This must have been written with the US market in mind as mayors in England are not elected by the general public. They are chosen for a year by the council members, usually on a party rotational basis. They will not be addressed as Mr. Mayor.
During the close up shots of Templar going after the killer up in the girders of the building site, shadows could be seen cast on what was supposed to be the sky.
The "Seatondean Sentinal and Gazette" detailing the election night is dated Thursday 1st September 1960. The much later second copy of the paper at the close of the edition contains, barring the headline, the exact same articles.