Walpole Hostage Release Ends 26 Hour Siege
Prison inmates at Walpole Massachusetts State Prison freed three hostages two guards and a medic after a 26 hour standoff. Inmates demanded education programs and amnesty but received only a pledge to meet grievances and a no amnesty.
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Walpole
Massachusetts
Bill Owens
Owens
Mass
Walpole State
Boston
Correction
Frank Hall
Norfolk County Dist
George Burke
Burke
Hall
James McAlister
Hugh Johnson
John Clinkscales
Clinkscales
Inside-Out, Inc
Ralph Hamm
John Parker
William Sommers
John Kelly
Robert Pierce
Dennis Spicer
Longley urges rethinking federal funding role
Governor-elect James B. Longley urged Maine and other states to reassess financial ties to Washington saying there is no free money from the federal government. He spoke to the Washington Press Club noting federal grants are funded by taxpayers at home and cautioned against viewing D C as a solution to all needs. He also dismissed talk of a third party and urged parties to field strong, merit-based candidates.
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Augusta
James B. Longley
Maine
Longley
Washington
Washington Press Club
Longley Says Financial Aid Starts At Home
A joint conference committee has approved a military construction bill authorizing up to 11 million dollars for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Pease Air Force Base. The package includes 4.9 million for a team plant modernization at the shipyard and 2.3 million to modernize bachelor enlisted quarters in Portsmouth.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
House
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Pease Air Force Base
Portsmouth
U.S
Louis C. Wyman
R-N.h
Ateam
Trask Denied Commutation by Maine Officials
Gov Kenneth M Curtis and the Executive Council denied Danny Trasks request to commute his 20 to 40 year robbery sentence at Maine State Prison. Trask, who ran for governor earlier, sought parole eligibility before April. He is at Androscoggin County Jail Lewiston, working in a local pet shop under a prison work release program. He was denied a similar request last March.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Executive Council
Danny Trask
Trask
Maine State Prison
Andrascoggin County
Lewiston
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