Word: sargent
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...research committee has recommended to Gov. Francis W. Sargent that the state give direct financial aid to Massachusetts private colleges...
Shriver Moving. Such is the vacuum of Democratic leadership that speculation persists that New York's Republican Mayor John Lindsay may turn Democrat (see box, page 13). At lower levels, there is also a dearth of attractive Democratic candidates in some key states. Sargent Shriver, long rumored ready to resign his ambassadorship in Paris to run for Governor of Maryland, is now considering moving to New York to seek the Senate seat once held by his brother-in-law Robert Kennedy, and currently occupied by Republican Charles Goodell...
...legislators are somewhat less prone to showboating and somewhat more tired of the Patriot's continual pleas for a stadium. This may not be enough to assure the bill's defeat: Senate President Maurice Donahue may well decide to push hard for its passage, in order to embarrass Gov. Sargent - no friend of Donahue's - by forcing him to veto it or back down from his previous opposition to using eminent domain on Harvard Stadium...
...bill were to be approved by Sargent, it could still face a court fight. Massachusetts eminent domain law requires only that land be taken over for a "public purpose"-a provision which the bill's sponsors try to cover by saying that the Stadium could be used for high school teams, speakers etc. Harvard's lawyers could decide to challenge this public purpose in court, or argue that certain provisions of the state constitution exempt Harvard from eminent domain proceedings. Even if the University lost a court battle, by the time the Commonwealth was legally able to take possession...
...compromise" of a one year lease by the Patriots on the Stadium-suggested by Gov. Sargent, among others-is not particularly new, nor is it much of a compromise. Sargent's rationale for the suggestion-to give the state more time to work out a new stadium for the team-is hardly convincing, given the legislature's past record on that score. What the one year lease would do is give the Patriots a foothold in the Stadium; after a year, it would be difficult to throw them out, particularly after the club has made the alterations needed to raise...