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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Moncreiff, a former Rhodes Scholar and like her, CCA and a Republican. With this vote, Moncreiff seems to have a pretty good chance of election. The old Goldberg vote, on the other hand, will probably scatter; some may go to James W. Caragianes (Ind.) who, like Goldberg, draws a lot of support in Mid-Cambridge; others will flow towards School Committeeman Daniel J. Clinton (Ind.) who, with this new support and an old base of votes from his School Committee races, may make it onto the council...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: Cambridge Council Race | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

...beautiful thing to witness, but it only added to his alienation from civil servants and blue collar workers. Police cars and buses burned their headlights to show support for President Nixon. It is true such individuals as drove them were not likely to cast their lot with Lindsay in any case, but even for opponents of the war his action raised the specter of another mayor at another time marshalling a different set of personal opinions behind the decision to lower flags-to commemorate Captive Nations Day, for instance, or the death of John Birch...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: John Lindsay at the Crossroads | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

...coach Seamus Malin said after the game. "We were more relieved to win than anything else. There was a lot of late tackling, and overall it was a very unsettling game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JV Booters Nip Unsettling Friars | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

HAYES has a lot of ideas about how the school system can be opened up. He would like to try an Advancement School modeled on the system now in use in Philadelphia. This type of school in largely designed to fit the students. "The whole idea of passing and failing is absent in the Advancement schools. You are in this environment not to pass or fail but to acquire skills. Individuals proceed at their own pace." Hayes says that this type of school would go a long way toward reducing the dropout rate in Cambridge, which in some high schools...

Author: By Tom Southwick, | Title: School Committee Race: A New Face | 11/1/1969 | See Source »

...that makes Richard Burton so popular. Soft spoken, but with an incredible memory for faces and names, he appeals to the ladies. One woman he met at a coffee the other night had taken care of him when he was a six-year-old playing in the tot lot. He had not seen her in 21 years, but he remembered her. She will vote for him. Ironically her number one vote for City Council will go to Mayor Walter Sullivan, a man worlds apart from Hayes politically...

Author: By Tom Southwick, | Title: School Committee Race: A New Face | 11/1/1969 | See Source »

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