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Fisherman slain in Boston amid racial violence scare
In Boston a 65 year old white fisherman was stoned and stabbed to death by a mob of youths, as two white men and a woman were attacked during a week of racially charged violence. Police tie the incidents together. schools near Roxbury closed but later reopened amid heightened security.
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Paul R. Tierney
Boston School Committee
Evelyn Renee Wagler
Ludivico L. Barba
Roxbury
Columbia Point
Barba
Robert J. diGrazia
Jeremiah P. Sullivan
Ronald Leonard
Revere