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...Kerry camp, election night years ago. Drinan smiled as be heard the cheers, consented to a few interviews, shook some hands, and then disappeared once again...
Between midnight and 2 a.m., the returns from the western cities and towns began to come in. The results showed Drinan not only holding his own but winning in the west's three major cities--Leominster. Fitchburg, and Framingham At 2:30 a.m., a weary Linsky told his followers. "We're pretty near the point where you all should go home but I'm not yet ready to throw to the fowel" Thirty minutes later he telephoned Drian and conceded...
Hogsett maintained that Drinan would show enough strength among the blue collar workers in the western towns to hold onto his current lead...
Another close battle took place in the 4th Congressional District where Representative Robert F. Drinan (D. Mass) appeared to have turned back the strong challenge from State Representative Martin F. Linsky (R-Brookline). But again, the trailing candidate refused to conclude defeat until more of the returns were counted...
...figures is that race, with more than 50 per cent of the precisely accounted for, were 45,916 for Father Drinan, 38,494 for Linsky and 3969 for Independent John I Collins...