Word: cca
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thomas Coates, although a resident of Concord Ave., should draw heavily on the vote of the Negro population in East Cambridge. Also, Coates will probably show strength in the CCA constituency of the western part of the city...
...Andelot Belin, a former president of the CCA, is strongly endorsed in the Harvard Square area. While some theorists feel that he will depose incumbent Councilor Cornelia B. Wheeler, another CCA endorsee from the Brattle area, ohers predict that both will have enough strength to be elected...
...Saturday editorial, the CRIMSON strongly favored the system of Proportional Representation which for twenty years has given Cambridge truly representative government. It also asserted that, while the CCA has definitely been a force for good government in the city, until recently that organization has reflected the interests of only a narrow portion of Cambridge's population--notably the residents of West Cambridge...
Perhaps in acknowledgement of the antagonism which its triple orientation generates in other parts of the city, the CCA has attempted recently to expand and include progressive voices from south and east Cambridge. A continuation of this policy should help to dispel misunderstanding on the part of both the CCA in its ivory tower and its resentful opponents...
Because of this expansion in attitude and representation, the CRIMSON strongly endorses five of the CCA candidates: THOMAS COATES, whose background of active interest and participation in Cambridge affairs qualify him highly for election to the Council; and the incumbents Mayor EDWARD A. CRANE, JOSEPH A. DEGUGLIELMO, CORNELIA B. WHEELER, and PEARL K. WISE, all of whom have served the best interest of the city judiciously, competently, and for the most part, impartially, during the past two years...