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City Councilman Alfred E. Vellucci has called for a full-scale investigation of a newly uncovered rat menace in Cambridge. He said that he had gotten "several complaints" that homes in the River St. area, particularly near the Charles River, are becoming infested with rodents...
...leaned back in my chair and sobbed. Month after frustrating month, I have been trying to get people to understand that we are not fanatic crackpots, but sincere and concerned citizens who have a beautiful dream of the greatness this country could once again have. The message had finally gotten through to someone, and I was able to get the best night's sleep in months...
Whaman said that the "tremendous demand "for Freedom Schools from Negroes throughout Mississippi had prompted COFO's decision to expand the program. "I don't think anyone expected the response we've gotten," he said...
...central character he set the necessary fast pace. His imitation of an overdone performance of Lear was very amusing; my only complaint is that he seemed to have too much energy. Perhaps this is the way Miss Fortson invisioned Moliere, but I wished Monette could have gotten more convincingly exasperated, or spoken more naturally. He sounded like he was acting, and this is a major fault, since in the play Moliere makes fun of unnatural actors...
Barry, well aware of the enormous boost his candidacy had gotten, said confidently, "This just means that I have more delegates than I thought I did-maybe 690, something along in there. But I'd like a few more; then I'd say I was over the hump." Later Goldwater was even more confident. "Scranton just hadn't been moving," he said. "He needed a big break, and the only state where he could possibly get it would be Illinois. We had expected to get 40 of those delegates. We got 48. Three others we know...