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Rep. Barney Frank talks with Mayors Raymond Flynn Mayor and Brenda Reed

Rep. Barney Frank (L) talks with Mayor Raymond Flynn of Boston and Mayor Brenda Reed of Attleboro, prior to a House subcommittee in Washington on housing and community development hearing on October 2, 1984 on “Housing Needs, Mayor’s Perspective,” (UPI Photo/Ron Bennett/Files)


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