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Cambridge City Manager John H. Corcoran said yesterday he would not make a decision on resigning until the City Council takes "final action" on his replacement...
...Council voted 5-4 on Friday to appoint Peterson upon receipt of Corcoran's resignation, but councillor Thomas Danehy asked for reconsideration in a motion filed yesterday...
Staples of women's clothing such as underwear and blouses can be picked up at the Coop, or Corcoran's (14 Brattle), or Touraine (38 Brattle St.). Both Corcoran's and Touraine stock reasonably priced and ordinary looking dresses and sportswear, though the latter also carries attractive and expensive shoes...
...MEMBERS of the liberal majority are unable to agree on one of these two men, and since the four independents who were reelected to the Council in November are satisfied with Corcoran, no change has been made. Unfortunately, the issue is now clouded by ugly racial overtones. Although Peterson twice won the endorsement of community leaders who interviewed the finalist candidates, Henry F. Owens III, a black lawyer endorsed by the CCA and elected in the fall, has charged that his liberal colleagues are ignoring the better qualifications of his candidate, Johnson, simply because he is black...
Owens has shown little willingness to compromise so far. Ackermann and the two other liberals--Francis H. Duehay '55 and Robert Moncreiff--are firm in their stand behind Peterson. So Corcoran continues in his position as City Manager, probably finding it difficult to suppress guffaws at the liberals' fratricide. And Graham and many citizens of Cambridge wonder what they did to deserve this mess...