Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first referendum concerns the seventeen teaching appointments made last December by Mayor Edward J. Sullivan and his "independents...
...There is a strong ground swell for Referendum One; I think it will carry seven or eight to one," Dean Shaplin declared last night. "The Referendum on proportional representation will be very close, but I think we will win because of the heavy feelings on the first one." The CCA has fought for retention...
Shaplin also predicted that the vote would be heavy. As evidence of the interest in the election he cited yesterday afternoon's Mother's March in which 40,000 flyers were distributed asking for a negative vote on Referendum One. "I think that the CCA will win four of the six seats on the School Committee and that Mrs. Catherine Ogden and I will be re-elected," he said...
Last week, six councilors registered their disapproval of the 17 controversial School Committee appointments, the other referendum question on this year's ballot. Mayor Eddie Sullivan cast the only dissenting vote, and two councilors abstained...
...life bears the burden of unquestionable proof. The opponents of abolition fail, therefore, to present such evidence. In a liberal and humanitarian society, the final punishment cannot be justified in the absence of such proof. When the question comes before the people eventually in the form of a referendum, it is to be hoped that they too will realize these considerations...