Word: councillor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...take the common councillor long to find Harvard an unparalled source of humor and self-advancement in Ward 17. He had long admired the well-oiled machine of New York's Tammany Hall, which, in a modest way, his own Roxbury Tammany Club recreated. Partly because many of his constituents could not yet read a ballot, Curley made a more educational enterprise of his club. He invited speakers from outside the ward. Whatever the topic, he assured them all of an intelligent and sympathetic audience. Thus their dual function was to provide the ward with entertainment as well as enlightenment...
...habitual bicycle rider in Cambridge for something over five years, Councillor Sullivan's remarks on the bicycle traffic problem in Harvard Square interest me quite a bit. Unfortunately, the bicyclists who ride an the wrong side of the street are only one factor among many that contribute to the traffic hazard in the Square. Much of the blame and many of the near-misses can be blamed on the behavior of the cyclists themselves...
...response to questioning by Councillor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, the chief said that the Board had not been notified of the Council's decision last week to permit left turns into Garden St. from Mason St. and Appian Way. He agreed to have the "No Left Turn" signs removed from the intersections...
...made into a parking lot and that Harvard become a separate state "like the Vatican" made him anathema in Crimson eyes, is asking for Harvard help. He said recently that he had told a caller that he had no objections to Harvard students forming an "Al Vellucci for Councillor" club. He continued that "help from Harvard students would go a long way in helping my re-election." Vellucci is now claiming that he helped Harvard create parking space for students and that he worked to keep Harvardians out of the clutches of the "Harvard Gestapo and the Cambridge gendarmes...
...need any special order to enforce the law," declared Police Chief Patrick J. Ready yesterday. But Councillor A1 Vellucci, who introduced the order at Monday night's Council meeting, threatened to form a "vigilante committee of secret friends," to inspect stores and recommend action to the district attorney if the order is not carried...