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Although he disagrees with Toomey on the death penalty, State Rep. Alvin E. Thompson (D-Cambridge) is no stranger to victims of violent crime. Three years ago, one of his relatives was murdered, shot to death during a Cambridge basketball game. Now Thompson, a part-time security guard at Harvard, is one of the strongest local opponents of the death penalty...
Cambridge representatives were divided on the issue. Alvin E. Thompson and Alice K. Wolf said they did not support the bill, and Timothy J. Toomey voiced approval for it when contacted for comment yesterday...
Reps. Timothy J. Toomey Jr. and Alvin E. Thompson voted in favor of the bill, while Rep. Alice K. Wolf, a former mayor of Cambridge, voted against...
...First Confession is perhaps the most endearing scene in the book. "I wished harm to Allie Reynolds [the Yankee pitcher]," she tells the priest. "Yes, I wished that Enos Slaughter of the Cards would break his ankle, that Phil Rizzuto of the Yanks would fracture a rib, and that Alvin Dark of the Giants would hurt his knee...I wished all these injuries would go away once the baseball season ended." The priest, who it seems also loved baseball, gives her a light penance--and asks her to pray for the Dodgers...
Meanwhile, Alvin Leong has still not found a new place to live...