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FILMING PARTS of The Boston Strangler in Cambridge last spring created a minor diversion to spark up the otherwise dull life of many a resident of the City. Middle-aged men and women gathered around a small drugstore near the eastern end of Cambridge St. to vie for walk-on parts in the film, strolled past Simeone's for a glimpse of Tony Curtis slurping a plate of spaghetti, and gossiped endlessly about the trial of a self-confessed strangler--Albert DeSalvo--in an East Cambridge courtroom. But now that the completed film blares out on the screen...
...city policies that is perhaps without parallel elsewhere in the U.S. The spectacular hike in welfare rolls is a direct result of heavy black migration from the South and a longtime influx of Puerto Ricans. Much of the budget, including welfare, is mandated by law. Inflation causes union to vie against union in looking to the city treasury...
...Vie Gatto is also prominent in this week's Ivy League statistics. The Harvard captain is right behind Hornblower in rushing and total offense, and is tied with nine others for third place in scoring with 12 points. Coach Yovicsin is understandably enthusiastic about his combination of Hornblower and Gatto...
Columbia's defensive success will depend on its ability to handle Harvard's multi-faceted offense. The first two opponents on the Crimson schedule have been unable to cope with the halfback option pass worked so well by both Hornblower and captain Vie Gatto...
There is a possibility of integrating the Communists into South Vietnamese politics at a slightly lower level: by legitimizing the Front as a political party so that its members could vie for seats in the National Assembly like any other group. Cabinet seats would be denied them until they had demonstrably earned them at the polls. But, from the U.S. viewpoint, there are grave dangers in such a course. The Communists are far and away the best-organized, most cohesive political force in South Viet Nam, and in a free election could probably attract more votes than the population they...