Snowfall blankets New England with several inches
Late night snow began in Boston at 10 52 p m with heavy wet snow piling up to three inches in the city and as much as five inches in suburbs. Maine saw five inches in Bangor and Kittery, Rhode Island about four inches, Connecticut three to seven, and Vermont and New Hampshire around two.
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National Weather Service
Boston
New England
Maine
Bangor
Kittery
Portland
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
New Hampshire
Waterville Alley
Massachusetts
Francis H. Carr
Logan International Airport
Ron Brinn
Oil tanker Argo Merchant spill raises knotty questions
Boston based coverage reports 12 days after the 640 foot Liberian tanker ran aground near Nantucket Shoals spilling 7.6 million gallons and triggering a $60 million damage suit. Depositions of skipper and crew open to media, Coast Guard findings, and a Marine Board of Investigation to begin in February.
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Boston
UPI
Nantucket Shoals
U.S. Atlantic Coast
Cape Cod
George Papadopoulos
U.S. District Court
Joseph L. Tauro
Coast Guard
Government of
Liberia
Salem
Mass
Muhammad Sabir
Nantucket Island
Charles Crosby
Massachusetts
Georges Bank
Dorr Rebellion remembered in Rhode Island bicentennial events
Rhode Island marks the death anniversary of Thomas Wilson Dorr leader of the 1842 push for universal manhood suffrage. Officials describe the effort to end the landholding requirement, which disenfranchised many Irish American mill workers and others, amid renewed attention to the era’s posters and slogans. Governor-elect Garrahy to unveil lithographs as scholars discuss the movement and its lasting impact.
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Providence
Rhode Island General Assembly
Dorr
Acote’s Hill
Chepachet
Rhode Islanders
Patrick T. Conley
Rhode Island
Conley
Dorrera
General Assembly
Warden's dog shot shocks Connecticut hunter guardian
Warden Joseph Balint suspects a judge may be against him after his dog Rex was shot in an attack that marred Christmas for his five children. Balint oversees a 170 square mile area from East Hartford to Meriden with about 200 annual arrests for hunting fishing and environmental violations.
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East Hartford
Insurance firms named in Mass class action suit
Four Greater Boston insurance agencies face a class action alleging customer overcharges. Owner John C. Roche, 39, of Westwood, also runs a finance company. In 1976 Roche’s firm handled about 13,000 policies. prosecutors estimate possible overcharges could reach 1.3 million dollars in the prior year. An order allowing postal inspectors to detain Roche’s mail was issued, potentially disrupting premium flow pending developments. Several overcharging instances are cited in a filing by Gabriel’s office.
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Boston
UPI
U.S
William A. Brown
Greater Boston
John C. Roche
Westwood
Boston Globe
Roche
Brown
Andrew Caffery
Ostal
the Globe
Gabriel
Neida Del Valle Missing After Christmas Return
In Boston a 9 year old girl Neida Del Valle has been missing since December 29 after leaving for a school class three blocks from home. Her family waits by the window as it remains unclear what happened. Police initially considered a possible runaway after a school letter noting deficiencies in math and English.
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Boston
UPI
Neida del Valle
West Newton St
Dionosio del Valle
Theodosia DeJesus
del Valle
Neida
Edalia
Disturbance at prison under probe
In Framingham Massachusetts three female guards were taken hostage during a Christmas night disturbance at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute a good conduct section of the women s reformatory. Twenty six inmates armed with broken broom handles and furniture took over Pioneer cones on the prison pent Saturday and released the guards unharmed. State police and Walpole guards responded with nineteen officers after notification between 10 and 11 p.m. The incident followed an earlier lockup and alleged theft, with officials delaying further details pending investigation.
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Framingham
Mass
UPI
Massachusetts Correctional Institute
Women’s Reformatory
MCI Framingham
MCI
Walter Griffin
Griffin
Walpole
Holiday luminaries spark local protest in Connecticut
In Wethersfield, Connecticut a group planned 140 luminaries along a half mile stretch for Christmas Eve but officials blocked the display. The Spanish and Mexican tradition lights bags of sand with candles to mark Christ’s path to homes, funded by neighbor donations for Stephen Kirsche’s family.
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P.J. Dellarco
Ledyard
Conn
Leppy
Little White School
Waterford
UPI
Wethersfield, Conn
Stephen Kirsche
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University of Rhode Island
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