Connecticut man granted new trial in Gibbons manslaughter case
Superior Court Judge John A Speziale ordered a new trial for Peter Reilly 21 convicted in 1974 of first degree manslaughter in the 1973 death of his mother Barbara Gibbons in Falls Village. The decision followed six weeks of hearings in a civil action and involves new evidence including alibi questions about a key witness. Reilly has been aided by high profile supporters and local friends who raised bond and funded appeals.
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Litchfield
Reilly
Speziale
Housatonic Valley Regional High School
Reil
Michael Parmalee
Canaan
Parmalee
Barbara Gibbons
Arthur Miller
Mike Nichols
William Styron
Elizabeth Taylor
North Canaan
Mickey Madow
Madow
Madows
Fire probe spins from fight outside Narragansett Park
Police link a Monday night racetrack fire to a disturbance outside Narragansett Park after bookmakers were expelled. A trainer suffered scalp wounds, a officer was struck but not treated, two men Walter Ciccia and Armando Ugarte were arrested for assault.
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East Providence
R.I
Narragansett Park
John Hardy
Pawtucket Memorial Hospital
Hardy
Walter J. Ciccia
Armando Ugarte
Pawtucket
R.I. Hardy
Ciccia
Walter Cook
Cook
Alice's Restaurant to Move to Avaloch Resort
Alice Brock, 35, will relocate Alice's from a Stockbridge lunch counter to the former Avaloch Resort in Lenox, reopening as Alice's at Avaloch with a dining room, bar, motel, pool, tennis court and gazebo by Memorial Day. She cites pressure from Stockbridge selectmen as motivation. The site sits beside Tanglewood, home of the Boston Symphony.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Arlo Guthrie
Alice's
Berkshire
Alice Brock
Avaloch
Lenox
Alice’s
Tanglewood Music Center
Boston Symphony
VA accounting lax reporting cited in education payments
U S Senator Abraham Ribicoff cites a General Accounting Office study showing nearly 1.4 billion dollars in education assistance overpayments by the Veterans Administration over the past 92 years. He released the findings from Washington on Wednesday.
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Hartford
U.S. Veterans Administration
U.S
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Washington
Connecticut Democrat
General Accounting Office
Complaints prompt governor visit to Laconia State School
Gov Meldrim Thomson toured the Laconia State School to review complaints from the Coalition for Handicapped Children about funding gaps and poor conditions. An aide noted calls for more staff and facility improvements were discussed with school officials.
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Laconia. N.H
Meldrim Thomson
Laconia State School
Coalition For Handicapped Children
Thomson
Marshall Cobleigh
Jack R. Melton
Sealed bids invited for Salmon Falls School Classroom Building
The owner invites sealed lump sum bids for a prime contract including heating, ventilation, plumbing, electrical and finish site work for a Classroom Building at Salmon Falls School Hollis Maine. Bids due 3 00 pm EST April 8 1976 opened publicly at the school.
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Salmon Falls School
Route 117
Hollis
Maine
Salmon Falls
F.W. Dodge Corporation
Portland
Manchester
New Hampshire
Associated General Contractors
Frank P. Marinace
Route
Holderness
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Kara
Black Patent
Kidskin
Souce
StrideRite
Saco
District Court House
Main St
Paul Bouthot
North Ave
Camp Ellis
Rodney E. Watson
Conrad P. Boissonneault
Scammon St. Ext
Vana C. Bucci
Island View Ave
Zoninganes Board
Aco
Biddeford Co-op
Kennedy School
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