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...seat in 1976, and gave Harrington a scare that some say was a factor in his decision not to run for re-election last June.). The Sixth, while the home of Yankees like Frank Hatch, beautiful beaches and country clubs, is also the home of dying cities like Lynn and Haverhill, and so is likely to remain in the Democratic column...
...figure it out. But just a couple of weeks ago Tom and his Dad (who happens to be Speaker of the U.S. House) got their acts together and went for King, in as big a way as they could. They got Jimmy Carter up there on the platform in Lynn, and if that wasn't a show for Democratic unity...Well, there were a few embarrassing moments when Kennedy refused to shake hands with the gubernatorial candidate, and when King got booed and hissed after he was introduced, but the President managed to patch things up by telling people that...
ROUTE 128 from Hanscom Field to the Lynn exit was never so easy to drive on. No cars, except for the motorcade--only people lined up on the side waving at the black limousine, with the flags streaming alongside the strong hood. "Welcome Mr. President," was spelled out on the Showcase Cinema billboard, and players on the golf course took time out from their putting to see the sight. State police officers stood at every exit, and people leaned on their cars, looking not the least bit inconvenienced by their wait to get back on the road...
...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...
Anthony Marino, mayor of Lynn, told the president how everyone was feeling. "Mr. President, Welcome to Lynn, we love you very, very much. And then to the crowds, "Well, how do you like it?" They liked it--a lot--even if he was endorsing a Massachusetts Meldrim Thompson for governor. Even if he didn't know anything about...