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Samuel William Yorty (October 1, 1909 – June 5, 1998) was an American politician, attorney, and radio host from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Assembly , but he is most remembered for his turbulent three terms as the 37th Mayor of Los Angeles ...
Sam Yorty, the blunt-talking, self-promoting Mayor of Los Angeles who took credit for building up the city yet denied any responsibility for the Watts riots in 1965, died today. He...
6 de jun. de 1998 · Samuel W. Yorty, who served three contentious terms as Los Angeles’ mayor during the turbulent 1960s, died Friday at the age of 88.
Sam Yorty, 88, the colorfully cantankerous California politician who gained fame as the combative mayor of Los Angeles in the whirlwind years of the 1960s, died of pneumonia June 5 at his home in...
5 de jun. de 1998 · Known for being anti-communist, anti-Equal Rights Amendment and anti-busing, Yorty was a gravely-voiced maverick who lost more campaigns than he won, and he ran in about 20 different...
I think Mr. Yorty's going to be a very exciting person to interview because he's looked at politics from a point of view where in some of the cases, he's probably been way ahead of his time. Someone told me today about the fact that he was talking energy crises back in the sixties.
10 de jun. de 1998 · A harsh critique of the late Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, who ran a racist and demagogic campaign against Tom Bradley in 1969. The article recounts Yorty's political career, his role in the Watts Riots and his legacy of division and fear.
