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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past few months the influence of personalities in city council politics has been less evident in the color of accusations and more evident in the unpredictability of its decisions. In March the council voted unanimously to prevent the construction of a McDonald's Restaurant on the site of a 125-year-old landmark in Central Square. In April it even endorsed the United Farm Workers, requesting the city manager suspend all city purchases of boycotted lettuce and grapes and proclaiming a UFW Week in Cambridge. However, as summer approached, the council voted to prohibit concerts on Cambridge Common...
...Harvard in 1653 from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Indians and Others. Its purpose was to house Indian scholars, and Commonwealth Commissioners financed its construction. But the original college was destroyed to make way for Stoughton College, located on what is now the site of Stoughton Hall. The Commissioners gave Harvard a sum of 400 pounds sterling to construct Indian College. Members of the Native American Student Association estimate that interest accrued on this amount comes to over $2.5 million, and they'd like to see that money go toward educational grants for at least...
After a decade of planning, construction of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library and an adjacent $10-million University political science building on a site across from Eliot House is still in doubt...
Twelve months ago, the $27-million Kennedy Library and Museum complex was ready for construction: the plans had been prepared and released; the MBTA was clearing the site; and community opposition had been muted by formal City Council support of the project...
Last Friday Smith announced arrangements to secure 800 off-site parking spaces, and he may be able to secure the additional "satellite parking" which would satisfy the moderate opposition...