Word: craning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crane Attacks Order...
Taking issue with supporters of the notification order, Councilor Edward A. Crane '35 said he did not favor a "road block" which would hamper Harvard's legitmate effort to buy the land. He asserted that the University "has started an active real estate market here," al- though it might have attempted to obtain the land through private negotiations...
...Crane attacked the view that Harvard and M.I.T, with their large areas of tax-exempt property, are an economic burden to taxpayers. He said that on the contrary the Universities have "a stabilizingeffect" on the city's tax rate, and, comparing Cambridge's taxes to those in neighboring cities, attributed the relatively low rate here to the presence of the institutions...
Reminding the Council that the Program for Harvard College has brought about $60 million of capital funds to Cambridge from all over the country, Crane said that this money, much of it to be spent on construction, would be an important asset to the city...
Capt. Joe Noble and Bob Foster, the Crimson's two unbeaten members, stretched their winning streaks to four apiece. Noble, at 157, shut out the Indians' John Chilson, 5-0. Foster recorded an equally one-sided win, beating 177 pounder Jay Crane...