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Although Harvard was founded as a school for the ministry, its alumni almost immediately began their historic association with public policy issues. William Stoughton of the class of 1650 was chief justice and prosecuter at Salem witchcraft trials, and a number of other alumni were heavily involved in the trials, including one who was hanged for witch-craft...
According to the old common-law rule, a man who forces his wife to have sexual intercourse with him cannot be convicted of rape. The celebrated Rideout case in Salem, Ore., late last year resulted in the acquittal of Husband John accused of rape by his wife Greta. Attitudes are changing, however. Last week, in another Salem, in Massachusetts, James K. