Word: aldermanic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Publicly, both parties are still trying to play down their differences. One Communist alderman says the Socialists are merely seeking to impress voters with their independence prior to the legislative elections next March. But the message coming across to voters is more fundamental. "It's a joke," says Centrist Jean-Louis Schneiter. "They have proved that Socialists and Communists cannot work together." The next act will probably be played out when Lamblin and Colin compete for leftist votes in the elections to the National Assembly. Whether or not Marchais and Mitterrand have been able to paper over their differences...
What to do? Ward 22 Alderman Frank D. Stemberk tried a new approach. With $500 from the ward treasury and $220 from local businessmen, he offered a $1 bounty on every rat killed. Residents armed themselves with bats, homemade spears and flashlights, and waited on their porches for the rats to appear...
Result: some families made 20 kills a night, and the bounty fund was depleted within a week. To continue his war on rats, Stemberk wrote President Carter for federal aid. The alderman also wants the President to put Government scientists to work developing a new poison-one powerful enough to kill Ward 22's super rats...
Despite his troubles, DiCarlo seemed unconcerned as election day approached. The Boston Globe predicted he would win. But the improbable happened: DiCarlo lost by 2,589 votes to a relatively unknown, 24-year-old alderman from Everett named Frank Mastrocola, who had pressed one issue hard -that his opponent had betrayed the public's trust. Said a chastened DiCarlo: "The people of this district have spoken and that's what counts...
...lighter vein, Vice Mayor Edward T. Sullivan recalled the early careers of the distinguished seven, telling how Leverett Saltonstall '14 had decided after losing the lieutenant governorship that he might have to content himself with a permanent position as an alderman in Newton...