City Council Would Abolish All-Night Parking at Houses

City Councillor Edward J. Sullivan yesterday charged University officials with laxity in trying to solve the student parking problem. The Council passed an order, drawn up by Sullivan, requesting City Manager John J. Curry and Cambridge police to crack down on all-night parking in the College area.

University Police Chief Matthow J. Toohy and officers of the Cambridge traffic division were not available last night to say how or when the order will be enforced.

Sullivan, who has campaigned against parking congestion between Mount Auburn St. and Memorial Drive for two years, said that fire engines going to the Winthrop House blaze on Saturday night were not able to get through.

A representative of the Fire Department, however, said on Sunday that the trucks had not been blocked by students' cars.

Sullivan termed the parking situation around the Houses "a real hazard," and said that the University Police "have not been cooperative" in helping to solve the problem.

The text of the Council Order is as follows: "That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the Chief of Police to immediately arrange with the officials of Harvard University to have all streets adjoining the University accessible to Fire apparatus, particularly in the Mill, Plympton and South St. areas, by eliminating all-night parking."

New Parking Ordinance

The Council also passed an ordinance for a 30-day trial of all-night parking on the odd-numbered sides of all 40-foot streets on odd days of the month, and even-numbered sides on even days. A list of streets where parking is forbidden will be released to local newspapers.