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www.TbeTr3nscript.cora North Adams Transcript A I M-WAC Monday, April 2004 Pase A2 What's news today Local history North Berkshire Weather '3-5 iv near the Bourne town line, Detective Sgt Richard Silvestro of the Bourne Police Derailment told the Cape Cod Times. Police did not release the name of the dead man, nor did they reveal the name of the family member who filed the missing-person report. The man reported missing was last seen at a bar near where the body, was found. PARTLY PARTLY MOSTLY h' CLOUDY OUDY RAIN LIKELY 1 uwvvvia 50 L0 33 -vv PARTLY VV CLOUDY 0 HI 45 LO 20 0 i' H47LD32 Hi 49 LO 30 H48L026 4823 4719 Swyis 4321 City Wdnday Thunday Albany 5128pc 5030r Bennington 5025pc 4928r Boaton 5536pc 5037r Burlington 4627pC 4529c Concord 5324pc 5126r GrMntlaid 4725pc 5128r Hartford 5831pc 5133c Hyamia 5030pc 4732c Manchester 5530pc 5130r Now York City 5843pc 5141c Philadelphia 6144s 5440r PHtsfiekJ 4826pe 4728r Portland 5127pc 4829r Provider 5632pc 5236c Springfield 5521pc 5226r SyracuM 4831pc 4831r Washington, D.C.6849PC 5645r Wofceiter 5231s 4933c tn lHlta --Chester 42 4520 5V28 4522 SeH4725 1 4323 i Hartford rmvidente ,4625 5323 ,5224 April 5 50 year ago today NORTH ADAMS Seven North Adams student nurses at St Luke's hospital Training School for Nurses were capped at exercises held yesterday in the chapel of Madonna Hal at the hospital in Prttsfietd. They are Louise Bonvoutoir, Carol CampbeR, Dorothy Denault, Rita Gallant, Virginia Mulcahy, Margaret Rccray, and Mary Lou Roede).

NORTH ADAMS Private 1st Class Raymond Cimonetti, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cirnonetti of 34 Francis a rifleman in the Second Marine division, is on a six-week maneuvers in the Cuba-Puerto Rico area. Pvt. Cimonetti enlisted in the Marines Sept.

29, 1953 and received basic training at Parris Island, 25 years ago today NORTH ADAMS Three North Adams residents have taken advantage 0) the $1,500 bonus program offered by the Army National Guard for new recruits. Sgt. Gary Burdick, a recruiter in the area, has announced that Christopher Lacasse, Edward Clairmont and Raymond Pilling have signed up under the program. The new recruits will attend drills one weekend per month until graduation. SAVOY All six teachers at Savoy elementary school have been rehired for 1979-80, but a contract has yet to be worked out The staff includes teacher-principal Daniel Wilk, Douglas-Wright, Charlene BijzCathy Ann Chapman, Title I teacher Elaine Daunais, and teacher aide Thelma Romanes.

10 years ago today NORTH ADAMS Approximately 1 50 family and friends attended the retirement party for "Red" Richer and Tony" Sawo at the American Legion Hall on April 2. They were honored by city and state officials for having served their community for half a century Richer with 27 years and Sacco with 23 years service. ADAMS Michael Ordyna, son of Mr. and Mrs. Casimer Ordyna of Adams, has been promoted to deputy chief Of operations of the Great Barrington Fire Department.

Ordyna was runner-up in the fire chiefs promotion exam in June, falling short of the high score by four points. He has been in the Great Barrington Fire Department for 19 years. KTS3 report dsscribss plane's qaickpfungs before crash PFTTSFIELI) (AP) A plane that crashed in Pittsfield last month, killing the pilot, plummeted almost 12,000 feet in less than a minute before it hit the ground, according to a preliminary investigation of the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board's report on the March 25 crash, released Saturday, did not report the crash's cause. The cause is likely to be included in the NTSB's final report.

Pilot Brian Templeton, of Waterford, was the only person on board the plane. There were no injuries on the ground. The MU-2 Mitsubishi turboprop, owned by Royal Air Freight Inc. of Waterford, had been carrying cargo from Hagerstown, to Bangor, Maine. Just before the accident, the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center told Templeton to contact air traffic controllers in Boston.

The pilot did not contact Boston, however, and there were no further communications with the pilot, according to the NTSB report. Radar data indicated the airplane was level at 17,000 feet, flying northeast, when the pilot climbed about 300 feet of altitude just after 5:30 p.m. Then, in 50 seconds, the airplane plunged from about 17,300 feet to about 5,700 feet Just before the plane crashed, several witnesses described seeing the plane spinning wildly in the air, making loud grinding or whining sounds. It crashed and burst into flames about 100 feet from a school bus garage in a field bordered by a shopping center, a residential area, a busy highway and a General Electric plant. KswYorKity'! 5633 --a rMlarMplsa 5929 frnUTSTTTFR EE 3 827 ami 7:24 pm 6:25 am, 7:25 p.m.

