Loch Ness monster hoax thrills Harrisville pond
In Harrisville New Hampshire state police investigated a shiny gray monster in a pond. A 25 foot object surfaced but was revealed as a school project created by 30 children from preschool to third grade led by nine year old Kelli Ritter. The creature, named Harry, was built from chicken wire plastic and wood and later displayed in a slide show before the kids decided to leave it in the pond for a while.
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Concord
N.H
Harrisville
Harry
Loch Ness
Harrisville School
Kelli Ritter
Scotland
Kelli
Dick Newell
Hijacker Detained After Caribbean Jet Diversion Ordeal
Passengers overpowered an armed Colombian who diverted a domestic jet to Willemstad Curacao demanding fuel for a five hour, three stop hijack journey. Police detained an accomplice after questioning 86 passengers aboard the aircraft. American Telephone and Telegraph on verge of nationwide realignment to provide one stop service.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Caribbean
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Donald F. McLaughlin
Soviet Embassy regrets invasion claims in China
Tokyo AP reports Soviet Embassy in Peking expressed regret over a Russian troop intrusion into Chinese territory this week. China says more than a dozen locals were injured, while a Soviet spokesman denied any Chinese casualties, Kyodo News said.
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Tokyo
Peking
China
Kyodo
Provincetown Postmaster Arrested In Embezzlement Scheme
Veteran Postmaster Jasper Stoddard and five clerks who make up the town post office staff are under arrest in a probe of alleged embezzlement and conspiracy. Stoddard has served since 1974 in Provincetown on Cape Cod as authorities detail charges against all six.
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Provincetown, Mass
Jasper Stoddard
Stoddard
Cape-Cod
Portsmouth Mayor seeks federal aid to restore B students in impact aid
Portsmouth Mayor John J. Wholey urges Senator Thomas J. McIntyre to help restore out-of-state B students to the impact aid entitlement. He says restoration could bring $225,000 to $250,000 for the city, reducing the $350,000 deficit expected next year. The issue has become critical as House figures show only about 80 percent of entitlement.
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Portsmouth
John J. Wholey
Thomas J. McIntyre
Wholey
McIntyre
New Hampshire
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Maine
Whaley
Senate
PSC head refuses Clamdare at annual meeting showdown
Public Service Co. President William C. Tallman refused to debate with Clamshell Alliance member Renny Cushing, saying he must stick to facts. He noted 20 percent of PSC’s 40,000 common stock shareholders live in New Hampshire, about half in New England, and warned CWIP absence could force Seabrook’s shutdown and sale of its 50 percent stake, raising electricity costs. Tallman challenged anti nuclear groups to propose solid solutions backed by studies.
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Bedford — Public Service Co
William C. Tallman
Clamshell Alliance
Robert ‘Renny’ Cushing
Clamshell
Tallman
Seabrook
New Hampshire
Rath
Meldrim Thomson
Executive Council
Alliance
Public Service Co
Public Service
Thomson
Senate kills idea of electing NH public utilities commissioners
New Hampshire Senate rejects a bill to elect public utilities commissioners and delays action on CWIP charges. Senator Downing argued for elected commissioners but the measure failed after Senator Rock said elections would not fix PUC problems. The chamber also postponed debate on outlawing CWIP charges and rejected limits on budget footnotes amid seacoast mooring fee changes.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire Senate
Senate
Delbert Downing
Downing
Commission
Alan Rock
Nashua
PUC
Rock
Alexander Kalinski
Kalinski
Malcolm Stevenson
House
New Hampshire Senate Sets No June End to Special Session
The New Hampshire Senate says it cannot finish the special session by June 1. It completed most of its bills, plans May 25 to start House bills, with hearings first. Leaders previously agreed to June deadline but stalled by conservatives aiming to end the session. The chamber will reconvene in two weeks, extending into early June.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Senate
House
Trophy night honors band seniors and leaders
Trophy night recognized Steve Halle Beth Loch Judi Lee Cheryl Barrett and Terry Golter for service to the band Jody Bell represented the band's seniors at the ceremonies William E Elwell stood to the right as a senior band supporter.
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Steve Halle
Beth Loch
Judi Lee
Cheryl Barrett
Terry Golter
Jody Bell
William E. Elwell
Clippers Welcome Home After Winning Apple Blossom Brass Parade
A festive Portsmouth High School gym crowd greeted the Clippers Marching Brass returning from Winchester Virginia with nine trophies. Mayor John Whaley Supt. Timothy Monahan and Board of Education officials lauded their city school and chaperones. Fund drive chair Iafolla praised the band’s national level performance and thanked Sgt. Sullivan, the bus drivers, and all involved.
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Portsmouth High School Clipper
Clipper Marching Brass
Portsmouth High School
Clipper
Winchester
Clippers
Smokey
Sheldon Sullivan
John J. Whaley
Bill Elwell
Warren Muchemore
Col. Sanders
Wholey
Timothy Monahan
John Sullivan
Board of Education
Robert Lafolla
Lafolla
Iafolla
William Mayo
William Elwell
Sgt. Sulivan
Clamshell Alliance Sit In Plan Outlined by State
Concord New Hampshire Attorney General Thomas Rath outlined a state offer to the Clamshell Alliance to assure a peaceful demonstration at the Seabrook nuclear power plant. He spoke as plans firmed for the June 24 demonstration.
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Concord
N.H
Thomas Rath
Clamshell Alliance
Seabrook
Rath
Fishermen press quotas concerns at Rye meeting
About 150 people attended a Rye Town Hall session led by National Marine Task Force to press for fairer quotas and better stock data for cod and haddock. Fishermen urged more flexibility, clearer communication, and avoiding further closures that hurt pocketbooks, while officials acknowledged data issues and limited stocks.
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George Robinson
Rye
Rye Town Hall
National Marine Task Force
U.S
Norman D'Amours
Terry Leitzell
National Marine Fisheries
Leitzell
Leitzel
Kneecapped Italian party official in Milan attack
In Milan a Christian Democratic Party official Tito Berardini aged 41 was shot in the legs in another kneecapping blamed on the Red Brigades. The incident follows the Moro kidnapping and murder last week as attackers in a blue outfit fled in a white Fiat after wounding the bank clerk on his way to work.
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Rome
Christian Democratic Party
Italy
Milan
Tito Berardini
Red Brigades
Aldo Moro
Berardini
Moro
Collision of two light planes kills three in Lawrence park
Wreckage from a mid afternoon in flight collision at Hayden Schofield Park in Lawrence strands debris across blocks injuring no ground spectators. Three men aboard the aircraft are identified as James Lucas 45 FAA examiner James Shaddox 34 of Merrimac Aviation Lowell and Steven Manupelli 22 of Everett.
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Avon Street
James Lucas
FAA
James Shaddox
Merrimac Aviation
Lowell
Steven Manupelli
Everett
Hayden-Schofield Park
Phyllis Dyleski
Kennedy's Cleaners
Sadie Souma
Dan Cote
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Dr. Thosteson
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