Clippers prepare for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
The Portsmouth Clipper band arrives in Winchester for the 51st Apple Blossom Festival. Rehearsals today lead into Friday events including a concert at the Conservatory, a 199-unit Firemen’s Parade, and a field competition among five bands from across the region. Celebrities attend as Greta Garner is crowned Queen Shenandoah.
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N.J
Virginia Beach
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Allentown
Portsmouth
D.D Lewis
Dallas Cowboys
Norman Fell
Three Is Company
Jack Pardee
Washington Redskins
Dolly Parton
Greta Garner
James Garner
Carter Western Swing Begins With Prayer Breakfast In Denver
Carter starts a western swing with a Denver prayer breakfast and ends eight events later in Oregon. The trip comes as he faces voter restlessness in the West after losses in states west of the Mississippi except Texas and Hawaii.
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All day parking plan advances in Ports mouth downtown
The Traffic Safety Commission approved two all day parking steps for downtown Ports mouth to free street space for shoppers. Half of the High Hanover lot becomes all day parking and half of Bridge Street lot is free for all day with the other half reserved for two hour parking. Indefinite trial starts pending ordinance changes if needed.
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Wholesale prices jump 1.3 percent in April
Washington reports April wholesale prices rose 1.3 percent the largest increase in 30 years. Food costs climbed 1.9 percent amid a four month surge, with higher jewelry prices driven by gold as a notable contributor.
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Attendant pleads guilty to toll theft in New Hampshire
Lillian Saunders aged 37 of Salem pleaded guilty to theft by unauthorized taking in Hooksett District Court. Judge fined her 100 dollars with 50 suspended and 30 days in jail suspended on good behavior. State Police and Attorney General investigate several other toll attendants for skimming at Hooksett Toll Booth on Everett Turnpike.
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Boston
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Lillian Saunders
Salem
Hooksett District Court
Paul Kroury
Merrimack County
Turnpike Division
Thomas Rath
Senators press tweaks to Carter fighter sale plan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee members push for changes to the arms package for Israel Saudi Arabia and Egypt with Sen Frank Church urging higher F 15 totals rushed delivery dates and binding guarantees from Saudi Arabia while prospects for a committee vote loom and a May 28 deadline nears to block the sale through House and Senate resolutions.
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Clampowwow Seabrook Talks Begin With Officials
Clamshell Alliance offers to meet Portsmouth government officials to discuss June nonviolent occupation restoration of the Seabrook plant site. Spokesman Kirk Stone says the group maintains open talks with local, state, and federal representatives and will hold informational meetings to outline June's nonviolent action.
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Highway pleas heard by Seabrook and Portsmouth panel
Seabrook officials and Portsmouth Public Works Supt. Daniel Ayer addressed a legislative committee at City Hall on state highway issues in compact town areas. The group, formed by HB 1177, will study state aid feasibility and report to the NH Legislature by October.
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Manchester Democrat
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Anthony Randall
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Escapees recaptured as others still at large in New Hampshire
Four of the nine Hillsboro County Jail escapees have been recaptured. Leo Janson 22 was seized in a Manchester apartment after escaping from Schenectady. Albert Holden 19 surrendered in New York City. Robert Hurst Jr. 20 was nabbed in Boston, and Scott Stevens 20 found behind a Manchester building. Remaining at large are Wing Bosworth Morin Dennis Smith and Houle. The escape occurred before 10 p.m. after a hole was cut through a steel ceiling.
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Manchester
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James J. Bosworth
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Dennis Smith
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