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...between Owens and his former political bedfellows continues and there are few Council meetings during which some bitterness does not break the surface. Shortly after the city manager controversy last fall, the Council formed a subcommittee on cable television at Owens' suggestion. Contrary to normal Council procedure, Mayor Barbara Ackermann, a member of the CCA slate, passed over Owens and named Councillor Robert Moncreiff chairman of the subcommittee. Owens protested loudly and Ackermann replied that the maneuver constituted a "studied insult." Since that time Owens has attempted through several different motions to have himself named chairman. His proposals have usually...
...this time, Ackermann and two popular Independents, Walter Sullivan and Thomas Danehy, seem assured of re-election. Owens, who is certain to lose his CCA endorsement, and Frank H. Duehay '55 appear in trouble. Donald Fantini, an Independent member of the School Committee and an ardent Frisoli supporter, Leonard Russell, a three-time loser who trailed Duehay by only 36 votes the last time around, and Dom Christofaro of Cambridgeport should prove the strongest challengers...
...House Subcommittee on Equal Opportunity heard testimony in Faneuil Hall from Boston mayor Kevin H. White and Cambridge mayor Barbara M. Ackermann, and other community leaders...
...Ackermann told the committee that OEO exposed the poverty problems of the cities. "We know now that we can't get along without these programs," she said. "We never would have known without...
Except for Wylie, the members of the committee, including Ackermann, who voted against reconsideration remained silent during last night's meeting...