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...television extravaganza, Nixon introduced Volpe as not merely a road-builder, but as an expert in all fields of mass transportation. That statement is ridiculous. As Governor the ex-highway contractor has continued to emphasize roads as the primary mode of transportation in Greater Boston and throughout the Bay State, while allowing public transportation to lag far behind, as everyone who has tried to travel to Wellesley by MBTA can witness...
...more parochial of the Commonwealth's citizens may be happy that Volpe is no longer directing the state's affairs. But the ex-contractor has gone on to bigger things and the nation is that much worse...
...house. "I really don't know how much bacon 1,000 Ibs. is," she admitted. "But I do know that we use six or seven pounds a week." Costliest item was a new house, valued at $64,900 and sold for $55,000 to Chester Volkman, a contractor, who mused: "Maybe my daughter will want...
...YEARS AGO Massachusetts Governor John A. Volpe, in the midst of a re-election campaign, made one of the few decisions that has ever won the ex-contractor any acclaim in Cambridge. Vope ordered a re-examination of the route which Cambridge's eight-lane nemesis, the Inner Belt highway, would take through the City...
...post, at least enough influence to bend the ear of Bridwell's successor on the matter of the Belt. Though Volpe has remained mum on the Belt for almost two years, it's likely that Cambridge's continuing fight has not further endeared the City to the former highway contractor. The study could be scratched before it began...