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...Five referenda will be on the ballot with the most attention going to an advisory statement calling for a nuclear arms moratorium, and a state constitutional amendment allowing the death penalty...
...deserves a massive vote of confidence in any referendum University Hall chooses to hold. But it also deserves to be freed from the harassment of whimsical, politically timed referenda that University Hall dreams up to stir up a little trouble...
...Busing: Stop and Go. Busing opponents, who in the past have attempted everything from marching to electing like-minded school-board members, have more recently gone on to try passing statewide referenda. But after two rulings by the court last week, that device may have a limited future. Although a California proposition was upheld, one in Washington State involving more important legal principles was thrown...
...statement of support, signed by Sen. George Bachrach, Sen. Michael LoPresti Jr., Rep. Charles F. Flaherty Jr., Rep. Saundra Graham, and Rep. Michael J. Lombardi, praised the plan for eliminating a clause, included in King's first proposal, limiting the amount of state aid going to localities passing referenda over-riding the provisions of Proposition 2 1/2. Cambridge voters two weeks ago endorsed a proposal suspending the second-year of mandated tax cuts...
Cambridge today becomes the first major city to consider over-riding Proposition 2 1/2 but several town have in the last month voted on proposals to modify the property tax cutting measure. Two thirds of these referenda have failed...