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...Porter, was real good. Of course he thought up the dances himself. The girls were supposed to work in a grubby club. They do a strip number and are pretty good lookers, if you like that sort of thing, you know, if you got a good seat and crane your neck right...
...grew up in the Central Square area, attended Harvard as an undergraduate, and then spent a year at the School of Education. This varied experience has been one of the keys to success for some of the citys most energetic and creative public officials--for example, Mayor Edward A. Crane '35 and former Mayor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo...
Thus far, the use of PR has meant there is no dominant force on either the school committee or the council. The independents hold a 5-4 majority on the council, and because Mayor Edward A. Crane sits on the school committee, CCA-endorsed candidates hold a 4-3 majority...
...Street area--and in city elections, CCA candidates poll only about 40 to 45 per cent of the total vote. With PR, that's good enough to elect respectable delegations to both the Council and the school committee. Under a plurality, only the strongest of CCA candidates might survive (Crane, who has city-wide support, for example), but those relying exclusively on CCA endorsement might be overwhelmed by the independent majorities...
...Maher wins, someone on the present Council must go. The who is the question that no one can seem to answer. Mayor Crane, Councillor Walter J. Sullivan (normally the vote-gettingist candidate), and CCA-endorsed Mrs. Cornelia Wheeler are usually conceded to be safe. Al Vellucci is safe, though his security isn't as well-established as either Sullivan's, Crane's or Wheeler...