Word: civically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several Cambridge civic leaders, including a director of the League of Women Voters, exposed an important problem when they accused Harvard and M.I.T. of failing to give the City sufficient co-operation on its plans for urban development. In the opinion of many local citizens, Harvard considers itself too important on a national and international level to bother with the problems of the mere community in which it happens to be located. Unfortunately, the University has at times given Cantabrigians good reason for this resentful attitude. No longer can Massachusetts Hall fail to realize, however, that Cambridge's troubles...
...apparent split within the Cambridge Civic Association has resulted in the group's failing to gain a majority of seats on the Cambridge City Council. Tabulation of last Tuesday's ballots, announced officially last night, revealed that CCA candidates held only four of the nine Council positions, with the rest going to independents...
...unofficial first ballot count indicated yesterday that the Cambridge Civic Association, which pledges to be "more sympathetic to Harvard", will regain a majority in the City Council election by a 5-4 margin...
Because of the proportional representation type of voting done in Cambridge, there will be no results in the races for the City Council and the School Committee before tonight, according to Russell Peck, publicity director of the Cambridge Civic Association. Even if the counters work until midnight, Peck said, the unofficial results cannot be anticipated until Wednesday night...
...Cambridge, meanwhile, the Civic Association also predicted victory for its candidates. Russell Peck, CCA publicity director, said, "we have high hopes for success. We expect to get at least six out of nine candidates on the City Council and four out of six on the School Committee." The Cambridge results will not be known for at least a week, he pointed out, because of the proportional representation voting system...