Samuel W. Yorty

(1909-1998) born in Lincoln. Lawyer, politician, radio talk-show host, one of the first local politicians to recognize the power of television, he was a U.S. Congressman from California, mayor of Los Angeles from 1961 to 1973, and a presidential candidate for nomination by the Democratic Party, appeared on cover of Time, March 23, 1962 and September 2, 1966. Consult Ed Ainsworth, Maverick Mayor: A Biography of Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (Doubleday, 1966) and obituaries in New York Times, June 6, 1998, p. A-12 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald, June 7, 1998, p. A-8 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol 5 (2002) 641-643 and American National Biography, Sup 1 (2002) 701-702.

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