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...June 2, 1976, 35-year-old John Howe lowered the yearly assessment on a piece of property on Charnwood Road in Somerville, a block from his home, by nearly 25 per cent--from $8400 to $6400. This was one of the largest proportionate reductions in residential property taxes awarded that year in Somerville...
...Howe's largest assessment increases was for the Somerville Press, Inc., which publishes the weekly Somerville Journal. For years, the Howe family has been at political odds with the Journal. In 1974, the newspaper angered the Howes by its coverage of Marie Howe's conviction for trespassing. The conviction stemmed from an incident in which Marie Howe's friend, Walter Silva, forcibly removed the door of one of Howe's tenants from its hinges, while Marie participated in the break-in. Two years later, the Journal gave front-page coverage to Marie's arrest for disorderly conduct during Queen Elizabeth...
Carter's plan touched of a rally in the stock market yesterday that carried the Dow Jones industrial average to its largest gain in history...
...Jones average of 30 industrials, which fell 104 points in the last 12 trading days, climbed 35.34 to 827.79, The largest previous single-day gain for the Dow occurred on August 16, 1971 following then-President Richard M. Nixon's announcement of several economic measures...
...biggest crowds of all stood around the signs just off the exit, which said "Welcome to Lynn"--some homemade, others more official. Lynn, which once boasted the largest shoe manufacturing industry of the nation, hadn't been visited by a president since Calvin Coolidge came to campaign for a ticket. Those who couldn't make it to the rally stood on their front lawns under posters which read "Welcome Mr. Carter", one of them signed by every member of the household in different colors. Three little boys leaned over the ropes around City Hall as the press bus unloaded...