Word: mcnamara
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Sullivan and his supporters have been seeking McNamara's vote all week, but he will definitely not support Sullivan, he said last night...
Four independents supported Sullivan at last week's meeting, but the fifth, Thoman M. McNamara, voted for himself to cost the council's top vote-getter the mayoralty. The four Cambridge Civic Association councillors voted "present" last week and plan to do so again today...
Councillor John J. McNamara bolted the City Council independents' ranks this week to keep fellow-councilman Edward J. Sullivan from becoming Cambridge's new mayor. The Cambridge Civic Association, meanwhile, abstained from voting and let the independent majority bring the newly-elected council's first meeting to an impasse...
Reliable sources predicted that the CCA will not endorse its arch foe Sullivan, and that McNamara--a strong supporter of the urban renewal program--is most likely to receive CCA support. Present misunderstanding between him and Curry can easily be reconciled the source added...
Independents John Lynch and Thomas McNamara agreed that the mayor will be an independent, but Lynch asserted that, whatever the independents decide, a subsequent offer of four CCA votes might swing the election. "It's dog eat dog," said Lynch, "everyone wants the job and it's going to be real rough to settle on one of the pack...