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Ihe boston Globe Monday, October 31), lfcbi On Political Front ASK THE GLOBE WW KEVIN WHITE Is there any place to register to vote before the coming election? L.B., Dorchester. A Registrations closed on Oct. 18. Register after the first of the year for next time. MRS.

HICKS Poll Shows Wide Lead for White My cellar floods each time we get a bit of rain. The Sewer Dept. won't answer my requests to check the sewer. I can't use my cellar floor. Help M.C., Charlestown.

A Condition corrected Oct. 18, according to John F. Flaherty, Comr. of Public Works. Routine maintenance will be continued to prevent recurrence.

ASK THE GLOBE serves readers bg getting answers, solving problems and euU ting red tape. Telephone AV S-151S ang time; dag or night, or write to "Ask the Globe," Boston Globe, Boston, Mass. 02107. Questions trill be answered in the Evening Globe and in the Sunday Globe Magazine. Please give the derivation of the word Titicut used In "Titicut Follies" concerning the investigation of the film about Bridgewater State Hospital.

R.D.W., Lexington. A The movie's name is taken from the musical show which inmates and staff stage each year to raise money for recreation and other needs. Titicut is an Indian name for the section of Bridgewater where the hospital is located, and was the name of a railroad station, now abandoned, at the hospital. The Massachusetts Archaeological Society says the word itself means "a place near the shallows of a Since there was no written Indian language in this area, their words were transcribed phonetically by Europeans, and thus appeared in several forms. A few of the many variations of Titicut are Tetchquet, Teeaticut, JCehtehticut, Cotuhticut, and Ketchhiquut.

Can you tell me the ages of the following women, who will be honored at a luncheon next month: Mary I. Bunting, Mary G. Roebling, and Nancy G. Roman? L.E., Jamaica Plain. A Mrs.

Bunting, president of Radcliffe College, is 57. Mrs. Roebling, board chairman of Trenton Trust is 60. And Miss Roman, NASA's chief astronomer, is 42. However, the "undecided" is believed to be a hidden vote for Mrs.

Hicks, as was proven in nthe primary runoff to have existed for the woman candidate. The poll, conducted by Becker Research also shows that White has picked up the bulk of the votes that wenta to John W. Sears, Edward J. Logue and Christopher Iannella in the primary. Acocrding to these results, White gained 71 percent of the Sears' vote, 83 percent of Logue's supjort, and 63 percent of the Iannella count.

ir MAYOR Continued from Page 1 According to a poll released Sunday by WNAC-TV Channel 7, White holds an impressive lead over Mrs. Hicks entering this windup week of the compaign. Of the sample scientifically selected and weighed, White has 49 percent of the voter preference, with Mrs. Hicks having 25 percent. The "undecided" bloc was 25 percent, which appears inordinately high for this late in the campaign.

Braintree's West st. has a divider overgrown with weeds which is hard to see at night. Could reflector lights be installed to warn motorists about the curbing on the divider? D.J., Randolph. A Can and will be, says the town highway department. itiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIII Illflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll IHII Basing Boston School Committee IX Not Answer-O'Connor By GLORIA NEGRI William E.

O'Connor, a member of the Boston School Committee for the last six years, said he's' seeking re-election, "because I want to continue with the work I've been carrying on." He noted that he had thought twice before running again, "but so many teachers urged me to, that I decided for it. But I don't think I'll run after this term." I have some black alder or winterberry bushes in my yard filled with lush red berries. I would like to use them for Christmas decorations but if I picked them now I'm afraid they'll dry out. If 1 don't, I'm afraid the birds will get them. Is there a way to treat them so they'll look fresh for the holidays? J.D.S., Westwood.

A Don't cut the bushes for as long as possible, says Peter Hotton, Globe building and garden editor. Robins like the berries but over-Wintering robins don't usually strip the bushes. Once you cut the branches, bunch' them and store them in a cool and moist cellar or wrap them in damp newspaper and keep the newspaper damp. Blueberry netting over the bushes may help to discourage the birds. A material called "Wilt Proof" can be sprayed on the branches to help preserve them once they're cut.

This stuff can be made up in large batches and the branches dipped in it. si I iiiHiMMirfflMirn inmir The voter sampling fl016 showed White ahead in all sections of Boston except in South Boston, Charlestown and the North End. The Channel 7 survey con JOSEPH F. TIMILTY Crime No. In Council By WILLIAM J.

LEWIS The single most talked about issue among the 17 men and one woman vying for nine seats on the Boston City Council is the public's fear of crfme in the streets. Observers of the political panorama who recall the subject of crime as a relatively minor issue in prior council campaigns hear the matter discussed daily in the current vote drive. The mayorality rivals, too, have made street violence a prime matter. One council nominee, businessman Joseph F. Timilty, reports he has conducted a city-wide voter survey to determine definitely the feelings of the people with regard to the crime picture.

