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...their unique resources, will this year undertake a study of the U.S. Congress, and ways of restoring that body to coequal status with the Executive Branch. At the same time we will hold a series of dinner meetings in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, at which Senators, Representatives, civic leaders and scholars will be invited to offer their views. These meetings will lead to a final dinner in Washington, at which a full report will be made to the nation in general and Congress in particular just after Inauguration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Anniversary Letter: An Anniversary Letter, Oct. 2, 1972 | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

...going to order killings? My clients consult, but that is legal." His clients include the Reyes Pruneda family, whose forces are supplemented by hired gunmen. Says Bernal: "This town is in the hands of two or three people. I can't mention any names. They are civic leaders. They are clean people at this moment, but they have killed. They have smuggled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: The Narcotics War of Nuevo Laredo | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

Political reformers, exemplified by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), confront the old line logrolling Democrats. "An alliance between the intellectual and economic elite and the lower-class backs faces middle and working class ethnics. Two educational philosophies, one promoting innovation and the academic curriculum, the other emphasizing discipline and occupational education struggle for supremacy. A home town boy born and bred is pitted against a well-traveled black from Chicago and the South...

Author: By Robert Mcdonald, | Title: Politics Badger the Schools of Cambridge | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...people of Cambridge, who last November elected a Council majority of five candidates endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Associations and pledged to a liberal platform whose first priority was the replacement of Corcoran by a more innovative Manager, it is a stupid and damaging blow...

Author: By Leo FJ. Wilking, | Title: The City Council's Summer of Discontent | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...Michael J. Amato, unsuccessful candidate for City Council on the Cambridge Civic Association slate last year, has been running a well financed, highly visible campaign. Amato was the first Rent Control Committee chairman and has been active in several community action groups, including the Riverside Neighborhood Association and the Cambridge Community Center...

Author: By Leo FJ. Wilking, | Title: Tomorrow's Survivors Will Be The Winners Come November | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

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