Word: gov
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gov. Endicott Peabody '42 had favored both the amendments that were passed and the one that was defeated. Senate Pres. John E. Powers (D-Boston), who chaired the session, had called the legislative limit "well intentioned," but went no further...
...state house of Representatives yesterday rejected the bill that would have virtually abolished capital punishment in Massachusetts. The bill is now permanently dead unless Gov. Endicott Peabody '42 chooses to present it again in a special message to the legislature...
...defeat of the bill was a serious setback for Gov. Peabody and Democratic leaders in the House, who had staked their prestige on its passage, At a news conference after the vote, however, the governor predicted that Massachusetts would eventually eliminate the death penalty...
...another development bearing on the sale of the Bennett St. Yards, Gov. Endicott Peabody '42 decided over the weekend not to press for the appointment of Edward Dana to there MTA Board of Trustees. Dana, a former general manager of the MTA, is generally considered receptive to Harvard's bid for the Yards...
John R. Rodman, instructor in Government, explained Monday that Gov 1 section men are expected to give between 35 and 50 per cent honor grades, and between 5 and 10 per cent A's, but said that they can give more or less honor grades if the review committee approves. One section man last year was permitted to give 65 per cent honor grades, he noted...