Overnight Curb-side Parkers to Be Victims of Cambridge Police Sweep

As if the undergraduate's existence were not sufficiently plagued with problems of maintaining equilibrium on ice-covered sidewalks and eluding skidding vehicles, he now must consider the possibility of awakening come morning to find his car missing from its customary illegal berth at the curb.

"In the first place," said Chief John R. King, of the Cambridge police department, "It's a city ordinance that the streets must be clear from two to six o'clock in the morning, and besides, when the roads are fringed with cars, streeteleauers and snowplows can't get through. People living in apartments and houses neighboring the University complain about this."

Winter Instigates Drive

It is the opinion of one local officer that the Chief has been very lenient about this ruling so far, but that the arrival of winter weather will probably provide the needed boost to get a drive under way.

Another member of the Cambridge gandarmeric, who had the doubtful distinction of finding his own ear tagged one night, also revealed that early morning check-ups, facilitated by relatively clear streets, were the principal source of information leading to the recovery of stolen automobiles.

In-state cars are merely tagged, while out-of-state cars, whose owners are not easily traced, may well be towed away and kept until puzzled owners eventually and their search at the police station.

Chief King also announced that 200 more parking meters will soon be installed in the Cambridge area, bringing the total to 745. During nine months Cambridge parking before have crossed a total of $28,000 in nickels and pennies.