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...citizens groups, ex-offender groups and church groups joined together to form the Ad Hoc Committee on Prison Reform, a group that put pressure on Governor Francis W. Sargent, with mailing and campaigning, to reform prisons. In February 1972, Sargent appointed a new commissioner of corrections, John Boone, and introduced a new prison reform bill, Chapter 777. The bill, which the legislature passed in June 1972, gave Boone the power to make changes such as work releases, furloughs, and education releases--all reforms which increase the prisoners' interaction with the community...
...elected representatives and senators are all Democrats. The House Majority Leader, Tip O'Neill, lives in Cambridge, as does the head of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. In a recent State Senate race in East Cambridge, the GOP candidate picked up only two votes in one precinct. Governor Francis W. Sargent's last major campaign operation in the city was led by Democrat Joe DeCuglielmo--who is now, coincidentally or not, a judge. (The governor's most recent judicial appointment is a Cambridge Democrat named McGovern.) Even the Republican Ripon Society closed its doors here and moved to the banks...
Governor Francis W. Sargent signed a bill Tuesday which will allow Massachusetts college and university students from out of state to vote in Massachusetts more easily...
Persons convicted before July 1972 of possession of marijuana may petition to have their records sealed, under a Massachusetts law signed by Gov. Francis W. Sargent November...
Even a longtime critic, California Republican Paul N. ("Pete") McCloskey, praised Nixon's "state of physical and emotional health" and added: "He looked to me like he relished the combat he was in." Declared another critic, Massachusetts Republican Governor Francis W. Sargent: "He has a strength that is really amazing; he was cool and clear and precise-and with no notes in front of him." Said Republican Senator Howard Baker: "I've never witnessed a more frank presidential conversation...