Word: mcglennon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more they build, the harder the plant will be to stop. Meanwhile, company lawyers sought a permanent exemption from the cooling-tower requirement. This involved nine months of public hearings and deliberation by the EPA'S Boston regional office. Finally, in November 1976, EPA Regional Administrator John McGlennon ruled that the ocean tunnel design was a potential environmental danger. His decision voided the construction permit, and work stopped in January...
Second, the returns just posted came from precincts in Newton and Brookline -- Drinan's two major strongholds. In 1970, when Drinan, a 51-year-old Roman Catholic priest, upset 28-year-incumbent Philip Philbin, a conservative Democrat, and Republican John McGlennon, one out of every five Newton voters was listed as a Drinan volunteer. Brookline, Linsky's home town, is composed predominantly of wealthy liberals who were attracted by Drinan's strong anti-Vietnam, pro-Israel stands. In the October 30 poll published by the Globe, Drinan led Linsky in Brookline by more than ten points. The returns from these...
These three towns as especially Waltham and Newton me considered to be Drinan's strongholds. In 1930 when Dinan's defeated John McGlennon and Philip J. Filbin in a three-way race Waltham Newton and Watertown as formed for 56 per cent of Drinan's total vote...
...unprecedented amounts of money, mostly from Newton liberals, a brilliant, computerized campaign organization, thousands of young volunteers, and rain on Primary day Drinan produced one of the most starting upsets in Massachusetts political history, defeating Philbin in a close race. He then went on to defeat Republican moderate John McGlennon, and a Philbin write-in campaign, in a three-way race for the Congressional seat...
Complete unofficial returns showed Drinan ahead with 64,716 votes, while McGlennon trailed with 61,129. Philbin, who ran a write-in campaign, brought up the rear with...