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Between Edward A. Crane '35 and John J. Curry '19 there developed an extremely close working arrangement. Few people are able to define the arrangement exactly, but most observers tend to think of Curry and Crane as one political unit...
...this close relationship and its consequences that helped create Monday's revolt. With Crane in office for six years (three consecutive terms, something unprecedented under the city manager form of government), and with the mayor and manager cooperating so well together, the Councillors felt a little manhandled, especially the younger members...
Take a look at the Councillors who voted for Hayes and DeGuglielmo: Hayes has only been on the Council since '62; Goldberg since '62; Coates since '64; Maher since last week; and Mrs. Wheeler, with an interruption, since '60. Of the Curry supporters, Crane, Vellucci, and Sullivan have the longest tenure of any current Councillors. Thomas H. D. Mahoney, first elected in 1963, is the sole newcomer, and his loyalty to Curry can be explained, to a large extent, by a long friendship with Crane...
...Wednesday, Saia was telephoned by both Curry and Edward A. Crane '35 the outgoing mayor and the current manager's staunchest ally in the dispute...
...votes pledged to DeGuglielmo seemed secure last night, though it is thought that the Saia appointment will increase pressure on Mrs. Wheeler and intensity a division within the Cambridge Civic Association. Two of the four CCA endorsed Councillors, Crane and Thomas H.D. Mahoney, are backing Curry; the other two, Mrs. Wheeler and Thomas Coates, support DeGugilelmo...