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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unofficial first ballot count indicated yesterday that the Cambridge Civic Association, which pledges to be "more sympathetic to Harvard", will regain a majority in the City Council election by a 5-4 margin...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Early Returns Indicate C.C.A. Council Majority | 11/10/1955 | See Source »

...single candidate to be assured of a seat in the Council after yesterday's count was Independent Edward J. Sullivan who became the city's top vote-getter with a total of 4,806 first place votes out of the 36,234 ballots cast...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Early Returns Indicate C.C.A. Council Majority | 11/10/1955 | See Source »

...municipal election campaign that ended yesterday, every candidate for the City Council promised firm support for the Urban Renewal Plan. But opposing slums and juvenile delinquency in the abstract is like opposing sin; only concrete actions count. Before time runs out on the Federal grant, the new City Councilors should join with City Manager Curry and produce some real progress toward urban renewal. As soon as possible they should appoint a general supervisor and establish a housing authority, so that the embryonic Redevelopment Authority will know where and how to start work. If these steps are taken and the necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slum's Progress | 11/9/1955 | See Source »

...squad in the meet, the Crimson has as its strongest contender Pete Reider, winner of the Big Three Championship this year. But the varsity's main hope is its well-balanced squad, especially important since Cornell has little after its Big Three. Runners on whom Coach Bill McCurdy must count if the team is to place well include two who have been fighting injuries for some time. Captain Don French was unimpressive against Yale and Princeton, but was suffering from a cold, and Al Wills, third in this meet last year, has been injured much of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Red Picked to Win Over Crimson Harriers | 11/4/1955 | See Source »

...themselves enough to refute this, but Lake said, "Sorry, boys, time to go," and left before debate began. The dominant group at this meeting was the "independent" faction which felt it could not fit into the official "Conservative" or "Liberal" categories. By the following Fall it was possible to count the total membership of each party on one hand. Soon even a hand was unnecessary--the Athenacum didn't die, it merely disappeared...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: ... From an Oratorical Ruin | 11/3/1955 | See Source »

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