Council Votes To Offer Help On Heating Oil

Anticipating the prospect of dollar-a-gallon home heating oil this winter, the Cambridge City Council last week assigned two city workers to prepare a plan for keeping Cantabrigians warm.

The council, on the suggestion of City Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci, also decided to set up a hot line for use by Cambridge residents without heat.

City Manager James L. Sullivan, who promised to assign one worker from the Civil Defense Department and another from Cambridge's planning office to work on the project, told the council, "I don't think this will eliminate the problem, but it will give us an edge up on it."

Vellucci proposed the hotline to aid 5