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James F. Fitzgerald, one of the five Cambridge school committeemen, who sought re-election, was the only candidate to exceed the quota yesterday in an unofficial first count of ballots. He received 4666 first choices, 172 votes more than the 4494 necessary for election...
According to the new scoring system to be used this year, points will be awarded for starting, finishing, and placing near the top. Conceivably, a House could win the entire race if it entered enough runners. As a result, participation in tomorrow's race will probably exceed the field of 128 which entered last year...
Although gale warnings and a full hurricane watch are now in effect from Block Island to Provincetown, the Boston area will not be severely affected by the storm. Winds here may exceed 45 m.p.h. but the medium to heavy rainfall should end by tonight. Skies will be partially clear on Wednesday...
...over the primary responsibility for the training of the Vietnamese army as part of Dulles' effort under the SEATO treaty to curb Communist subversion in Southeast Asia. Though the U.S. poured in lavish economic aid, the total U.S. military strength assigned to the Military Assistance Group did not exceed 2,000 men. But as the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas began increasing their terrorist attacks against the government, the U.S. started to get seriously concerned. In October 1961, General Maxwell D. Taylor visited South Viet Nam, came back with the outline of a vastly stepped-up program of U.S. military...
...CASUALTY LOSSES. Kennedy asked that casualty losses, now deductible in full (even the dented car fender), be allowed only to the extent that they exceed 4% of income. The committee instead decided to prohibit deduction of the first $100 of each casualty loss...