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Cambridge City Manager Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29 told a Middlesex Superior court judge yesterday that he would advertise bids for the ballot-printing job in Friday's papers. An award of the contract will be made in time for the ballots to be printed before the November 7 election, he said...
During the court hearing, DeGuglielmo argued that the short time remaining before election day would not be enough to allow absentee ballots on the petition to be sent out. This would, he said, disenfranchise the 600 to 2000 Cambridge residents who usually vote by absentee ballot. DeGuglielmo also argued that the rush printing job would violate the City's competitive bidding statutes...
Unlike the more extreme statement of Cambridge Vote on Vietnam, which probably will not appear on the ballot, the CNCV resolution is worded to encompass all shades of dovish opinion. One of the six such referendums across the country, it comes during the last nation-wide series of elections prior to the 1968 contest. It may well be watched as an indicator of public opinion...
Some observers contend that the Councillors view the peace resolution as a serious threat to their political skins and will do almost anything to keep it off the ballot. The resolution would undoubtedly draw to the polls many people who have never before bothered to vote in a municipal election. All the Councillors are up for re-election and they are worried, some say, that the new voters will swing their weight against them...
Mayor Daniel J. Hayes remarked Thursday, "I wouldn't mind a referendum on the war being on the ballot--one day after the local election...