Word: petitioners
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Because the actual licensing process is controlled by the Commonwealth, the nine-member body asked City Councilor Russel B. Higley to draw up a "home rule" petition to be submitted to the state legislature for final approval.
A native of Montana, the energetic, soft-spoken Hunthausen, 62, is known as the "peace Archbishop." He preaches unilateral disarmament, refuses to pay half of his income tax as a protest against Pentagon spending, and has denounced the local nuclear submarine base as the "Auschwitz of Puget Sound." During his...
Through its local affiliate, Cambridge Citizens for Risk Free, Quality Cable, NECTA last week obtained the required 110 signatures--10 from each of the city's 11 wards--to submit the petition.
"Physicists have always felt they had a special connection to nuclear weapons,' said Krauss, who serves as the petition coordinator for the Boston area. "It was felt that if an international group of eminent physicists pointed out their objections, it would bear more weight on current debates."
Supporters of the drive are planning to present the petition to various world leaders and international organizations, including the United Nations, on November 11.