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December 12, 1959

The New Yorker cover for December 12, 1959

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THE PUBLIC BE SERVED

J. M. Flagler

PROFILE of Stnaley M. Isaacs, former Borough President of Manhattan, & for the last 18 years a member of the City Council, tells about his historic …

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