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...battle is also raging in East Cambridge, where incumbents Alfred E. Vellucci and Frisoli are facing a strong challenge from Bentubo. Frisoli doesn't live in the Italian East Cambridge, but his ties with the Frisoli-Deguglielmo political clan won him support there two years ago. Vellucci, a 30-year fixture in city government, wins each election with the backing of a large personal network. But Bentubo is putting the pressure on. The owner of Richard's Arco has poured more than $5000, much of it from family members, into the campaign, and his posters and placards blanket (and litter...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Council--Handicapping the Horses | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Among the old-line independents, the possibility of upset exists. Walter Sullivan will breeze into office, probably at the head of the field, but Mayor Danehy, Frisoli, and Crane all face fights. Two former councilors upset in the 1977 elections. Daniel Clinton and Leonard Russell, have outspent the incumbents ("People in office are less willing to hit up their supporters for dough" theorizes one city politician), and are trying to rebuild the coalitions that elected them in the past. Danehy didn't pay his taxes on time two years ago, a revelation that may damage his candidacy. Frisoli...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Council--Handicapping the Horses | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Two outsiders, not firmly aligned with either the independent or CCA camps, may also affect the balloting. David Agee and Douglas Okun don't have the ethnic and neighborhood bases that Vellucci, Danehy and their ilk draw on; their support of a "depolarized" city council may draw some votes, though, from new arrivals in the city--for the most part condo owners, who are less a part of Cambridge machine politics...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Council--Handicapping the Horses | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...surprising lack of turnovers in the first half was more than made up for in the final two periods when the teams combined for five interceptions and three fumbles. Of these eight miscues, the Bruins wound up with the ball seven times...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Don't Forget Galoshes | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Columbia, two Dartmouth players followed in Dad's footsteps, and led the Big Green to a decisive victory over Columbia...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Elis Nip Cornell, Grab No. 700 | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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