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By Hans Schattle, Standard-Times staff writer
NEW BEDFORD -- The City Council gave preliminary approval last night to a plan to seize the J.C. Rhodes plant by eminent domain, an attempt to thwart the plans of a Georgia company to close the factory next month and heave 120 workers into unemployment.
The council voted 10-1 to forward the eminent domain proposal to a second, final vote in two weeks.
With the council chamber packed with J.C. Rhodes employees, councilors spent more than an hour decrying the March decision of Scovill Fasteners Inc. to move operations to Georgia solely to increase profits. Councilors also rejected contentions from the company's attorney that an eminent domain taking would be illegal and too expensive to succeed.
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BOSTON -- Help could be on the way soon for homeowners who can't get insurance because they live in urban or coastal areas.
A bill passed this week by the Legislature would give insurers incentives to sell coverage in areas that historically have been red-lined, such as inner city neighborhoods or coastal developments subject to storm damage.
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A Michigan couple whose 16-year-old son burglarized churches and kept a 4-foot marijuana plant in his bedroom were convicted yesterday under their community's parental-responsibility ordinance.
Anthony and Susan Provenzino of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, were fined $100 each, the maximum, and ordered to pay $1,000 in court costs.
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NEW BEDFORD -- A study of dirt, air, dust, fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods around New Bedford Harbor showed lower than expected levels of PCBs, a researcher said.
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WASHINGTON -- About 280 families living in New Bedford public housing units could face rent increases as a result of House action yesterday, while thousands of other families were spared such increases.
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WAREHAM -- High School Principal Daniel Burke defended his students' low SAT scores yesterday, saying he encourages as many students as he can, including the lower achievers, to take the pre-college exams.
Wareham High School students' SAT scores were ranked among the 10 lowest in the state for the 1993-94 academic year, according to the state's Executive Office of Education.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- In dramatic video testimony to a hushed courtroom, President Clinton insisted yesterday he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan at the heart of the criminal case against his former Whitewater partners.
"These things are simply not true," the president said, disputing, as he always has, the account of the prosecution's chief witness.
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By William Corey, Standard-Times staff writer
WAREHAM -- It was the 1920s and Irene Burgess would take the old Fall River Line from New York to the Fall River train station, where she boarded a car to Middleboro. That's where her grandfather, Capt. Joseph Burgess, would pick her up and ride to Wareham in a horse-drawn wagon.
"Wareham in the 1920s was a beautiful family town," said the 88-year-old, who will celebrate her birthday on Sunday. "I wouldn't leave Wareham for anywhere in the world."
Tonight, Ms. Burgess will be the guest of honor at a dinner and reception at Bay Pointe Country Club in Onset thrown by her throngs of friends in the area. Proceeds from the event will benefit area scholarship funds.
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By Susan Pawlak-Seaman, Standard-Times staff writer
The federal government's shutdown last winter has cast a chill on the financial aid process for some graduating high school seniors this spring.
Although May 1 marked the traditional fish-or-cut-bait time for choosing a college, some area high school seniors have been forced to delay their decisions.
"Because of the shutdown in the government, the financial aid form information has been delayed for some of our students," said Dr. Bob Casey, a guidance counselor at Wareham High School. "Some of the youngsters don't know what kind of aid they're getting. Consequently, it's hard for some of them to make up their minds."
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Editor's note: In the waning weeks of her senior year, Dartmouth High School student Beth Giammalvo, 17, is periodically sharing her thoughts on a special chapter in her young life.
By Beth Giammalvo, Standard-Times correspondent
Well, I've just received all my acceptances. I was accepted to every place I applied.
What I've been waiting for now is my financial aid stuff to come in.
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In her younger years, Kathleen M. Rocha rebuilt a Corvette.
These days, the Fairhaven resident is putting her considerable talents to use on computers -- and she is among the 42 volunteers who have stepped forward to help Tuesday for The Standard-Times' Internet Day.
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A long-ago colleague called it "being bored by degrees."
The truth of the matter is, I've never found it tedious to cover a graduation -- before or after I became an education reporter.
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MATTAPOISETT -- The town will have to change the classification of North Street if it wants to receive full state funding for the long-discussed renovation of the roadway.
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NEW BEDFORD -- Councilor Thomas Hodgson's proposed police commission received mixed reviews at a City Council meeting last night.
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Three Southeastern Massachusetts residents are among those elected as delegates to the Aug. 12-15 Republican National Convention in San Diego.
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WASHINGTON -- The tap water serving more than 45 million Americans was polluted in 1994 and 1995 with fecal matter, parasites, pesticides, lead and toxic chemicals, three environmental groups reported yesterday.
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WASHINGTON -- A protein that plays a key role in helping the deadly attack of the AIDS virus has been discovered by federal scientists, ending a decade-long search by research laboratories worldwide.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- High school band director Mark Schwebes knew the kids were up to no good when he ran into a band member and another student on school grounds late one night.
