Word: cawley
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...years. If not quite a foregone conclusion, the Federal Financial Assistance Committee's virtually unanimous vote in favor of the bill was extremely likely even before the hearings began, particularly since the only perceptible reason for the bill's being in the committee at all was that Sen. Robert Cawley (D-Bos.), co-sponsor of the bill, also happened to be co-chairmen of the committee...
State Sen. Robert L. Cawley (D-Bos.) co-sponsor of the bill, had first proposed paying Harvard $10 million for the Stadium, but has now decided it isn't worth that much, and has indicated he will move to reduce the compensation to $5 million...
...Cawley heads the legislature's Federal Financial Assistance Committee, which will hold hearings Tuesday on the bill. Among witnesses invited to appear are Pro Football Commissioner Pete Rozelle, Boston's Mayor Kevin White, and Massachusetts' Governor Francis W. Sargent...
Lawyers for Cawley and the University have checked the constitutionality of the bill, and agree that it is legal, provided the state can prove a public purpose would be served by taking over the Stadium...
...addition to Cawley's bill, four others, now in the legislative hopper, deal with the Stadium. Hearings on the other four bills-which would either remove or reduce the facility's tax exemption-will be held on Feb. 12. At the moment, it seems unlikely that any of the bills stand a good chance of approval by the legislature...