Word: callahan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hayes' claims that the Extension plan of Turnpike Authority Chairman William F. Callahan would benefit rather than injure Cambridge were termed "misinformed" by Mrs. Newman. According to Mrs. Newman the Extension proposal, which would involve filling in eight acres of the Charles River, would interfere with recreation, navigation and flood control...
According to Hayes, Callahan would improve Cambridge with new riverfront recreational facilities including a skating rink. Mrs. Newman told the CRIMSON that no such plans exist on paper and she added, "I have no confidence that they will...
Cambridge City Councilor Daniel J. Hayes charged yesterday that local politicians, civic groups, universities and boat clubs are opposing the imminent extension of the Mass. Turnpike into Boston because of traditional animosity to William F. Callahan, chairman of the Turnpike Authority. "It's basically the same old anti-Callahan fight." Hayes told the CRIMSON, "but they can't stop the road...
Under the Callahan plan eight acres of the Charles River would be filled in to make room for the Turnpike Extension. Callahan has met stiff opposition from Cambridge groups which fear that Magazine Beach, a riverfront recreational area near MIT will be submerged to compensate for the fill-in on the opposite bank...
...according to Hayes, the Callahan Plan offers benefits, not dangers to Cambridge. Hayes claims Magazine Beach will be improved if it is changed at all, and that Callahan may consent to build launching ramps for boats, a parking lot, and even a skating rink along the Charles, using Turnpike Authority funds...