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The Referendum: Gauging City Sentiment

She says the council will allow established groups to keep their exemptions while newer organizations will be pushed aside.

The CBA will go to court Wednesday to protest recent ordinances barring them from holding religious ceremonies at their house on Sparks Street.

Preusser says she has tried to push through home-rule petitions similar to Question 4 since 1978. "The whole allegation that this kind of legislation for the city came about because of the Sparks Street Group is specious," she said.

Investments

Question 5. Shall the City of Cambridge refrain from investing public monies in banks and other financial institutions doing business in or with the Republic of South Africa?

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The Cambridge Anti-Apartheid Coalition, whose members include the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC), the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, and the Friends Services Committee, among others, has worked since early September to gain support for Question 5.

"If the referendum wins by a large majority, the City Council will feel obliged to pay attention to it," Matthew M. E. Rothschild '80, a SASC member, says.

SASC members have handed out leaflets in Harvard Square in the early morning for the past three weeks, and have been working to telephone each of the 1500 Harvard students registered to vote in Cambridge. Rothschild adds that members will staff the polls tomorrow.

Heritage

Question 6. Shall the City of Cambridge enact legislation to protect the historic scale and character of Harvard Square, Lechmere Square, Inman Square and Porter Square?

Supporters of Question 6 hope its passage will protect the quality of urban life in Cambridge's squares.

"It's an issue in a lot of densely populated cities around the country that all start to look like Manhattan," City Councilor Francis H. Duehay, who sponsored the question, says. He adds that possible regulations would invoke height and setback limitations to encourage appropriate development.

"I don't want to see Harvard Square filled with Holyoke Centers," Duehay says. He adds that no groups have vocally opposed Question 6

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