Word: councillor
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...East Cantabridgians have put a lot of faith in Councillor Al Vellucci. Whether they have misplaced it is questionable, but one thing is certain--they could not have picked a better agitator to argue their cause...
...politicians in the city's history have attained such widespread notoriety as Councillor Vellucci. His sensational proposals last spring to confiscate University's two liquor licenses, and to create a separate "City of Harvard" within the boundaries of Cambridge received publicity in several papers throughout the country and even attracted a CBS-TV cameraman to City Hall for one of the Council meetings. They also, as one might expect, earned him the reputation of a Harvard-baiter...
...Councillor Al Vellucci, who gained local notoriety last spring through his Harvard-baiting tactics, returned to the fray yesterday with a radical threat to send a highway through the middle of Harvard yard...
...Vellucci indicated that he was not acting from mere self-interest. Citing the perennial parking problem, the councillor said he intended to use the highway as a bludgeon to obtain faster action. "It is the duty of the school and of the city, not of the students, to clear up the parking mess," he said. "Unless Harvard provides ample parking facilities for the student body, I may take serious steps to put the belt route right through the Harvard yard or Harvard Square...
...councillor also proposed that the City seize the plot of land opposite the entrance to the Fly Club and across the street from Claverly to convert it into a parking lot. "The University is not using that land for educational purposes," Vellucci said. "If Harvard won't do it, the city will take the land, put up parking meters, and let the students...