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Approximately 3300 valid signatures (eight per cent of 'Cambridge's registered voters) are needed to put the petition on the ballot. When the 1776 petition sheets were submitted to the City Clerk last Monday, organizers of the referendum estimated that they bore the signatures of 9000 voters. By state law, each signer's name and address must be just as it appears on the voting lists, and it was anticipated that some of the 9000 signatures would be thrown out for failing to meet this requirement...
...rent control ordinance which the petition supports would freeze rents in Cambridge at January, 1968 levels, although rent increases of up to eight per cent to meet increased costs could be made with the approval of a rent control board...
...anti-war groups failed to have enough valid signatures on its petitions; the other--the Cambridge Neighborhood Committee on Vietnam--got its petition on the ballot. The measure failed to pass, receiving about 39 per cent of the vote in the election
...with the feats of this Mid-Western horseman, have consistently let the Van Berg horses go to post at high odds--too hig. Anytime a Van Berg horse goes to post at odds of more that 4-1 it can be considered an overlay, because Jack wins 20 per cent of his starts...
...inequality between rich and poor, to the extent that it was based on the ownership of property, has been virtually eliminated. Except for taxi cubs and a few other minor exceptions, all non-agricultural means of production are owned by the state, and the government owns about 60 per cent of all the land. And the social inequality due to ownership of property is pretty much gone. There are still some peasants, who by Cuban standards are fairly wealthy and you can make a very good living through owning housing. Private Individuals Can Still Own And Rent Housing...