Boston 16-story apartment collapse traps four workers
A 16 story condo under construction at 2000 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston collapsed. Four workers possibly trapped in the basement. rescue hinges on engineers' approval and daylight checks. Three workers were rescued by crane bucket. Nearby buildings evacuated as crews assess structural stability.
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Boston
UPI
Richard Thuma
Nicholas Corsano
George H. Paul
Paul
Toulong Construction Co
Montreal
Commonwealth Avenue Association
Corsano
Thuma
Maine conservationists oppose east west road
Maine conservation group denounces a proposed 350 mile superhighway across northern New England. NRC of Maine administrator David O'Brien calls the plan an appalling waste of natural resources and taxpayer money as study work continues. Routes would run from Amsterdam New York through Vermont New Hampshire to Calais Maine with multiple Vermont paths considered.
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Augusta
Maine
New England
David O’brien
Natural Resources Council of Maine
NRC
New England Regional Planning Commission
Amsterdam
N.Y
Vermont
New Hampshire
Calais
Burlington
Northeast Kingdom
Network TV bid on New York execution rejected
State officials refused a TV network request to televise the planned execution of Martin J. Fitzpatrick, 34, of Martville, who was convicted of killing Police Chief Thomas Reilly and patrolman Robert Mumford. An automatic appeal will delay the date for months. New York last carried out an execution in 1963 before the death penalty was mostly abolished.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Russell G. Oswald
Martin J. Fitzpatrick
Martville
Thomas Reilly
Sherifl
Robert Mumford
New York
Vermont board weighs objections to dam findings
Vermont Water Resources Board meets to review objections on its findings of fact about a Mad River dam in Waitsfield. Hemco Corp. filed objections citing technical arguments and alleging the findings rely on speculation about the dam. The 22 acre recreational lake plan stalls the vacation home subdivision project.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Water Resources Board
Mad River
Waitsfield
Hemco Corp
Hemco
Vermont appoints three to state commissions
Gov Davis announced three Senate nominees including Edward F. Croumey as Vermont Pharmacy Board chair, Robert Picher for Liquor Control Board, and the reappointment of Tax Commissioner Lawrence Wright. Croumey is a Burlington hospital pharmacist retiring Herbert Fienberg.
Kahane rails against genocide to Albany crowd
Rabbi Meir Kahane leader of the Jewish Defense League told a capacity Albany audience that cultural genocide mirrors physical destruction of Jews in World War II. He faces trial in New York City today for alleged harassment of Soviet diplomats and urged Albany youth to publicize Soviet Jewish plight.
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Albany
Meir Kahane
Jewish Defense League
Rabbi Kahane
New York City
Kahane
Colonie
Frank A. Tate
Tate
Weston
Shopper City Inc
Police seeks clues in Chinese chef murder at Lum Fung
Schenectady police probe the death of 70 year old Koo Chin found hacked to death in the Lum Fung Chinese restaurant basement at 135 Broadway. A meat cleaver was recovered at the scene and Chin’s address was 310 Lafayette Street.
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Sechenectady
Schenectady
Broadway
Koo Chin
Lafayette St
Dragone plans threaten Berkshire farm development project
In Berkshire County state official Douglas R. Poland warns Dragone's nearby resort plans jeopardize the long stalled Adams-Development at the base of Mt Greylock. Joseph R. Dragone expands condo ski trail with motel tennis courts a 15 acre pond and a gourmet restaurant doubling the land involved. The story notes the venture's potential to derail state plans for the farm.
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ADAMS
Thiel Farm
Mt. Greylock
Dragone
Douglas R. Poland
Natural Resources
Berkshire County
Joseph R. Dragone
Springfield
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