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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...then appealed for the liberal Democratic vote, while State Treasurer John F. Kennedy relied on his name for nomination. An able City Councillor from Boston, Gabriel Piemonte, tried for the Italian and local vote, with oposition by Roxbury politician Alfred Magaletta. The final candidate, Francis J. Kelley, plastered MTA walls with promises of lowered taxes; he proposed state Sweepstakes as a panacea...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Mediocrity in Massachusetts | 10/27/1960 | See Source »

...outcome of the state gubernatorial race may well determine the success failure of the University in its bid to purchase the MTA Bennett St. maintanance and storage yards opposite Kirkland House...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: State Election May Decide Sale of Bennett St. Yards | 10/27/1960 | See Source »

Since the governor exercises sole authority over the trustees who institute MTA policy, either John A. Volpe or Joseph D. Ward would be in a position to negotiate sale with the University. In the past the Administration has offered as much as million for the site, where it hopes construct a tenth House...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: State Election May Decide Sale of Bennett St. Yards | 10/27/1960 | See Source »

Such an action would bring several thousand dollars more in revenue to Cambridge each year and constitute a major improvement over the MTA, which pays no taxes at all on the property...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: New MTA Manager May Allow Sale Of Storage Yards to University | 10/25/1960 | See Source »

...when he established the House system, President Lowell negotiated an agreement with the city which exempted from taxation all land "standing in the name of the University and used for academic purposes." The MTA controversy spurred Cambridge legislators last winter to propose a bill which threatened that agreement...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: New MTA Manager May Allow Sale Of Storage Yards to University | 10/25/1960 | See Source »

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