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The Year in Headlines Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas Gives Cary Lecture 400 Attend Dedication of New Town Office Building on January 9 Fred C. Bailey and Sanborn C. Brown Elected Selectmen; Robert Cataldo Defeated Monsignor George Casey Retires as Pastor of St. Brigid's Church after 52 Years as Priest Town Meeting Approves $17,947,313 for Operating Funds; Total Voted $19,547,440 160 Boy Scouts and Parents Deliver Annual Town Report to Each Residence Minutemen Earn Second State Basketball Title Rezoning for Multi- family Dwellings Defeated Ground Broken for New Central Block Building Three Local Students Named National Merit Scholars Edward "Doc" Abell Retires after 43 Years as H.S. Director of Physical Education Public Works and Engineering Combined under John J. McSweeney $65 Tax Rate for 1972 vs. $63.80 for 1971 and $65 for 1970 Alexander V. Zaleski Resigns as Planning Director 690 Graduated from L.H.S.; Largest Class in History Conservation Commission Given Environmental Regulatory Powers Lexington- Concord end 59 Year Football Rivalry; Lexington 13; Concord 6 Town Will Use 18 Month Budget Period Effective 1/1/73 to Convert to June -July Fiscal Year Board of Appeals Denies Application for Subsidized Housing; Appealed to State Level Town to be Redistricted into Nine Precincts for the 1973 Elections Hancock - Clarke House is Now National Historic Landmark Recycling Center Opens at Town's Sanitary Landfill Town Report Wins Second Prize; Beaten By Brookline 14 L.H.S. Seniors are National Merit Semi - finalists Richard H. Battin Receives AIAA Award; Apollo Mission Development Director 86% Voter Turnout in Presidential Election; McGovern 8,478; Nixon 7,432 L.H.S. Mathematicians Win Team and High Man Award in Regional Contest Norman Cohen Succeeds Donald Legro as Town Counsel 9081 Students Commence School; No Contract for Teachers Sale of 35 Tax -title Lots Approved for Low and Moderate Income Housing Historical Society Cites Critical Need for Major Repairs to Buckman Tavern Representatives from Delores Hidalgo, Mexico, Sister City, Attend Patriot's Day Celebration Federal Revenue Sharing to Start with Lexington to Receive about $360,000 161 Families in Lexington Below Poverty Level by U.S. Census Standards Donald R. Grant Named to New State Appeals Court The Cover Woburn Street and Massachusetts Avenue is the scene of the cover photograph for those not able to identify it. The photograph is by Gerry Gilmore, a free lance photographer of Lexington, who also is responsible for the photographs on the title page, the frontispiece and for many of the vignettes within the report. His tenure as a member on the town report committee coincided with an advanced study he was taking in photography and the annual report has benefited from that activity. One of his skills is an ability to see interest and beauty in scenes many of us complacently take for granted. His expertise in make -up has been equally helpful. 2