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TOKYO -- Got an extra $1,300 burning a hole in your pocket? You could take a cruise in the Caribbean, get a new suit -- or buy a melon in Japan.
A department store in the northern city of Sapporo put two melons -- described as "perfect beauties" in color and sweetness -- on sale Thursday for $1,285, or 135,000 yen, apiece.
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BOSTON -- He was in over his head and working himself "to the bone."
Stephen Rakes said that was why he decided to unload Stippo's, his South Boston liquor store. Those were the only reasons, Mr. Rakes insisted before two federal grand juries.
There was no pressure from alleged crime bosses James "Whitey" Bulger or Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, Mr. Rakes said.
But prosecutors say he was lying.
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BOSTON -- Two of the state's four racetracks say they will appeal a court ruling that will cost them money but boost state revenues.
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WOBURN -- For years, residents of this industrial Boston suburb complained about foul drinking water.
In 1979, after the Merrimack Chemical Co. was closed and a gigantic deposit of deadly industrial waste was discovered, two of the city's nine wells were immediately shut down.
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WASHINGTON -- Moving to counter any Democratic political advantage on raising the minimum wage, several Republicans offered legislation yesterday to permit millions of workers to deduct payroll taxes they pay on Social Security contributions.
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NEW YORK -- Stocks managed slight gains yesterday as persistent concerns about interest rates and inflation wiped out any momentum from Wednesday's dramatic turnaround.
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By John Horn, Associated Press entertainment writer
Bill Paxton hasn't sold many movie tickets in his acting career. Few people say, "Let's go see the new Will Smith film!" And the last time Michael J. Fox carried a hit film, people wore leisure suits.
Nevertheless, these decidedly B-list actors are the leading players in what could prove to be this summer's three biggest movies -- Mr. Paxton's "Twister," Mr. Smith's "Independence Day" and Mr. Fox's "The Frighteners."
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By The Associated Press
Major summer movies, grouped by planned release dates:
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Marina Rinaldi was a portly seamstress who, 150 years ago, worked in the region known as the "stomach of Italy," famous for its Parmesan cheese and Parma ham.
Today, her name is on the label of one of the most popular collections in fashion -- a line for women who see themselves more like a ripe Sophia Loren than a waifish Kate Moss.
While the international fashion establishment drums up runway hype for styles that most women can't wear, Marina Rinaldi is thriving in the hardest job in the business: marketing elegant clothes for full-figured women.
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Therapist Lou Makarowski had a simple but important idea: write a parenting book focused mainly on improving the behavior of parents.
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Here are some tips for Mother's Day that will help make the day pleasant, not only for your mother, but ultimately for you.
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Sarah, a curious second-grader, sat motionless as she struggled with her first poem.
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I don't know about you, but when Jeremy Roenick one-timed the puck past Patrick Roy in overtime to win Game 1 for Chicago in its playoff series with Colorado, I didn't see the Indian face on his jersey. I saw a B inside a circle.
The 26-year-old center will become a free agent on June 30, and unless the Blackhawks want to pay him at least $4 million a season, Roenick will be skating through walls and scoring goals in another city next season.
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The Voc-Tech Bears came up with big innings in the third and fifth to earn their first victory in two years -- a 14-10 win Thursday at home against Old Rochester.
Chrystal Alcock's two-run triple in the third inning ignited the Voc-Tech offense, and teammate Pam Caiano knocked in three runs in the fifth to break things open.
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The ads would run on late-night television in Paris and Peking and Tel Aviv. The pleas for sympathy and understanding and blank checks would accompany heart-wrenching images of American athletes down on their luck.
A toll-free number would flash across the collective consciousness of the global village. One world, one soul, one cause. The Save the Jackasses Fund.
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NEW BEDFORD -- For the second time in as many games, the New Bedford softball team made things interesting.
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By Steven Krasner, New England Sports Service
MILWAUKEE -- What's wrong with Aaron Sele?
That was one of the biggest questions floating around the Boston Red Sox clubhouse after the Milwaukee Brewers delivered a six-run, first-inning knockout of the right-hander en route to a 17-2 romp at a raw County Stadium yesterday.
The embarrassing beating, which came before an announced crowd of 7,379 hardy fans, was the worst absorbed by the sorry Sox this season, as their record dropped to 11-21. The only bright spot was Mo Vaughn's 10th homer, a solo shot in the sixth.
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GLEN AVON, Calif. -- At first, Candace Pittman didn't think she could do it.
But after watching California Angels starting pitcher Jim Abbott, she decided to try.
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MILWAUKEE -- One day after saying that prized Pawtucket pitching prospect Jeff Suppan wasn't being considered for a promotion soon, Red Sox manager Kevin Kennedy reversed his field yesterday.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- After years of separation, Steven Kelley and Joe Jackson ended up at the same college, on the same football team, in the same backfield.
Though they played against each other in high school, Kelley and Jackson just learned last week that they are brothers.
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The Standard-Times wants to know about the games you play.
Officials of leagues for young and old are invited to let us know what's happening in your organization.
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