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...Drinan's staff was predicting victory over Congressman Philip J. Philbin, vice-chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Republican challenger John McGlennon. McGlennon was showing surprising strength in the three-way contest, capturing many of the anti-Drinan votes that might have given Philbin another term...
Over 3000 Drinan volunteers crowded the West Newton Armory in hopes of celebrating their candidate's victory. One out of every five Newton voters had been listed as a Drinan volunteer during the course of the campaign, and the widely varying composition of the crowd-from twelve year-old teeny-boppers to seasoned leaders of the Massachusetts peace movement, including Harvard assistant pro-fessor of Social Studies Martin H. Peretz-underscored Drinan's liberal base...
Their long vigil climaxed an even longer uphill struggle in which Drinan barely managed to wrest the Democratic nomination from 72-year-old incumbent Philbin by winning the September 15 primary, only to face a Philbin write-in campaign as well as moderate Republican opponent McGlennon...
...While Drinan attempted to broaden his image as a peace candidate by addressing himself to a whole range of national problems, both the hawkish Philbin and the rather more evasive McGlennon accused Drinan of hypocrisy and extremism...
...Drinan's staff feared that a strong showing by Philbin in the Western half of the district, including the factory towns of Fitchburg and Leominster, would offset Drinan's advantage in suburban Newton, Waltham, and Watertown...