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Boston Sunday Globe April 22, 1973 Woods burn in Eastern Massachusetts 'A rffc SjV Kk 0'' Tf li It i rainfall is S.79 inches so far and is close to normal, nearly all of it occurred in the first week of April. There have been only two days with rainfall since and virtually none since April 10, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported. NWS meteorologist Harry Terban said the month has also been characterized by "relatively -dry air masses, little in the way of more humid onshore winds, and a lot of sun." "All this," he said, "tends to dry woodlands out faster." He also said that rainfall for the year is about three inches below He said there were an additional 103 fires Friday, 73 of them burning less than one-quarter of an acre and 30 in the range of a quarter acre to 10 acres. Yesterday, he said, 140 smaller fires were reported, 107 of them consuming less than a quarter acre and 33 ranging from a quarter acre to 10 acres. P.U.

"This situation "This situation is building up to serious if we don't get substantial rainfall soon," he said. Nearly all fires reported so far have been in the eastern half of the state; western woodlands are still wet, he said. Although this month's normal, with only 11.29 inches since Jan. 1. Eastern Maine, with its woodlands also dried out, has a "medium" fire hazard, state Forestry Commissioner Fred E.

Holt said yesterday. he said there were 29 woodlands fires covering 400 total acres on Friday. But yesterday there were only a few, relatively small fires because of damper air, he said. The only other state in New England reporting a fire hazard was Vermont. A State Police spokesman there said woodlands are "very dry, but only a few small, scattered brush fires have been reported." it.

State adjopftl fire apparatus remained in the reservation last night, attempting to bring the fire under control and extinguish all smoldering debris. Large fires spreading from 10 to 25 acres were also reported in Belcher-town, Bridgewater and Grafton. State officials also reported numerous small fires in a 200-acre swath of the Lynn Woods in Lynn and Saugus. DNR spokesman James Healy said the Blue Hills fire, largest reported this spring, burned such a large area because it was nearly inaccessable to fire apparatus. By Walter V.

Robinson Globe Correspondent Sunshine and warm weather much of the past two weeks has dried the state's woodlands and created a forest fire hazard unusual for April, which is normally wet and cloudy. With many small fires and one large woodlands blaze reported in Eastern Massachusetts in the past two days, the situation could become serious, warned a spokesman for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) yesterday. in New England, only eastern Maine has encountered a considerable number of small fires. Woodlands in most of the remainder of the six-state region are still wet enough to withstand fires. Nine state fire trucks and numerous pieces of local equipment battled a stubborn, widespread fire ine MDC Blue Hills Reservation in Quincy yesterday and Friday.

Equipment was first sent to the scene at 2:30 p.m. Friday. The blaze, which burned over 70 acres, was thought under control by 5 a.m. yesterday. Firefighters returned early in the afternoon yesterday when the blaze sprang up' again and brisk winds threatened to spread ABCC to read ruling before acting on Elks read the text carefully by the middle of May before acting, according to James J.

Hourihan Jr. of Marble-head, state president. Hourihan foresees several months passing before either the Elks revoke the clauses or the ABCC takes action. He believes that each state must still resolve the issue based on its own laws and predicted "until the injunction against the ABCC comes to court, we will do nothing." Dr. The Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) wants to read a US Supreme Court decision before deciding whether to revoke liquor licenses held by Elks lodges.

The Supreme Court decision is that in which six out of nine justices dismissed an appeal of a Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling that Maine lodges could not retain their liquor licenses and "white-only" policy. The agency will decide HERRING WATCH Three youngsters sit on bridge over Pembroke's herring run trying to spot some fish moving upstream. (Photo by Stanley A. Bauman) Everett man held without bail in 1971 gangland-style killing death of Brazil on Monument street near Bunker Hill. Sacramone was picked up Friday by the trooper on Rte.

495 in Lowell. Trooper Frank Baran noticed him wandering in a daze along the edge of the road and took him to St. John's Hospital in Lowell. Baran, of the Andover State Police barracks- said he initially thought mone was a hit-run victim. At th hospital, Sacramone regained consciousness and, police said, told Baran he was beaten up around midnight Thursday, because he had killed Brazil.

In 1960 Sacramone, Brazil and several others were charged with the April 8, 1960, armed robbery of the Hillside-Cambridge bank in Medford. Fashions Sew Spring Sew Zig-Zag and Straight Stitches what action to take after reading the court decision, said Dr. Harold Turner of Newton, ABCC commissioner. A restraining order was issued in Suffolk Superior Court preventing the ABCC from carrying out a 1971 decision to revoke liquor licenses held by Elks and Moose lodges. Dr.

Turner said the decision rested with the issue being resolved in the US Supreme Court. The Elks also expect to Speed Up Your 0 Choice By Walter V. Robinson Globe Correspondent An Everett man was ordered held without bail yesterday after being as- sisted by a state trooper and then, police said, confessing to a 1971 gangland murder. Americo (Rico) Sacra-mone, 36, of 30 Carlson found beaten Friday in Lowell, was arraigned in Charlestown District Court on a murder charge in the shooting death of Joseph R. Brazil 39, of 129 Walford way, Charles-town.

Judge James J. Mellen entered an innocent plea for Sacramone and sent him to Charles Street Jail. His case was continued to Arpil 27. He is charged with the Feb. 17, 1971, shooting DiGrazia to Boston Police Comr.

Robert J. diGrazia is expected to announce the transfer of a number of district commanders this week. According to Stephen P. Dunleavy, the department's informational service director, the exact number of captains to be transferred has not been decided. He said that for three weeks diGrazia has been meeting with Supt.

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