The Cambridge Civic Association has again failed to gain a majority on the City Council, obtaining only the same four seats it held during the previous term. Incumbents Edward A. Crane '35, Cornelia B. Wheeler, Pearl K. Wise, and Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29 were the only CCA-endorsed candidates to gain election.

Others elected to two-year terms are Walter J. Sullivan, Andrew T. Troden, Alfred Vellucci, Mayor Thomas M. McNamara, and John D. Lynch. New-comers on the Council will be Sullivan, who had been assured of the seat vacated by his brother, Edward J. Sullivan, and Trodden.

Something of a surprise winner, Trodden was the third candidate to obtain a quota. Trodden is a former assistant attorney general under the late George Fingold, and the last candidate to be eliminated in the 1957 election.

Final Positioning Today

Final position on the Council will be accomplished today, with the distribution of the ballots belonging to incumbent Charles A. Watson, the last candidate to be counted out this year.

Other CCA candidates finished well behind Watson's tenth place showing. Richard E. McLaughlin had around 2,000 votes, some 600 below Watson's final total. Still more CCA candidates trailed McLaughlin.

With only four of the nine Council seats, the CCA's position regarding the January mayoralty election is much the same as two years ago. If the four CCA Councillors can agree on a candidate, then the bloc can act as an influential minority.

It is known that some independent candidates have already begun soliciting mayoralty commitments from other Councillors.

One unsettling factor is the long-standing Cambridge tradition that no mayor serve more than one term until all Councillors have had their chance. Hence, present Mayor McNamara, and former Mayors Lynch, De Gugilelmo, and Crane, all would have to buck this custom to gain the Mayor's post.