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QUESTION 1 ON TOMORROW'S BALLOT is a vaguely worded and dangerous attempt to restrict access to safe abortions in Massachusetts. Supporters of the proposed amendment to the state constitution claim that it would only threaten public funding for abortions. If passed, however, the amendment will have much broader consequences than right-to-lifers have been willing to publicize...
Graham, who remains an advocate of rent control and low-income housing, said tenant activism "isn't out in the street any more. It's grown more sophisticated, and it's at the ballot now." She said she agrees with rhetoric from the recent Cambridge Tenants' Union founding, that "an organization is as effective as its ability to disrupt the system." However, she said a movement that does not use legislative means would waste its energy...
...said Alice Nakashian, another Independent, is "spending the family fortune" to put her face in place of Barrett's on the sides and ceilings of trolleys throughout the district. Nakashian has allied herself with Citizens for Limited Taxation, the group responsible for placing the taxcap referendum question on the ballot...
...video, entitled "A Responsible Choice: Interviews with Four Women," was produced by a Harvard junior and a Quincy House tutor who hoped to show the human side of abortion and encourage Harvard students to vote against Proposition 1 on tomorrow's ballot...
Bonifaz's group has already gathered 500 student signatures on a petition for the placement of a referendum on the council's next election ballot. The referendum will specifically list the three primary issues, and will ask students to vote yes or no as to whether or not President Reagan should be impeached. The election will be held on November...