New England Vignettes By Dick Sinnott
Boston AP notes weave police banter and odd local tales from New England. A Worcester church service carries a sermon on identity while a Manchester tavern skirmish ends with a water bottle tossed through a window. A storage of jokes and minor incidents, plus a bank report and a farm fire, thread through amid misspellings and garbled lines.
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Dick Sinnott
Boston
New England
Manchester
N. H
Guard Is Collector Milwaukee
Clarence Johnson a bachelor with about 4000 dollars a year as an industrial plant guard has an expensive hobby collecting valuable paintings. He recently paid 2000 dollars for a painting by Dame Laura Knight and owns two works by Jean Dufy two by D Ezzard and two by Luigi Corbellini. Firefighters in East Haddam Conn still are having trouble with out of savings from his wages.
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Milwaukee
Clarence Johnson
Johnson
Laura Knight
Jean Dufy
D. Ezzard
Luigi Corbellini
East Haddam
Ghost nets haunt Icelandic seas as FAO warns
FAO official Hilmar Kristjansson warns ghost nets that do not rot can keep fishing after loss. In Icelandic waters bottom-set cod gill-nets with nylon floats can trap fish years later. Lost nets may contain rotten and live fish. extent varies but thousands of nets annually drift long distances, risking future catches.
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Iceland
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Rome
Italy
Hilmar Kristjansson
Krist Jonsson
Woe Is He! Auto Woes Hit Norman Man
In Norman Oklahoma Don C Welch faced a rough day when a car tire puncture on a railroad crossing caused an oil pan hole. Oil drained, engine ruined, and the throttle linkage failed twice while pushing the car with a canal car.
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Norman, Okla
Don C. Welch
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