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Cambridge's police chief replied yesterday to charges that he had acted unjustly in transferring to the traffic bureau a detective who ran for public office. Daniel J. Brennan said that he had reassigned William G. Maher because Maher received campaign contributions illegally and injected politics "into the operation of the police department...
Maher ran for City Councillor last fall, finishing tenth in the race for nine seats. After the election, according to testimony at a public hearing Jan. 27, Brennan transferred him out of the detective bureau, in which he had served for almost six years...
...lose their travel privileges and even face trial. But the reunions continue. Last November Czechoslovakia opened her borders to West Germany, and already plans are being laid by thousands on both sides of the Wall. "I'm jammed with bookings for Easter in Prague," said one travel bureau owner last week. "The rush...
...fish like that commands respect, sir. Solicitude, even. "Bonefish fight so hard that they almost deserve to get away," says Pete Perinchief, 43, director of Bermuda's Fishing Information Bureau and a bonefish evangelist. He fishes only with artificial lures ("More sporting, y'know"), once caught a 13-pounder on 6-lb.-test line-and releases practically every fish he lands. He even has a technique for reviving a fish that has fought so long and hard that it no longer has the strength to swim. Gently cradling the fish in one hand, he wiggles its tail until...
Cambridge policeman William G. Maher charged Monday night that political discrimination accounted for his assignment to traffic duty after six years in the detective bureau...