Mayor bid on racial recognition platform echoes past runs
Russell Abner Wood, a varied tithe holder, claims he will seek the mayoralty on a racial recognition platform. The piece notes ongoing city spending of 22 000 weekly and hints at calls for more medical prescribing to cure issues. Police figures Captain Bill Ginty and Lieut Charles Wyman are mentioned amid local crime coverage. Governor Horley looms busy awaiting a State House appointment as police stations 3 and 4 are to be revived with full staffing. Dr Eugene McCarthy, once a Bedford resident, visits old friends including Jack Haverty.
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Russell Abner Wood
John Eeeman
Bill Ginty
Central Station
Police School
Charles Wyman
Horley
State House
North
Cambridge
Eugene McCarthy
Bedford
Mars
Aee Ee Ee Ee
Jack Haverty
First Prospect Street barbershop debate resolved
In a town chat on Prospect Street between Massavenue and Austin, local lore pinpoints multiple early barbers. The dialogue settles that Joe Lana ran the first shop with the era’s first lady barber, later moving to Robbins' Block. Jesse Silva enters the tale eight years after arriving to learn the trade from Joe.
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Frank
Prospect Street
Massavenue
Austin Street
Tony Sylvester
Jesse Silva
Tony
Joe Lana
Joe
Robbins’ Block
Mead &D Pension
Taxpayers Association Attacks Supt McMenimen Over Hiring
Cambridge Taxpayers Association charges Supt of Streets William R. McMenimen with overloading the payroll by adding 73 permanent employees since January. They estimate each new hire at $1,500 yearly, boosting city costs by $109,500 and raising the tax rate by about 63 cents per thousand.
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William R. McMenimen
Cambridge
Cambridge Taxpayers’ Association
Stoughton Bell
Harry Hopkins
License Board Hears Alcohol Sale Complaint Near Porter Square
The License Board held two hearings over a police complaint against Oxford Catering Co for selling ale to intoxicated patrons at the Oxford Grille near Porter Square. Officer Gaudette and Officer Coffey testified about the 7 P M incident on June 26 and bartender Louis Teichner described ejecting the men before they returned. Judge Louis L. Green defended Teichner, noting discretion used to avoid trouble. The board filed the complaint and also heard a petition for a gasoline filling station at 90 Western Avenue facing neighbor protest.
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Oxford Catering Co
Louis L. Green
Arthur Coffey
John J. Gaudette
Oxford Grille
Porter Square
Zie
Gaudette
Green
Louis Teichner
Teichner
Mr. Teichner
Western Avenue
Edward A. Counihan, Jr
City Engineer Proposes New Parking Plan
City Engineer G. Frank Hooker unveils a WPA project to remove a ground bank behind City Hall to create improved auto parking. The plan aims to ease traffic as cars often block exits when drivers back out. The proposal follows earlier council requests for parking improvements and ongoing agitation for a solution.
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G. Frank Hooker
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