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The Boston Globe Tuesday. April 23, 1968 12 Revere Warned to Equalize Ward AIR CGK0ITICHIN8 tSo Obligation) STEWART PRINCE, JNC. 84 High Strut Dinvers, Mass. 284-9119 TR4XE Pr METROPOLITAN 'g FOCUS ted by a special blue ribbon commission. The suit was dismissed, in Suffolk Superior Court However, Councilor Henry said today there are indications a new legal action may not be necessary.

He said two councilors who've voted with the majority in Council moves to kill redistricting now seemed convinced it's got to be done. This year, the Council has repeatedly voted 6-5 to re He also read into the record the recent decision of Federal District Court in Boston ordering the City of New Bedford to re-shape wards in view of the Supreme Court's decision to extend "one-man, one-vote" to local governments. The Revere City Council was the target of a redisricting suit brought last year by the same citizens' group, after the Council refused to approve any of four ward change plans submit ject two home rule bills calling for the city government to re-shape Revere's political map. Revere is one of 28 Bay State cities including New Bedford whose ward lines fail to meet the Supreme Court's requirement of equal apportionment of population between wards for the election of city fathers. -Revere probably has one of the most blatantly malapportioned ward set-ups in the state.

Ward 4, the larg- By WILLIAM ORKMAN A Revere citizens' group has given the City Council -60 -days to redistrict the citys wards to conform with the "one-man, one-vote" concept or face a Federal court suit. Councilor John J. Henry, il who's led a three-year fight to force realignment of Eevere's malapportioned I -wards, told the Council of the citizens demands, Mon-day night est houses a population of 16,700 to Ward 5s 4300. Previously, under special legislation passed both in 1966 and 1967, Revere city fathers were given a choice of redistricting the city's present six wards into from five to eight wards. However, Councilor Henry said this year, if redistricting if effected, chances are the Council would retain six wards, but re-shuffle precincts to meet the demands for reapportionment.

Hlane Ml 150 BOYLSTON ST. (Near Colonial Theatre) OPEN LI 2-8552 Springfield Bridge Too Told Sample Clearance 1 AiV! I .1 i creased mileage, time, and pay as well as the wear and tear on the trucks." He said the figure is projected to about $2.7 million over the 260 work days in the year. John J. Teahan, executive director of the Chicopee Taxpayers said that in 1965 the state estimated the cost of a new, modern span to replace the present bridge at $1,850,000. Senate Pres.

Maurice A. Donahue today led a parade of civic and legislative leaders from the Chicopee-Springfield area in support of a bill that calls for the state to build a new bridge over the Connecticut River to join the two communities. Donohue told a hearing before the Joint Committee on Transportation that the present span is outmoded and should be replaced as soon as possible. "The present structure was probably adequate for the traffic when it was originally constructed at the turn of the century but it is grossly inadequate for the heavy volume of traffic today," the Holyoke Democrat said. Donahue said the Legislature 10 years ago approved the building of a new span between the communities.

The D.P.W. selected a site and even constructed the supports for the new span, he said before it became sidetracked. He said that for the past few years a deaf ear has been turned to cries of area representatives to replace the present structure by the state because Rte. 1-95 bridge is being built miles away from the local bridge. "The D.P.W.

has taken an attitude of 'let's wait and see Clearance of SAMPLE DECORATOR if the 1-95 structure will be But we know that it will not be adequate for local traffic," Donahue told the committee. He said the inadequacy of the present spans is stifling the economic growth of these expanding communities. Charles F. Berube. executive director of the Chicopee Chamber of Commerce said that the condiiton of the present bridge has forced the D.P.W.

to ban all truck traffic forcing long detours, "And as a result of these i long detours by the some 1500 trucks which normally used the span each working day our business communi- ties have had to pay addi- 1 tional costs for deliveries. "These costs," Berube said, "average approximately $7 per load for items delivered in either Chicopee or West CHAIRS Provincial Traditional Contemporary Reg. Price $119 to $1 55 $3M School Due in Somerville mi ST David P. Ehrlich Co. now 1 fSK ff now tl TREMONT ST.

FIVE FLOORS OF BETTER FURNITURE FOR YOUR HOME A report calling for the consolidation of three Somerville schools, construction of a new $3 million elementary school and the acquiring of 4.88 acres of land was approved last night by the Somerville School Committee. The new school will be built on the present site of the Hanscom School on Webster st. and the site will be expanded to take in additional land. This will result Minrpnpin snn mat. inp Lsbmhum in the taking of a number of two and three-family homes and force about 100 families to relocate.

The report was submitted by John Marshall, a consultant of Boston, who was hired by the School Committee. The committee after adopting the proposal said it would give the matter further study to determine if they can reduce the number of homes to be taken. Mayor James Brennan said he would seek a bond issue to cover the 40 percent of the cost to be borne by the city. The state will contribute 60 percent of the cost. The school will accommodate 800 pupils and is expected to be ready by 1970.

The new school will care for the pupils of the Hanscom, Prescott and Edgerly schools. The Edgerly school building will be taken over by Trade High School and the other two buildings will be razed. added costs are based on in- 4 -4 ubft ttrKsdL Draft Protester Guilty in Drug Case 3 Held in Bail AoDildlDpiyvxi In $100,000 Each In Bank Holdup land denied Beal's opportunity to refuse induction when he informed them he was on bail from East Cambridge District Court. 4 Hub Realtors To Be Cited Four veteran realtors will receive life memberships in the Greater Boston Real Estate Board at the group's 79th anniversary banquet tonight in the Statler Hilton Hotel. To be honored are James M.

Rothwell, Benjamin C. Tower and Parker Webb of Boston and Harry A. Gilbert of Cambridge. They will be presented scrolls noting their years of service and contributions to the board from Richard H. Hallett, president.

Hallett said this is the first time the board has given life A Maine youth, who intended to refuse induction into the armed forces in Portland, Me. last week, today in East Cambridge Court was found guilty of illegal possession of marijuana and placed on probation for one year. Richard F. Beal, 23. of Saco, son of a deceased Unitarian minister and a descendant of the family which settle Beal's Island, had been arrested in his Pearl Cambridge, apartment Feb.

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Judge Charles Artesani ordered the suspects, Christopher J. Shine, 21, of Jerome Dorchester; Daniel M. MacLeod 25, of Perry Brookline; and William L. Randall, 30, of Bangor, each held in $100,000 bail. The three were arrested, the money recovered and three weapons confiscated by police after a construction company executive spotted the three men leaving the bank and led police to where the group was changing getaway cars.

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