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...reminiscent of Peter Watkins's year-old movie Privilege, in which English politics are controlled by a charismatic rock singer whom the state exploits through mass media. In Boston, the major roles were played by White, Brown, and city councillor Tom Atkins. The strategy was simple. City Hall helped pay the Boston Garden rental, WGBH televised the show twice in the course of the same evening, and Brown was willing to have his talent used to keep the ghetto quiet. White made a public plea that people who had already bought their tickets return them and watch the show from...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: White and Brown | 4/8/1968 | See Source »

Nature has foiled Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci again. Harvard will not float out to sea Friday night even if the Charles River reaches the nine foot crest that the U.S. Weather Bureau predicts...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Baby, the Rain Must Fall | 3/20/1968 | See Source »

Later last night, Harvard's old friend--Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci--proposed that the City build an underground garage and bus depot beneath the Yard to end parking problems in the Square...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: Tax Rate to Rise by $8; Vellucci: 'Dig Up Yard' | 3/19/1968 | See Source »

After Vellucci introduced his order--scribbled on a piece of yellow paper, Councillor Edward A. Crane '35 dryly said that the Council should wait to see how Harvard's new 600 car garage works...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: Tax Rate to Rise by $8; Vellucci: 'Dig Up Yard' | 3/19/1968 | See Source »

...even its chief contributor, Mel Lyman, who claims to be God, is nothing out of the ordinary. Avatar differs only in that it is published in the Boston area, where such publications are traditionally frowned on. Soon after it first appeared last spring, city fathers grew restive. Cambridge City Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci set the tone by calling it the "filthiest junk I have ever laid eyes on." News dealers heard a warning in this, and some stopped selling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Battle of Four-Letter Words | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

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