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Robert Mcdonald

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City Council Race A Lackluster Affair

The dullest political campaign in recent Cambridge history drags to a close this week as voters head to the polls


Nixon Fires Cox, Abolishes His Office; Richardson Resigns His Post in Protest

Special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox '34 saw the latest and most critical mission of his turbulent legal and academic career


Hard Times for Planners in East Cambridge

K ENDALL SQUARE is in the middle of things. Just down Main Street across the Longfellow Bridge loom the skyscrapers


Citizens Decry Kendall Square Redevelopment

Residents of the East Cambridge and Central Square neighborhoods jammed the City Council chambers last night to protest a controversial


Residents Allege Kendall Square `Deal'

Angered residents of East Cambridge organized by Hard Times and the Cambridge Tenants Organizing Committee overflowed the City Council chambers


Calamity Before the Storm

T HE NEXT ELECTION in Cambridge is seven months off, but anyone who ventures near the City Council chambers on


Citizen Clubs Ask Council to Oppose Building of Station

Several prominent Cambridge citizen groups attacked the proposed construction of a power transmission station on an 10.5 acre site in


YRB to Implement City Job Program For Local Youths

After an hour of debate punctuated by the boisterous cheers of a gallery full of East Cambridge youths, the City


City Sets 1 1/2-Year Moratorium On Cable Television Licenses

The Cambridge City Council last night placed a 12-month moratorium on entertaining applications for cable television franchises in the city