Word: caucuses
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...caucus of liberal Massachusetts Democrats endorsed State Rep. Paul Guzzi '65 of Newton for secretary of state and Edward F. Harrington of Needham for attorney general at a meeting in Framingham this weekend...
Wilson is not about to barge in and try to ram Labor's more controversial planks through Parliament. As he warned his M.P.s at a caucus last week, "There will have to be priorities." His most pressing problem will be to make arrangements for billions of dollars worth of foreign credit to keep Britain solvent over the next few years. Fulfilling his promise "to get the country back to work" -and seeking to restore business confidence-he ordered an end to the three-day week, which had cost Britain $4.6 billion in lost production and unemployment payments. He also...
...DiCara's main opposition at Saturday's Framingham caucus will come from an anti-Park Plaza contingent. DiCara stirred up this opposition when he voted February 5 against the recision of a $6.8 million bond issue for the $266 million development, which would include construction of a high rise hotel, apartments and office spaces beginning at Park Square and going towards the Combat Zone...
Whether DiCara can actually duplicate Kennedy's career may depend on his support at the upcoming state caucus meeting in Framingham. The caucus, which supplants the convention system, lets a group of voters choose a nominee for the November elections. By mutual agreement, the losing candidates at the Caucus will back the party's choice...
...DiCara can convince the opposition to this Park Plaza stand that he acted fairly, then his most controversial vote to date will have little affect at the caucus. If he can clinch the nomination, he will have taken a major step toward becoming a Massachusetts political power. But he's taking no chances--vigorously campaigning in areas outside of Boston in the last few weeks. "Since November 6 I have hit 75 to 80 cities and towns," DiCara said last week...