 34.5% of the vote, with Badillo coming in second, down only 42,626 votes.
	www.nationalpolitical.com /column_template.htm?&the_ID=41d3332422060c7d_8710& (769 words)

	CNN.com - Abraham Beame dies, first Jewish mayor of N.Y. - February 10, 2001
		NEW YORK (CNN) -- Abraham Beame, New York's first Jewish mayor, died Saturday at age 94.
		Beame died at 10:52 a.m., a spokeswoman for New York University Medical Center said Saturday.
		With New York City on the verge of bankruptcy, Beame brought about massive cuts in the city's capital budget and slashed the municipal payroll by 65,000 people.
	www.cnn.com /2001/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/beame.obit/index.html (511 words)

	Beame, Abraham David on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Beame, who grew up on New York's Lower East Side, was city budget director (1952-61).
		Mayor Abraham Beame, a true friend of New York City
		Former New York Mayor Abe Beame dies at age 94.(New York Daily News)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/E-B1eameA1.asp (275 words)

	Vallone’s Criticism Of Stern Now Bearing Fruit
		REMEMBERING ABE BEAME: The recent death of former Mayor Abraham D. Beame brought recollections of how he forced a change in the Queens Democratic Party when he started his term as mayor in 1974.
		Beame had been involved in a bitter primary with then Congressmember Mario Biaggi, who was strongly supported from the start of the campaign by Troy.
		After Beame won the general election and was sworn in as mayor, he and his political operatives made a series of calls to Queens Democratic district leaders to line up their support behind Manes.
	www.qgazette.com /news/2001/0221/Political_Page/p01.html (717 words)

	Challenge and Change
		He saw a beam of light and imagined riding it; he looked up at the sky and envisioned that space-time was curved.
		Lewis Abraham Franklin and his brother Maurice Abraham Franklin were prominent citizens of San Diego in the 1850s, and though there has been material published on their hotel, the Franklin House, San Diego's first three-story building, little has been known about the principals themselves.
		Abraham Joseph Rice was born in Gagsheim, near Wurzburg, Bavaria, in 1802.
	www.temple.edu /challengeandchange/links_individuals.htm (7267 words)

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