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Binzen, Peter Husted was born on September 24, 1922 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frederick William and Lucy Beckwith (Husted) Binzen.
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It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen. "The Wreck of the Penn Central" provides a close-up view of the events that brought the Big Train to bankruptcy court--over-regulation, subsidized competition, big labor featherbedding, greed, corporate back-stabbing, stunning incompetence, and, yes, even a little sex.
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Once in a generation a unique character comes on the political scene. And all hell breaks loose. This book tells the story of that character. Philadelphia cops call him "The General." His campaign promise to his enemies: "I'm gonna make Attila the Hun look like a faggot after this election's over." He's the only big-city mayor in America to publicly take a lie detector test to prove his innocence of a controversial charge - and flunk it. He's Frank Rizzo, profane, brawling mayor of Philadelphia and now the subject of the boldest, most irreverent profile of an urban power broker since Mike Royko's Boss. The Cop Who Would Be King charts Rizzo's incredible rise from the tough streets of South Philadelphia through his wild, raiding days as the "Cisco Kid" of the police department, from his hard-lining and headlining as police commissioner during the explosive late 1960's through his sweep into City Hall in 1971, "The Year of the Cop." At the same time, the authors mount an incisive, often shocking investigation of Rizzo's power: why voters have entrusted it to him, how he wields it, how he keeps it despite the damning revelations that continually surface. Daughen and Binzen, two first-rate veteran reports, have covered Philadelphia and Frank Rizzo's career for years. As a result of their legwork and skill, The Cop Who Would Be Kind has a presence and excitement that sets it apart from every other book of its kind.
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Binzen, Peter Husted was born on September 24, 1922 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frederick William and Lucy Beckwith (Husted) Binzen.
Bachelor of Arts Political Science, Yale University, 1947; postgraduate (Nieman fellow), Harvard University, 1962.
Reporter Uttar Pradesh, New York City, 1947, Passaic (New Jersey) Herald-News, 1947-1950. Reporter, editor Philadelphia Bulletin, 1951-1982. Reporter Philadelphia Inquirer, 1982-1987.
Columnist Inquirer, 1987—2005.
(For over 75 years, the Philadelphia Bulletin was not only...)
(It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive ne...)
(It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive ne...)
(Once in a generation a unique character comes on the poli...)
Served with United States Army, 1943-1945.
Married Elisabeth Virginia Flower, June 12, 1951 (deceased, October 20 2007). Children: Lucy Binzen Wildrick, Jennifer Binzen Cardoso, Jonathan Peter, Katherine.