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Thus far the City's most intelligent reply has been to cite the 45-year-old case of Dooling vs. City Council of Fitchburg. The case dealt directly with the possible uses of initiative petitions. The Supreme Julicial Court ruled "It cannot have been the purpose of the General Court to require or to permit the referendum or the initiative... touching subjects wholly outside the field of authorized action by the City Council. Such a futile intention cannot be imputed to the General Court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Put the War on the Ballot | 9/30/1967 | See Source »

...edge than any other U.S. scientist. "I think that UFOs are the No. 1 problem of world science," he says. "I'm afraid that the evidence points to no other acceptable hypothesis than the extraterrestrial. The amount of evidence is overwhelmingly real." Both Hynek and McDonald cite the example of earlier scientists who for years had little patience with recurring stories about stones that fell from the sky. Yet, in 1802, when churchmen, politicians and peasants witnessed an unusually heavy shower of fragments at L'Aigle, France, the French Academy of Sciences finally had to conclude that stones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A FRESH LOOK AT FLYING SAUCERS | 8/4/1967 | See Source »

...result has been to pique White House correspondents, who always want more information than they get. They cannot help liking Christian, but they can and do cite such exchanges as those that took place last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press Secretaries: The Compleat Johnson Man | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...letter then goes on to cite the testimony of one user of LSD who reports that he was "constantly hallucinated and utterly confused" from his use of the drug. Getting no help from UHS, the individual then "took more, a great deal more, LSD and marijuana. . .and my so called psychosis disappeared...

Author: By Marcia B. Line, | Title: Group Gives Letter to Class of '70 Praising Use of Psychedelic Drugs | 4/29/1967 | See Source »

...DeGuglielmo councillors. The immediate goal is to keep DeGuglielmo's 5-4 majority intact. The presidents feel that the organization has an obligation to take a stand on the City's most important issue, the city manager and the "progress" he is said to represent. They cite the appointment of an assistant city manager, the hiring of a new long-range planner, the consolidation of city health services as changes that should be encouraged. Crane's constant opposition to DeGuglielmo is pictured as childish obstructionism...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: CCA Confusion | 4/13/1967 | See Source »

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