Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., 84, a three-term Baltimore mayor who was"Tommy" to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman and JohnF. Kennedy, died Aug. 23. Mr. D'Alesandro, a Democrat who also was acity councilman and five-term congressman, was mayor from 1947 to1959. He presided over a period of vast physical improvements inBaltimore. An airport was opened outside the city during his tenureand the Baltimore Orioles returned to baseball's major leagues. In1958, he won voter approval for the financing of the Charles Centerurban renewal project, starting the rejuvenation that would remakemuch of the heart of Baltimore.
Richard Pollack, 41, a free-lance writer and drama …
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