Search Details

Word: mta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Controversy over the sale of the Bennet Street MTA Yards continued yesterday in the halls of the Cambridge City Council chamber. Councillor Daniel J. Hayes re-iterated his proposal that the city give the Sullivan-Chase Construction Co. $1 million, but Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci concluded that the Yards would eventually be sold to the University...

Author: By Anthony H. Scholl, | Title: Controversy Continues Over MTA Yards Sale | 1/8/1963 | See Source »

Hayes submitted an order to the Council requesting the Board of Assessors to "evaluate all of the bids submitted to the MTA..... having in mind the stated pledge of the Trustees of the MTA that final acceptance of any offer made for the purchase of said land would be in the 'best interests of the City of Cambridge and its future development.'" The order was passed with little discussion...

Author: By Anthony H. Scholl, | Title: Controversy Continues Over MTA Yards Sale | 1/8/1963 | See Source »

...speculation over the Roche bid continues. Roche has been requested to appear before the trustees of the MTA today with a complete set of proposals showing his client's intended use of the land. Further speculation has ensued over the identity of Roche's client...

Author: By Anthony H. Scholl, | Title: Controversy Continues Over MTA Yards Sale | 1/8/1963 | See Source »

Sullivan last night spiked a rumor that Roche was really representing him. When asked whether he planned to apply any further presure on the MTA, he replied...

Author: By Richard L. Levine, | Title: Local Lawyer Outbids University For Yards, Will Not Name Backers | 1/7/1963 | See Source »

Harvard acquires the MTA yards and announces plans to build a coed House. Mary Bunting, an experimental biologist, applauds the "long-awaited merger." Architect Sert envisages a 42-story alabaster tower. The New York newspaper strike negotiations are broken off until March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tea Leaves and Taurus | 1/7/1963 | See Source »

Previous | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | Next