Waterbury Garbage Strike Looms Over City Streets
Waterbury faces uncollected trash as 160 garbage workers walk out over holiday pay rules. Mayor Mambruno seeks a state arbitrator to resolve the wildcat strike that could last through summer, with health concerns potential after a week.
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Associated Press
Waterbury
Eee Bergen
Groton
General Dynamics
State Labor Department
Victor Mambruno
Mambruno
Fairfield father charged with murder in son's stabbing death
In Fairfield Connecticut a 13 year old boy Christopher Herlihy was found stabbed to death in an eight foot row boat on the Mill River during a Fourth of July visit. His father Robert Herlihy 37 was arrested and charged with murder. He was taken to Fairfield Hills State Mental Hospital. The boy’s body was found after two passersby attempted to revive him.
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Fairfield
Robert Herlihy
Fairfield Hills State Mental Hospital
Newtown
Christopher Herlihy
Underhill
Mill River
Herlihy
Margaret Benninger
Bronson Road
Paddler Heads Toward Texas on Surfboard Adventure
Larry Capone, a 32 year old former California lifeguard, continues his coastal voyage from Maine to Texas on a surfboard. He covered about 20 miles on the first leg from Cape Elizabeth to off shore waters, facing a shark sighting and closer checks from two wardens as he aims to celebrate the nation’s birthday.
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Kennebunkport
Maine
California
Texas
Larry Capone
Cape Elizabeth
Capone
Woman Wins Wings as Copter Pilot in Army Reserves
Diane Dowd, 25, becomes the first woman helicopter pilot in the U S Army Reserves after completing a 38 week aviation course at Fort Rucker Alabama and 200 hours of flight training She is the fifth woman to finish the course and will join the 143rd Aviation Corps of the Connecticut Army National Guard at Brainard Field Hartford.
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Miss Dowd
Connecticut Army National Guard
Manhattanville College
New York Stock Exchange
Hartford Insurance On
Pittston maintains plan to ship oil via Fundy passage
Pittston Co. says it will press the Canadian government to allow large tankers through Head Harbor passage to a proposed 500 million dollar refinery in Eastport Maine. A.F. Koulakis, vice president for energy development, cites an advanced navigational system as key to safety while fishermen fear oil spills. If blocked, alternatives include shipping to Saint John and piping to Eastport or using other routes.
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Saint John
N.B
New Brunswick
Pittston Co
New York
A.F. Koulakis
Pittston
Head Harbor Passage
Eastport
Maine
Bay of Fundy
Tribute to Washington descendant crowds Cambridge Common salute
A Washington descendant received a 17 gun salute as Gen Washington takes command reenactment unfolds on Cambridge Common. Lt. Col. Richard B. Washington steadies his horse while a 90 minute pageant honors the General’s legacy with colonial and modern units. Maj. Gen. George S. Patton attends and praises the Army band and regimental display.
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Cambridge
Mass
George Washington
Cambridge Common
Richard B. Washington
New Milford
Conn
Richard J. Erickson
Erickson
U.S. Army
George S. Patton
U.S. Army Readiness
Region 1
Old Guard Fife and Drum Corp
Patton
Diocese Creates Boundary Free Catholic Community
In Providence the Catholic diocese forms the Providence Christian Community a parish without geographic borders open to all Catholics in the diocese. Rep Donal R Kehew Brown University chaplain will be administrator chaplain with a first year limit of 100 families. Masses will be at Our Lady of Providence High School.
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Our Lady of Providence High School
Sharks Sighted Off Island Near Martha's Vineyard
Police reported no injuries as warnings were posted after two blue and white sharks were sighted near Martha's Vineyard beaches on Thursday. Lifeguards remained on duty while swimming continued with Coast Guard confirming near shore sightings from a fishing boat and a rowboat.
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Oak Bluffs
Mass
Martha's Vineyard
Coast Guard
Allagash to Star in TV Movie Special
Maine's Allagash Wilderness region will be featured in a fall television movie. An Eastman Kodak crew spent a week in the area filming location scenes for the segment part of the Prestige Legacy Americana series.
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Allagash
Greenville
Maine
Eastman
Kodak Company
Allagash Country
Jim Healy
Kodak
Don Wiest
Kate
Tim
Meg Wolfe
Rochester, N.Y
Bruce Rigs
Bill Douglass
Healy
Johnson Pond
Allagash Lake
Healty
Mount Katahdin
Old Town Canoe Company
Old Town
L.L. Bean Inc
Freeport
Squaw Mountain
Verdel
Casey
LaCasce
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Department of Commerce and Industry
Harness Ponies to Race at Scarborough Fair
Scarborough Downs hosts harness pony races on July 26 and 27 featuring 43 to 50 inch ponies competing in eight dashes daily plus a Kid's Race. Howard Small of Yar mouth directs the events, highlighting crossbreeds and top ponies like 50 inch Magic Prince and Meteor Magic with trophies on display.
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Scarborough Fair
Scarborough Downs
Colonel T
Maine
United States
Canada
Europe
Howard Small
Yarmouth
Small
New England
Fowler
Indiana
Magic Prince
Gloryagic
Meteor Magic
Fairgrounds
Memorabelia
State Road
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Metal Trades Council
Connecticut
National Labor Relations Board
Boston
Oper
Artemas Ward
Israel Putnam
Washington
Albert Blakesless Wolfe
Gen. Ward
Gale Putnam Emerson Jr
Gen. Putnam
Kaulakis
Robert E. Bedard & Sons
GILE
Alfred
Arlo Gutherie
Left
Frankie Armstrong
Biddeford
The
Public Broadcasting System
Nancy Hanks
Cleveland
National Endowment For the Arts
Associated Councils of the Arts
Ralph Nader
Bess Myerson
Nader
R.E. Johnson
Electrolux
New Motors
J. Durfee
Melvin Ave
C.C.B
Crescent Beach Inn
the Debonairs
Dubois Farm
Arundel
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