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...present, CNCV volunteers are working on an intensive door-to-door canvass of Cambridge voters. According to campaign manager Carolyn Carr, they hope to complete this phase of the campaign Wednesday. After that, the group will attempt to reach those voters who were unavailable or undecided the first time around. The CNCV will also begin leaf-leting and planning for election...
...test last week. Two Cambridge City Councillors--Cornelia B. Wheeler and Thomas H. D. Mahoney--have announced their suport of CNCV's struggle to assure that their petition will appear on the ballot. Meanwhile, CNCV, on the assumption that their petition will be on the ballot, is beginning a door-to-door campaign for its adoption...
Walzer reported that earlier door-to-door canvassing has already gained much popular support for the referendum. The success of the canvassing has been reflected in the sharp increases in voter registration, an increase attributed to those wishing to vote in the referendum...
...door-to-door salesmen give hard sell to homeowner. Homeowner objects, nonchalantly removes one salesman's watch, admires it, and then smashes it on doorstep. Salesman mulls, then casually breaks off section of door frame. Homeowner reflects, then rips off salesman's shirt. Other salesman blinks, frowns, and throws brick through window. Homeowner throws brick through windshield of salesmen's car. Salesmen attack homeowner's piano with axes, swat vases with spade handles. Homeowner tears off car headlights, doors, gas tank and sets auto ablaze. Salesmen demolish house, dig up lawn, hack...
...three different peace groups. One of these, the Cambridge Neighborhood Committee (CNC), headed by Michael Walzer, associate professor of Government, is circulating a petition urging Congressman Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill Jr. "to return to your district to hold open hearings on the war." The CNC now has door-to-door canvassers working in about one-third of Cambridge's precincts, and in all eleven wards. Walzer estimates that about 1500 signatures have been collected...