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Undoubtedly significant has been Cambridge Civic Association majority representation on the present School Committee. With three of the six members, plus chairman Mayor Edward A. Crane '35, the CCA has met little difficulty in implementing its policies. In the new school construction program, as well as in several other reform measures, the organization has a strong campaign plank. The irony of the present situation is that of the three incumbents, only one, Gustave M. Solomons, is standing for re-election. After its major success in the last election, and after a very constructive two years, the CCA may find itself...
...many a U.S. community, stocky Curtis Bryant, 44, would be considered a model citizen. A crane operator for the Illinois Central Railroad, he is head of his union local, a Baptist Sunday school teacher and deacon, a Boy Scout committee chairman. But he is also president of his county's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-and that, in McComb, Miss, (pop. 12,020), can apparently be enough to put a man behind bars...
Nuzzling Birds. New York Times Financial Columnist Burton Crane has put out an album called Stock Market Profits for the Sophisticated Investor, presumably for the investor who is not sophisticated enough to read Crane's columns or books. Occupying six twelve-inch sides, it is as long as many complete operas, is salted with Crane's forthright advice: "Get the hell out at the first sign of high water...
Present CCA power resides in the Mayor, Edward A. Crane '35; and in Councilors Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, Cornelia B. Wheeler, and Pearl K. Wise, all Council veterans. In its attempt to secure two new seats, the CCA may very well unseat one or more of its own veterans, only to replace him with a novice...
Vellucci said that he thought Burke was unavailable. Crane replied that if Burke had been unable to handle the job he would have notified the Council that he was unavailable; then the Council would have appointed a department head as acting City Manager...