CCA Expects To Win Four Council Seats

Four candidates endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association increased their margins in the City Council race last night. Incumbent Edward Crane '38 leads in the elimination count with 3,356 votes, just 84 votes short of the quota necessary for election under the PR system.

Incumbents Pearl K. Wise and Joseph DeGuglielmo '29 have compiled the next highest counts, with Cornelia Wheeler the fourth CCA candidate whose election seems assured.

Mayor Edward J. Sullivan is the only candidate so far to have been elected. Final results are not expected until Monday.

"It doesn't look as though the CCA will control the Council," Thomas J. Harnett, Cambridge Election Commissioner said last night. "They may get Mrs. Wheeler in, but they need five seats for control," he added.

Councilor Al Vellucci was running eighth at the last count, over 1000 votes behind the leading CCA candidate. Fifteen of the 35 candidates have been eliminated so far.

Councilman Crane has picked up more second choice votes than any of the other candidates, with 138 when the counts closed at 7:30 last night.

Further counting will begin this morning at 8:00. The commissioner expects to start tabulating School Committee results Tuesday.