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...Council's interrogations of Rudolph are so frequent that they've become stylized. The Traffic Director walks in, hitches up his trousers, puts his briefcase on the floor, and nervously lights his cigarette. His eyes dart first toward the Mayor's chair and then over to his left, where Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci sits...
...City Councillor Thomas W. Danehy last night withdrew the name of Acting City Manager Ralph J. Dunphy from consideration for the post. Danehy had nominated Dunphy only a week ago, but the councillor said that he had talked to the acting manager since then and found that Dunphy was not interested in having the job permanently...
...Councillor Thomas H. D. Mahoney, chairman of the Council's nationwide search for a new manager, objected that a "sick man goes to the finest doctor he can get, not to an old friend." Danehy then shot back, "This is not a medical show...
When the interchange ended, the Council voted 8 to 1 to allow Danehy to withdraw Dunphy's name. The dissenting councillor, Alfred E. Vellucci, said that he wanted a "native of Cambridge" such as Dunphy to be the new manager...
...opposing slate were independent School Committeeman Daniel J. Clinton and City Purchasing Agent Charles F. Watson. In Ward 10, Thomas P. O'Neill III, son of the anti-war Congressman, paced his slate to a victory over the incumbents, and a third faction. In Ward 11 City Councillor Thomas Danchy battled against former Mayor Daniel Hayes and Election Commissioner Thomas J. Hartnett. All three won positions on the committee, but the Danehy slate won a majority of the seats. All in all, the results in these five wards jolted the older politicians. The McCarthy vote had some influence in Wards...