Benjamin Howells, former Allentown councilman, dies at age 86

Benjamin Howells, an Allentown councilman for nearly two decades, died Tuesday afternoon at his city home. He was 86. Howells, a Democrat, was a fixture on Allentown City Council from 1973 to 1992, when he was an advocate for the city’s land-value tax and helped to write the city’s Historic Preservation…
Source: Morningcall