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...fourth-place Dave Allen at 22:39, six Harvard men were among the first 11 to complete the 4.6-mile Franklin Park course. Ran Langenbach placed sixth in 22:48. Robert Stempson finished seventh, Joseph Ryan eighth, Jon Chaffee tenth, Jim Baker eleventh, and Clive Kileff nineteenth...
Crimson runners placed fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth. Jim Stinchcomb headed the parade over a 2.5 mile course with a time of 11:59, 13 seconds behind Stan Kozubeck of M.I.T...
Using PR, a voter on the ballot lists the candidates in the order of his preferance. A pre-determined quota (for the city council, it's one tenth the total vote plus one) of the vote is needed for election. Men who have enough "number one" votes are automatically declared elected; their surplus ballots are then redistributed and the ballots of those with the fewest "number one" votes are also redistributed to those second on the list. The process continues until the proper number of office holders receive the quota...
Frank Hagherty, Doug Mansfield, and Bruce Brandhorst swept the first three places for Lowell. Dieter Wahl of Kirkland and Neil Houston of Quincy finished fourth and fifth. But Lowell would not be put off, and placed scorers in sixth and tenth, also. The winning time or the course, informally gauged at two miles...
...basis of the total vote, a quota needed for election is determined (it is one tenth of the total plus one). Some candidates can meet the quota from their "number one" votes. They are declared elected and any ballots they have in surplus of the quota are re-distributed to those who are listed second on the ballot (those who have received the "number two votes"). At the same time, those with the least number of "number one votes" are declared defeated and their ballots are given to those second on the list. This process of elimination and redistribution continues...