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Edward A. Crane '35 yesterday received a surprise endorsement from Councillor Alfred Vellucci that permitted him to become Mayor of Cambridge on the afternoon's first ballot...
...been trying to select a Mayor, but couldn't agree among themselves. Vellucci said that he himself had submitted his own Mayoralty candidacy, but had never received another vote except from his friend, Thomas M. McNamara. (Actually, Vellucci also received a vote from Andrew T. Trodden on the fourth ballot...
...Council proceeded to elect Trodden vice-Mayor through some strange political maneuvering. On the first ballot, Councillors Cornelia B. Wheeler, Trodden, and Vellucci all received three votes...
Since the first ballot last Monday, the Council has been deadlocked in choosing the man who will preside over it. Cambridge Civic Association Councillor Edward A. Crane '35 has gotten that delegation's four votes on each of the six ballots so far. The five independents, meanwhile, have split their vote amongst themselves in varying combinations, with no man ever getting more than three votes. There seem to be few indications that the situation will change at today's meeting...
...other hand, certain independents, most obviously incumbent Mayor Thomas M. McNamara, are hoping the CCA bloc will settle on them as a compromise. This happened two years ago when McNamara won on the first ballot, with three CCA Councillors switching...