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Twenty-one members from each new precinct were elected for three, two and one year terms so that each year one-third of the members will come up for reelection as usual...
Kent placed second out of 37 candidates, retaining his three-year seat in the sixth precinct. Kent said that the Town Meeting "is a lot of fun. People are always yelling. People get their views expressed...
Heller, who lost in the 1972 election, placed seventh out of 27 to win a three year seat in the first precinct. Katz said Heller's victory was "the big surprise." Katz finished 14th out of 30 to gain a two year seat in the third precinct...
...precinct in Cambridge had 1877 inhabitants according to Federal figures, but only 823 by the state tally. Brode said that in 1972 the number of registered voters exceeded the state census total...
...Aren't you tired of all this? Isn't it about time you gave yourself a break?" These words come not from the script of a new soap opera but from a letter Police Inspector Charles Peterson is distributing to streetwalkers in his district, the Midtown North precinct of Manhattan, which encompasses Times Square. Peterson's fatherly missive, handed out to every girl arrested for plying her trade in Midtown North, is the latest tactic in the current and-like those in the past-unsuccessful drive to clear New York streets of prostitutes. Writes Peterson...