Word: motions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sponsored by councilor David Sullivan, the motion cites the referendum vote from last month's municipal election. Cambridge residents voted 17,480 to 5973 to "call upon our representatives in Congress to oppose sending U.S. troops military advisors, arms or military aid of any kind whatsoever" to El Salvador...
...motion cited the efforts of local churches and the national Catholic church, and predicted that the aid vote could come as early as this Wednesday...
...motion is passed, it will accomplish exactly the opposite of its intent," Sullivan said, adding "layoffs will have to occur, and the processing time will slow down even further...
Democrats are "talking" among themselves in an effort to reform--through the DNC's Commission on Presidential Nomination--a variety of their party rules that experts say contributed to the Democrats' defeat in 1980. "We can change things for 1984," Brown said, adding that "our process is already in motion, although it's always helpful to get other views and ideas...
DIED. Harry Von Zell, 75, portly announcer who played the jovial neighbor on the Burns and Allen radio and television series; of cancer; in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. Von Zell started his career in 1927 as a singer for a small California station. As a CBS announcer, he achieved notoriety when he introduced President Herbert Hoover as "Hoobert Heever." Von Zell was a commentator on early March of Time programs and his quick wit won him roles on the radio shows of Will Rogers, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor and Ed Wynn...