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...Manhattan, the battle of Central Park was joined when outraged mothers, with toddlers and perambulated infants in tow, formed a human barricade to stymie a bulldozer sent to flatten the flora on a half-acre dear to the kiddies but now slated to become a parking lot for patrons of the park's fancy-menued Tavern-on-the-Green. The man behind the man who manned the 'dozer: New York City's fireballing, thin-skinned Park Commissioner Robert Moses. He lost no time putting down the citizens' rebellion, had a storm fence thrown up around...
Councilor Alfred Vellucci suggested that parking could be discouraged by signs on alternate side of streets when the cleaning operation is scheduled to take place. Councilor Joseph A. De Guglielmo '29 insisted, however, that the problem could only be handled if an ordinance authorized police to tow away the cars...
...Cambridge Police Department will tow away all student-owned cars blocking snow removal operations, Police Chief Patrick F. Ready warned yesterday. "If they don't cooperate, we'll tow every car on the streets away," he said...
...police chief pointed out that under a state law, the Commissioner of Public Works could order the towing. The approval has already been given. "If cars are damaged by the tow-trucks, the city is not responsible," Ready stated...
Meanwhile, Boston Police Chief Thomas F. Sullivan issued an order banning all parking in the city after 6 p.m. yesterday. Sound trucks were dispatched to prevent shoppers from parking on the streets, and the police announced that they would tow all cars away after the deadline...