Word: elected
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...then led the fight for state assumption of welfare costs, that was originally supposed to be paid for by the sales tax; apparently that money wasn't forthcoming. I pushed that bill through the legislature and with an assist from Mayor-elect White, Speaker Davoren, Majority Leader Bob Quinn, and the Governor, they have now set about funding it. That's a very important piece of legislation for Boston. Admittedly it benefits Boston more than some of the more affluent communities, but that is proper. The distribution procedure now will pay some attention to need. That's the third part...
...action came on the recent recommendation of the Committee on Continuing Legal Education, chaired by dean-elect Derek C. Bok, professor of Law. First-year students have had such a "study" period--used for review rather than new reading--since last year...
Magraw's third proposal which would reform HUC election procedures, has broad support. At present the chairman of each house committee, one student chosen by each committee, and four freshman elected by the Freshman Council fill the 22 seats on the HUC. None of the members are directly responsible to the constituency they supposedly represent. If students vote at all in House committee elections, they are probably looking for those best qualified to run dances, not to represent them on the HUC, and one of the organization's problems has been the frequent absorption of members in the affairs...
...Model Cities Convention--held in balloon-festooned St. Mary's Auditorium--voted to have a 24-member City Demonstration Agency in charge. Residents of the model neighborhood will elect 16 of their number to serve on the agency...
...Degree. Along with Sunset, Commonwealth acquired its president, A. (for Austin) Bruce Rozet, 39, and this week it expects to elect him its own $60,000-a-year president and chief executive officer. Against overwhelming odds, Rozet over the past year has steered Sunset away from impending financial disaster. "We're taking our licks publicly," he said not long ago. "We have moved from the nth degree of impossibility as a company to a couple of degrees away from real possibilities...