Today, he released the following responses to his polling in Hyde Park, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mattapan, East Boston, Charlestown and Brighton: 1. The only section of the city where residents said they believe they have sufficient police protection is Charlestown. 2. People in West Roxbury and Roslindale are vehement in their demands for restoration of their neighborhood police station with more policemen to protect the area. 3.

The crime rate involving street crimes such as muggings, handbag snatches, serious assaults and wanton destruction of public and private property is increasing drastically, say citizens in Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, East Boston and Hyde Park as they call for more police protection. 4. All across the city resi- Drapeau was dreaming about a permanent exhibition of a municipal fair known as "Man and His World," the theme of Expo 67. Many Montrealers against such a plan. are But they're not betting against it.

T.h i mayo a DrapcHU is the man who built Expo 67 the world's fair many deemed cluded that Mrs. Hicks would have to take all of the undecided vote, or pull support: away from to overcome its reported lead for the secretary of state, PATRICK McDONOUGH 1 Issue Race? dents are pleading for policemen to patrol neighborhood on foot rather than "whizzing by" in prowl cars. "The poll proves exactly what I have maintained for years," said Timilty. "As a councilor I shall insist that hundreds of foot patrolmen be added to the department And I don't want them out tagging cars I want them protecting our residents." Timilty also emphasized that Boston police must be adequately compensated and equipped with modern crime-combatting paraphernalia, "if dedicated police-? men are to have a fair chance i to do the job that must be! done." Councilor Patrick F. Mc-Donough who formerly served as a Boston police officer before he passed the bar and became an attorney, also took strong stand on the issues of police protection and crime prevention and combat.

McDonough stressed that Boston "has one of the finest police forces in the nation, but its dedicated personnel are handicapped in the conduct of their duty." He insisted that the ranks of patrolmen must be filled out to provide a sufficent complement of men around the clock to cope with crime on the rampage. In order to recruit qualified and dedicated' men to take on a dangerous and often thankless job, McDonough contended the compensation schedule must be adequately adjusted. Modern methods of crime prevention and criminal apprehension must be introduced in Boston "if the menace of crime in the streets is to be eradicated," the councilor concluded. Downtown Fire Probed in Holyoke HOLYOKE The state fire marshal's office will investigate the cause of a general alarm blaze which destroyed the 90-year-old Holyoke Opera House, a local land-, mark. Fire crews from Chicopee, Springfield and South Had-ley assisted Sunday night as the blaze destroyed several stores around the theater.

The 1800-seat structure had been closed ince 1953. DAYLIGHT On Sept. 30, the S.S. France made an unscheduled stop at the Port of Boston. Why was this stop made? R.J., Hudson.

A The Boston Port Authority' tells us that the call was not unscheduled. Rather, the France had been planning to visit Boston again due to the success of its stopover in the Fall of 1966. The ship's two visits to Boston have been made to promote interest in the ship's transatlantic crossings. The Frrce sold many passenger ticketsf during both stops in Boston. WILLIAM E.

O'CONNOR, school committee incumbent, says he wants "to continue with the work I've been carrying on." Among his achievements in office, O'Connor said he had done "a lot towards sick leave for teachers, increased pay for teachers, being responsible for increasing the number of guidance counselors to conform to the state norm, introducing guidance counselors into the junior highs, urging experimental guidance programs at the elementary school level and recommending double heads of departments at Boston Latin School so as to have one for both junior high and senior levels." Of the three incumbent School Committee candidates, only Atty Thomas S. Eisenstadt placed among the top five in coring by a studio audience of the 10 school board contestants on a WGBH-TV quiz last week. O'Connor, who is 68 and a professor of business administration at Suffolk University, described his own standing on the show as "a surprise and a disappointment." For 30 years, O'Connor taught in Boston schools and served as department head. He is married to a former schoolteacher and their seven children went through the public schools. O'Connor lives at 28 Malcolm Jamaica Plain.

He is a staunch defender of the school system and described one of its critics, teacher author Jonathan Kozol whose "Death at an Early Age" is an indictment of the schools as, "a smart operator, who thought the regular course of study was nonsense and wanted to teach his own way." O'Connor pointed to the system's compensatory pro Are the Queen of England and her mother, the Queen Mother, due in Washington next week at the Eastern Star Convention? I heard that they were and naturally I am most interested. Mrs. Cambridge. A Queen Mother Elizabeth is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star but her daughter, the reigning queen, is not. The governing body of the Eastern Star, with members from all over the world, is meeting in Washington from Nov.

4-9, but there is no indication that the Queen Mother will attend. Ever since some stores burned down in Sharon Center in 1966 there has been a gap in the business district. Could you please tell me what will fill this empty space? H.G., Sharon. A The property is still owned by Mrs. Ruth Horan of 129 Bay rd.

