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Increasing slate loyalty among black voters is another way the CCA could improve its electoral performance. Three black candidates--Saundra Graham. Alvin Thompson and Severlin Singleton--ran for council this year. Only one, incumbent Graham, was elected. The second-choice votes on the ballots cast for all three tended to be for one of the other black candidates. Often voters chose the three blacks and didn't bother to vote past that. How to pick up stronger slate support from black voters is a tricky problem, but one the CCA must address if it wants the few hundred votes that...
...Alvin Thompson, running with the endorsement of the Cambridge Civic Association, has endorsed continued rent controls, and called for the beefing up of the Rent Board staff to handle cases more quickly...
Physicist Alvin Weinberg, one of the developers of commercial nuclear power, believes that the U.S. should establish a ''nuclear priesthood'' of superbly trained reactor technicians and free them from the supervision of power-company executives. These technicians could shut down a reactor any time the gauges misbehave, without thinking about costs. Weinberg also suggests that the nation investigate whether some types of reactors-the graphite-moderated, gas-cooled kind used in Britain, or Canada's ''Candu,'' cooled by liquid sodium-might be safer than the pressurized-water reactors built...
...black community for years has sent Saundra Graham, who also holds influence because of her state representative position, to the council. This year, black challenger Alvin Thompson is mounting a strong opposition drive--it's unlikely that he will beat Graham and doubtful that he can win on his own, but nevertheless Graham has been working hard to make sure she retains her seat...
...also deserve support. Their election would increase the liberal edge and make progress towards social goals in the city easier. David Sullivan has defended the rights of students for eight years in Cambridge and was a key figure in achieving the current limits on condominium conversion in the city. Alvin Thompson has pledged to support continued rent controls and would add representation from the city's black population...