10W 46 nates kn An exclusive service brought to our readers by The Weather Channel. Police identify bodies found in house STILLWATER, N.Y. (AP) Police identified a couple found dead inside their house, but still could not determine how they died. Investigators said autopsy reports on John Treacy, 62, and his 63-year-old wife, Beverly, were still pending Sunday night, a day after police discovered their bodies in their home, 20 miles northeast of Albany. A relative alerted police to the deaths.

John Treacy was a village trustee for four years before he decided not to run for re-election last spring. Neighbors in this tight-knit village of 1,600 people believe the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide, but authorities would not say how the couple died. More than 300 volunteers search for missing teen MONTGOMERY, Vt. (AP) Search teams looking for missing 17-year-old Brianna Maitland of Sheldon prepared Sunday for a winter 'storm expected to last until Tuesday morning. "We're just trying to cover as much of the high ground as we possibly can today, and we can fall back into the valleys tomorrow," said Brad Dennis, director of the Klaas Kids Search Center, on Sunday.

Dennis' group is coordinating the search and is training volunteers. About 300 people searched in teams, on foot, for Maitland in Franklin County on Friday and Saturday, Dennis said. He estimated another 100 tumedS out Sunday. Some groups came from as far away as New York, Montreal, and Pittsburgh, he said. if "It's a beautiful young girl that's missing and everyone wants to bring her home," said Dennis.

Today's TEMPERATURES SUN High Sunday '52 Sunrise today Low Sunday 28 Sunset today Normal high 82 Sunrise torn. Normal low 32 Sunset torn. Record high 82 In 1923 Record low 15 in 1982 MOON MoonrtsetodEy PRECIPITATION Moonset today Sunday 0.02 Moonrtsetom. Month total 1.22" Moonset torn. ultraviolet radiation risk for the area on a scale from 0 to 10.

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Investigators seeking information about body WAREHAM (AP) Police are investigating whether a body discovered in Buttermilk Bay in Wareham is that of a Bourne man reported missing in January. The badly decomposed body was found shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday next to a pier at Continental Marine in Wareham, rertcasMtnaserttirt fh in' 1TI-1 r'l'i It LANDMARK CREDIT UNION Ml NORTH ADAMS. MA0I247 4 The Numbers Game 9-2-0-9 Payoffs based on a $1 bet were: Exact Order All four $4,829 First or last three Any two Any one Any Order All four $402 First three Last $113 Saturday 8-8-0-3 Payoffs based on a $1 bet were: Exact Order All four First or last three Any two $51 Any one Any Order All four $357 First three Last three $100 Megabucks 18-25-27-29-35-38 There were no jackpot winners. Powerball 6-7-26-32-43; Powerball: 13 New Used Auto Loan Rates As Low As 3.75 APR" Now's the time' to refinance your current auto loan save lots of interest money: Villi iir sin) by ir mini' miimiiiluiN 'RLfHrktions apply 5VorlI) Atoms ransrripL A MediaNews Group Newspaper Published dally except Sundays and Christmas Day by New England Newspapers, Inc.

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North Adams, MA01247-1840.) another $2 million in additional cuts for next year. States that receive funds from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services pledge to maintain consistent levels of support for drug treatment The agency told Massachusetts late last year that because of the cuts, the state could lose $9.2 million from the $34.3 it was to receive for next year. "The potential loss of another $9 million in substance abuse funding would be disastrous to the Commonwealth," said John Auerbach, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission. Federal authorities said they have little choice.

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"In all of those indicators we are seeing significant increased use of heroin and OxyContin, particularly among younger kids," Michael Botticelli, assistant commissioner for substance abuse, told the Boston Herald. "We're hearing that kids are moving very quickly from OxyContin to heroin." Lowell police Capt. Robert DeMoura said "it can happen to anyone's kids." He described catching a thief breaking into a minivan, and discovering that the culprit was a former wrestler he had coached who had turned to heroin use. "Don't for one minute think I'm not worried about my kids getting hooked up on heroin," DeMoura said. Even as the state wrestles with a heroin epidemic, the state could lose more than $9 million in federal aid for drug treatment as a penalty for three years of cuts to substance abuse services, The Boston Globe reported The Department of Public I lealth has cut nearly $1 1 million from drug treatment, and drug and alcohol abuse prevention.

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