Sullivan, Crane Pass Vote Quota Needed For City Council

Walter J. Sullivan and Edwad A. Crane '35, became the first two City Council candidates to reach quota as the first unofficial count was completed late yesterday. Sullivan had 5,119 first place votes and Crane 3,529, both over the unofficial quota of about 3,330 votes.

Trailing these two were Cornelia B. Wheeler, Andrew T. Trodden, Alfred Vellucci, Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, Thomas M. McNamara, Charles A. Watson, and John D. Lynch. All these candidates have between 1,824 and 2,282 first place votes.

Official Count Today

Today, the election officials will stamp all the ballots, making the first count official. Afterwards, they will start on the surplus votes, them move to eliminate the lowest candidates until only nine councillors remain. This is done by transferring second-choice votes to the basic first-place count tabulated yesterday, and it will be at least a week before the final results are complete.

All Cambridge Civic Association Candidates received over 1,000 first place votes, taking places 10 through 15 in the first choice balloting.

Close Contest

One observer said the Association's battle to obtain five seats on the nine-man Council might well go down to the last vote, and it was still too early in the count to tell exactly who would win.

A CCA spokesman said he heard a petition was circulating in Cambridge calling for a recount on the fluoridation referendum, which was approved by the voters 15,988 to 15,967.