Word: arsons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Fire Chief Daniel J. Reagan said yesterday that the fires--which occurred at 12:50 a.m. and 6:27 a.m.--"appeared to be of suspicious origin," and added that fire fighters smelled paint or turpentine at the scene, which might have been used to start the fires. The Cambridge Arson Squad and the state Fire Marshall's Office are investigating the fires, he said...
Apart from the vault, the plot machinations include blunt instruments, arson and grotesque fright masks, but none of these prove either droll or scarifying. In the end, the old lady still rules her roost, but Claudette Colbert, alas, falls victim to the play. -By T.E. Kalem
...workers, and nonunion mines often pay better than their unionized counterparts, if only to discourage organizing attempts. So there may be some Galatians to whom the Kerr-McGee project seems like a good idea. But they know enough to keep quiet. Storekeepers say they have been threatened with arson if they do business with the newcomer. Many citizens are chary of talking with strangers. A strapping young man emerging from Ragsdale's Laundromat says that, although he needs a job, he turned down $14 an hour to join nonunion construction workers. "My dad's a miner...
VIOLENT CRIMESSEX CRIMES PROPERTY CRIMES THEFTS 1981 1980 1981 1980 1981 1980 1981 1980 Homicide 0 0 Sexual Assault 2 0 Arson 5 2 More than $100 490 503 Sudden death 2 1 Exhibitionism 9 14 Bomb threat 6 8 Less than $100 590 698 Assault 37 35 Voyeurism 0 1 Breaking&entering 78 59 Burglary 6 10 Robbery 10 14 Obscene call 77 138 Trespassing 64 57 Auto theft 83 102 Rape 5 4 Other 0 1 Vandalism 243 301 Bike theft 242 255 Other 3 1 Bldg.take-over 0 0 Other 3 7 Other 4 2 (Includes...
...decision clicits a tantrum from young Brooke. Her slightly older consort, though, reacts with far more maturity--he sets fire to Jade's house. Many people think the desire of landlords to collect insurance money leads to most arson: statistics prove, however, that thwarted young love is, more often than not, real cause. When he tries to rescue Jade from the blaze he almost dies. He is then sentenced to several years in a state psychiatric institution. The names in this story have been changed to protect the innocent. But that isn't the end, unfortunately...