Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second rent control ordinance, this one proposed by the Cambridge Rent Control referendum, has been rewritten after the group discovered an error in their original ordinance, The referendum group is now beginning anew to get the signatures needed to put its proposed ordinance on the City's November ballot...
...leftover of the old Progressive era, the device allows citizens, by a two-stage process of petition and referendum, to oust an incumbent. Rarely attempted seriously, recall did unseat a Los Angeles mayor...
...True to his self-styled image as a draft candidate of the people, Poher conducted the finale of his campaign in his official residence as Senate president. It was in the Senate itself, in April, that plain-talking Alain Poher had mounted his challenge to De Gaulle and his referendum. Now, as a leading candidate to succeed De Gaulle, Poher summoned the press to announce his "plan of action...
...seen smiling and waving a flower at demonstrators, and many homeowners offered garden hoses to thirsty marchers. Seventy-eight representatives of long-established student organizations called for continuing the unofficial development of the park, a course supported by 12,719 of almost 15,000 students voting in a referendum. Chancellor Roger Heyns refused. A boycott of classes until the Guard was withdrawn was called by 177 of the 1,000-member faculty...
...Dartmouth College, strong sentiment against the Viet Nam war has long focused on the nearest target: ROTC. In democratic fashion, the college last month submitted the issue to a student referendum. Duly reflecting the results, the faculty then voted to abolish ROTC over a four-year period so that incoming freshmen who are counting on miltary scholarships will not be penalized. The plan did not satisfy a radical minority led by members of Students for a Democratic Society. Calling for the immediate abolition of ROTC, they vowed to stage "an act of civil disobedience...