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Helping Matters Along. The Somali tribesmen, who make up the largest population segment of France's last colony in Africa, favor independence because they want their fellow tribesmen in neighboring (and independent) Somalia to annex French Somaliland. The trouble was that they were registered to vote in fewer numbers than the Afars, a rival tribe that wants to stay tied to France. Neighboring Ethiopia, which contains large numbers of Afars, backs the tribe's cause in French Somaliland. More than tribal loyalty is involved: Ethiopia has a sound economic motive in not wanting its outlet to the Gulf...
...followed by most of the country's commercial banks. Their action, it is hoped, will accelerate the drop in home-mortgage interest rates and give homebuilding a boost. In another development that should have much the same effect, California's Bank of America, the nation's largest, announced an across the board reduction of interest charges on home-mortgage loans...
...investment banking house of Lazard Frères, began shopping for bids. Well-heeled McDonnell Co. offered the most cash?an immediate $69 million for authorized but unissued Douglas stock. It had already snapped up 300,000 shares of Douglas stock at depressed prices, a move that made it Douglas' largest stockholder...
...nearly $5 when a prudent policy could have stabilized the rate or kept down any increase. Last spring, the City raised its real estate tax from $72 to $76.90 per $1000 of property valuation. But yesterday the manager reported that the City has more than $1 million surplus, the largest in Cambridge's history...
...there was no indication from the manager which way the tax would go. The largest increases in this year's budget stem from salary increases to city employees and welfare increases that will be partially offset by new income from the state and federal governments...