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Proclaimed Salvatore Micale, the mayor of Catania, Sicily: "The civic administration has decided to honor a famous personage, a son of our city, who not only never wished to Americanize his surname-clearly of Sicilian origin-but also one who on various occasions has displayed his regret that he has never been accorded a public homage in Italy." But what kind of homage for Hoboken-born Frank Sinatra (whose father was born in Catania)? A bust seemed to be the answer, until somebody remembered a national law that forbids statues of liv-ing persons. Catania will probably say it with...
...again this year; for the second election in a row, he is demanding a recount, having lost the ninth spot on the Council to Frank Duehay by only 43 votes. But although the official result is still in doubt, there can be little question that the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) endorsed candidates will have a majority when the new council takes its seat...
...order upholding busing in the school district of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., the court made it clear that it wanted Mobile to integrate without further delay. School Board President Charles McNeil finally decided that "the people were tired of going to court all the time." In numerous meetings with 22 civic groups, he and School Superintendent Harold Collins worked out an integration plan...
Since Harvard could not buy the land, Charles P. Whitlock, then assistant to the president for Civic Affairs, made the University offer of $200,000 to be used to renovate the playground so it could accommodate increased usage by both Harvard and local children...
Russell, an independent, ran tenth behind Duehey, a Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) endorsed candidate...