Several developers have expressed interest in building new shops on the site, but none has so far had sufficient financing. grams for underprivileged children. "Before the Asa Gray School, (in Roxbury), was closed, the Negro parents asked if their children could stay there be-, cause of these programs," he said. He said special programs would help the migrant Negro from the rural south in language and reading, "watered down to his ability to learn to give him a sense of achievement." O'Connors platform: School construction: "I'd love to get the opportunity to build all new schools for which we have the money still remaining in the bond issue and that the schools to be built on the fringes of white areas will bring about balanced schools." Busing: "It's not the answer. These children can be better educated in their own neighborhood and with their own friends.

I spent 25 years teaching at Memorial High in Roxbury and we never had trouble with a cosmopolitan student body. "One of my Negro students became a school principal. At this point, objection, (regarding imbalance), is being made for objection's sake, and I would say it is in the minority. "We have conducted a survey and asked Negro schools 1 if they would move if given the opportunity, and only 10 percent were agreeable, but only to relieve overcrowding, not imbalance." Segregation: "When you think of segregation, you think of someone who is put somewhere and they cannot get out. That's how the dictionary defines it.

If Negroes get the economic opportunity, they get out and they them, had already offered to leave their pavilions on the man-made islands which housed Expo 67. Expo itself closed for all official intent and purpose-Sunday afternoon, after drawing 50,306,68 visitors in six months and one day. But Drapeau, despite international bureau sanctions, has decided to continue a city exhibition on the Expo site. He said such an exhibition, supported by city, provincial and federal funds, could bring some $20 million in tourist money to Montreal every year. After conferring with representatives of rations which participated in Expo, Drapcau said: "Very few, if any, of the buildings on the site will be demolished or dismantled." The United Stales pavilion, the architectural geodesic dome of Buckminster Fuller, for example, has been offered to the city of Montreal, he said.

It will, according to plans, Couldn't they build a two-mile bridge from Need-ham to Rte. 1 to get rid of the traffic backing up at the light on Bridge My town is jammed with cars from the suburbs farther out. M.E., Dedham. A No, the state D.P.W. couldn't.

But the agency hopes by 1973 to complete the Southwest Expressway extending Rte. 95 into Boston and alleviating traffic on Rte. 1. ter, I don't think Bostonians are too interested in us turning to outsiders." School Committee: "I would prefer a four-year term (to the present two-year term), and I would like to see the terms staggered so we would not always have a brand new board. "A committee of nine, (it's seven, now), would give a broader viewpoint.

If you had nine it would be more difficult to get any compact, (among members)." O'Connor has been on the School Committee since 1961 and served as chairman in 1964. A graduate of Boston College and Harvard, where he earned master's degrees in education and business administration, he was associated with the Boston school system as teacher and administrator, from 1921 to 1957, when he joined the Suffolk faculty. NEXT Paul R. Tierney. combined to give Expo 67 a fantastic closing.

The last 200.000 visitors were shuttled off the site by late afternoon. They had braved frigid temperatures and even icier winds, whipped off the St. Lawrence River, to make their last trip to a world's fair which many Canadians said could never exist just four years ago. And even as they were being herded away, Mayor Soliloquy THE 9UNI RISES EARLIER IN THE MORNING NOW AND 6ET9 EARLIER IN THE Montreal's Mayor Plans to Keep Expo have gotten away, ghetto (from Teacher recruitment and hiring of school administrators: "Boston is an urban area and needs administrators trained in urban education. Over one-third of our present staff of teachers live outside of Boston and statistics from our examination held in December 1966 show we have representation from Italy, Nova Scotia, Trinity College in Ireland, the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Mexico.

A total of 170 different colleges were represented coming from 26 different states." "As for administrators, Boston schools have their own training program for their future administrators. To reach elsewhere for administrators takes incentive from our people in the system and some have left because we were slow in promoting. As a practical mat eventually become an aviary for the city of Montreal. Sunday's closing itself was almost a repeat of the Apr. 28 opening of whs was eventually to become the standard for all future world's fairs.

There was pomp and circumstance, majesty and melancholy. Expo 67 had been Canada's crowning hour the frosting on this nation's 100th birthday celebration. A spectacular aerial precision show some 30 minutes of fireworks speeches, bagpipes, concerts all had Dissent vs.Descenl I'nlifd Prfii Intrrnillontl A dozen young students "invaded" a small island in a Copenhagen public lake Sunday and eclared It a republic. The students declared war on the United Stales Vietnam policy and seven hours later abandoned their new republic and went home. "Ask the Globe" will study every inquiry, but the number of calls and volume of mail are so great that it isn't possible to answer every question.

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CROCKET MONTREAL Expo 67 may not be over after all. The most successful world's fair in history could well continue, not as a first-category world exhibition, but as a Montreal fixture. Montreal Mayor Jean Drapcau the man who made Expo 67 possible-said last night that some 40 participating nations, the United States among TODAY IN WASHINGTON WHITE HOUSE No scheduled events. SENATE Meets in full session. HOUSE Meets in full session.

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