Fear in Jamaica Plain as violence hits mixed neighborhood
Thomas Poleet, a white resident of Jamaica Plain, says fear grips his family and neighbors after his brother Richard, 34, was beaten by a gang of black youths leaving him unconscious with brain injuries. The incident follows anti desegregation protests and attacks that have unsettled Boston.
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Boston
Thomas Poleet
Jamaica Plain
Poleet
Richard
Richard Poieet
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Kevin H. White
Richard Poleet
Poieet
Roxbury
City Hospital
Joseph K. Henry
MBTA
Suffolk County
California
Arrests mark opening of Boston schools amid race unrest
Two youths were arrested as about 100 white students protested at South Boston High School on the first day of Jerome Winegar's tenure as headmaster. Boston endured a week of racially motivated violence with multiple hospitalizations and property damage before classes resumed.
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Boston
Jerome
South Boston High School
Jerome Winegar
South Boston
Winegar
St. Paul
Christopher A. Iannella
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Louise Day Hicks
Decision pending in Nashua liquor store appeals
The Pinkerton investigators testified at a state Personnel Commission hearing over the firing of 12 Nashua store employees after losses of 1100 liquor bottles, $500 cash, and $323 in sweepstakes tickets, with the commission delaying ruling.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Nashua
Pinkerton
State Personnel Commission
Bruce J. Messier
Marianne Gariepy
Ralph V. Kelloway
Gerard J. Levesque
Raymond Kulas
Richard J. Dumais
Ralph Paquette
George Preston
Rosemarie Raiche
James R. Burns
Emile Drouin
Robert R. Dugas
DePrimio
Messier
Dumais
Prisoner Candidate Velleca Seeks Vote Outcomes
Concord voters decide on Carl Velleca a 44 year old prison inmate running for the board of selectmen. A court ruling allows Concord Reformatory inmates to vote with ballots kept separate and counted twice to determine if their ballots count. A suit argued inmates are involuntary residents not eligible to vote.
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Concord
Mass
Carl Velleca
Velleca
Board of Selectman
Concord Reformatory
Remielenes
Suffolk
Harry Zarrow
Henry J. Dane
Jeep rally death investigation after spectator killed in Franklin
Police probe continues into a four wheel drive event in Franklin where a Jeep veered off a rain soaked obstacle course and struck two spectators. One man, Michael Massey of Andover, died at Backus Hospital Norwich. 18 year old Donna Weekes of Bolton was treated and released. Driver Diana Mahaffey and passenger Beverly Miller were uninjured.
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Franklin
Donna Weekes
Bolton
Diana R. Mahaffey
Newton
N.J
Beverly Miller
Highland Mills
N.Y
Tri-State
Beckwith
Lower air fares in spotlight as governors meet
New England's six governors gather in Farmington Connecticut to discuss economic and labor issues and a plan to lower airline fares. Proposals include federally funded small firm loans, a New England Capital Corp, and lifting price controls at Boston Providence and Hartford Springfield airports. A regional higher education program allowing 3200 nonresident students to study across states is reviewed to avoid duplication.
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Farmington, Conn
New England
Cena
Nother
New England Capital Corp
Commission
Boston
Providence
Hartford-Springfield
New England Board of Higher Education
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Peter Alley
Levesque
Alley
Paul DePrimio
Oyear
Ted
THURS
FRI
Elm Street
Art Gallery
Unm
Dibalastas Art Gallery
Center St
Portland
Claude Dubois
Menard’s Gas & Oil
Main ST
Biddeford
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