Woman Becomes Dallas Mayor
United Press International
DALLAS — Annette Strauss was inaugurated today as the first elected woman mayor of Dallas, the nation’s seventh-largest city, and called for an end to hostilities between minorities and police.
Strauss, 63, sister-in-law of former National Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss, also labeled crime “an immediate and pressing concern†and called for the hiring of 150 more police officers. Strauss won 57% of the vote in an April runoff that ended the costliest mayoral race in Dallas history.
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