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{"value"=>"993022", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"November 4, 1977", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1977-11-04"}
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1977
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1977
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1977-11-04
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1977-11-04
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1977-11-04
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{"value"=>"Telephone conversation with Mario Cuomo"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Manford and Cuomo discuss the New York Democratic mayoral primary race [in which Congressman Ed Koch defeated Cuomo, then Secretary of State of New York]. Most of the cassette is concerned with the source of the rumor that Koch is gay. Manford strongly suggests that some of Cuomo's supporters are behind the rumor. Cuomo states that he had nothing to do with it, and that the rumor was circulating everywhere (see Subjects File: Mayoralty Campaign of 1977). They also discuss Intro 554, a pro-gay rights bill in the New York City Council (see Subjects Files: Gay Rights Bills) and the clause in it that would prohibit gay and lesbian teachers from using the classroom to proselytize for homosexuality. Cuomo says that he supports the clause, but that it is an open question, and a legitimate subject for public debate. Manford chides Cuomo for \"flip-flopping\" on gay issues, a charge which Cuomo heatedly denies. Cuomo angrily and emphatically censures the Koch camp, particularly Ed Garth, for having tried to paint him as an anti-Semite, and for trying to divide the city by using anti-Semitism as an issue in the primary campaign in the hope of stirring up an anti-Italian backlash amongst liberal Jews who might otherwise support him.</p>"}