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...McCann's major effort in the area of penal reform has been to gain passage of a bill that would set up a separate facility for prisoners with no prior convictions. "Given the state of our prisoners now, it makes no sense to throw the first offenders in with hardened criminals. I've been working since 1966 to get the state to set up a special institution for first time offenders...
Though facing a difficult contest for re-election. McCann is not, running and aggressive campaign. He coafines his activities to making appearances at American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall around the district. It invited, McCann will go to people's houses, but he does not canvass door-to-door or stand at subway or bus stops...
...McCann's two strongest opponents will probably be John Hogan '73 and David Wylie, a member of the Cambridge School Committee...
Wylie, who ran against McCann in the primary two years ago and lost by 1800 votes, is running a highly ideological campaign. Wylie rests his hopes on the fact that over 6000 new voters have been registered in Cambridge since the last election. He feels he can win the primary if he can get a large segment of the liberal Cambridge vote and run well in Belmont and Waltham...
...campaign Wylie stresses McCann's opposition to what he considers to be progressive legislation. He cites McCann's votes against lowering the voting and drinking age to 18, and his vote for the two-thirds parole--a law that would have required all prison inmates, regardless of their crime or sentence, to serve two-thirds of their terms--as examples of his "reactionary" voting record...