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...closest race is being fought in the quiet enclaves along Brattle Street. Two CCA-endorsed candidates--Mrs. Wheeler and School committeewoman Barbara Ackermann -- are vying for support. Mrs. Wheeler has been on the Council since 1957, but the Smith-educated Mrs. Ackermann appears to have a good chance of cutting into her past support...
Because of the CNCV registration drive, some 3000 additional voters will probably join the 30,000 who voted in 1965. Both Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Ackermann supported CNCV's drive to get their petition on the ballot, but Mrs. Ackermann has become more closely identified with the group. She may pick up a large amount of "number ones" from the new voters...
...Ackermann replaces Mrs. Wheeler on the Council, it would probably be another point in favor of the anti-DeGuglielmo coalition. During her tenure on the school committee, Mrs. Ackermann's relations with the City Manager have been none too cordial; only two weeks ago, she accused him of delaying a community schools program...
Throughout her campaign, Mrs. Ackermann has called for the City Council to retrieve some of the decision-making power that has slipped into the Manager's hands. She has also supported a "more definite" method of selecting City Managers. She has said that the Council should talk to a prospective manager and determine whether his conception of the job agrees with their...
There has been a move recently within the CCA to endorse DeGuglielmo, but a long-time observer of Cambridge politics expects the CCA to endorse the same councillors as in past elections--Crane, Mahoney, Coates, Mrs. Wheeler--in addition to School Committeewoman Barbara Ackermann...