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Candidates for Cambridge municipal offices will speak tonight in a public forum at the Holy Trinity Armenian Church in an effort to gain endorsements from the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) for the 1987 city elections.
In Soweto, anonymous pamphlets called for a three-day general work stoppage to protest municipal police actions against rent-strikers. Thousands stayed home from jobs and school, some out of fear. Black militants stoned buses until all bus and taxi service between Soweto and Johannesburg temporarily shut down.
According to the Fort Smith indictment, the sedition began when some 200 white racists convened at Butler's compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho, in July 1983. There, the ringleaders agreed on a revolution to be financed by robberies and counterfeiting and carried out by bombings of gas and power lines...
But within days the voters realized to their chagrin that they had also thrown out city garbage collection, voided 81 municipal ordinances and furloughed the twelve-member local police force. "This is crazy. We're going to the Dark Ages," lamented Police Chief Pat Lowry. Equally upset was Defrocked Mayor...
Up till now, the only fireworks have been provided by Crystal Beach residents, who have been squabbling over their local government since the city was incorporated in 1971. Texas Rangers were once called out to restore order at a tempestuous city-council meeting. Two campaigns to disincorporate Crystal Beach failed...