Word: petitioner
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There is 'still a chance," Walzer said, that the resolution calling for U.S. with-drawal from Vietnam will make the Nov. 7 ballot, depending on how quickly the courts rule on the legality of the petition.
The CNCV needed only 4000 signatures--8 per cent of Cambridge voters--to put the issue in the regular election. The group collected those names last August, but City Solicitor Andrew Trodden ruled their petition illegal because it dealt with matters beyond the sphere of Cambridge City government.
The CNCV is now fighting Trodden's ruling in Middlesex County Superior Court. Walzer is confident the courts will eventually uphold the petition. But the ruling will probably come too late for Nov. 7, according to CNCV lawyer Hans F. Loeser.
The petition for a special election--if it is necessary--will bear exactly the same text as the one now in court.
Three Lowell House juniors--Kenneth Kaufman, John Palazzo, and Peter Solenberger--had the idea of a house section last spring. Early last week 23 students signed a petition to Eckstein requesting the section and by last night 16 had signed to join the class.