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Relief Provisions. Although the Finance Committee measure stops short of the "relief and reform" bill passed by the House last August, it still represents a major step toward equalizing the federal tax burden. Using the House bill as a guide, the Finance Committee removed 5,200,000 low-income taxpayers from the tax rolls entirely, and voted rate reductions averaging 5% for those in all but the highest income categories by 1972. It also approved an increase in the 10% or $1,000 standard deduction now claimed by most taxpayers, lifting it by stages to a new maximum...
Observers of the count were puzzled by the large drop in Crane's vote. Although none would say for sure, they suggested a variety of causes-including Crane's strong anti-rent-control stand, a less active campaign, and the low voter turnout-for the drop...
Aside from Crane's fall in the standings, the biggest surprise in the elections was the low turnout; there were only about 25,000 votes cast on Tuesday, down for some 31,000 in 1967. Splinter candidates running on rent-control platforms generally did poorly, indicating that the bitter battle over the issue failed to draw many new voters to the polls...
From among the boys a low voice said, "It's all right. It's Al." Then louder. "Nothing Al, just taking a kid who's new here home...
...Cambridge is: how the men there are all skilled workers, how the Puerto Ricans get a much better deal living there instead of Boston, how he wanted it to stay just the way it is. He didn't want the homes replaced with high rises even if they were "low income" dwellings...