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...Contest for December. First place goes to the Boston Herald for itspicture of a teenager grinning into the camera with a snow shovel in his hand. The cutline reads, "Twelve year old (Name withheld) shows no sign of birth defects as he shovels snow outside his parents home in Mattapan." Attaboy, kid. Second place to the New York Post for its "Sam Sleeps" cover, complete with a photograph of David Berkowitz catching a few z's in the Tombs. Honorable mentions toonumerous to name... --Joseph W. Dalton and Gay W. Seidman

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trees Died for These Sins | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...group is also seeking financial support that would allow it to establish a legal aid office in Mattapan, Mass. The center would provide legal services for the Jewish poor, Arzt said...

Author: By Joanne L. Kenen, | Title: News Shorts | 9/27/1977 | See Source »

...short-run, partisan elections would hinder Mattapan State Senator Joseph Timilty's mayoral ambitions. Timilty, who narrowly lost to White in the '75 general election, is still White's main antagonist. He probably would be unable to win a primary race against White because due to its smaller turn-out, a primary emphasizes political organization rather than general popularity...

Author: By Mike Kendall, | Title: Sympathy for the Devil | 1/4/1977 | See Source »

...best place to begin an investigation of Boston's subways, especially if you're starting from Harvard, is the Red Line, which runs from Harvard Square to Ashmont, Quincy and Mattapan. The Red Line is Boston's most basic subway from the aesthetic point of view. There are no frills (except for the new cushion-seat cars which are the pride of the system)--the Red Line specializes in gutsy subway travel. There are long stretches of dark tunnel, heavy use of underground stations, and a quick, noisy speed between stations. The Red Line is best for deep reflection...

Author: By Lewis Clayton, | Title: Notes from Underground | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

...tank more "colorful." Intentionally or not, she came up with a few broad paint strokes--the blue one, at a good examining glimpse, is a profile of none other than Ho Chi Minh, with his wispy beard curling to a point at the bottom. Later, at the Ashmont-to-Mattapan extension, the rickety track guides the only subway to the world to run through a cemetary. On the way back, sitting in the front of one of the red-striped, gift-wrapped cushion cars, subway freaks like to watch the speedometer of the future--which operates like an electrical scoreboard...

Author: By Lewis Clayton, | Title: Notes from Underground | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

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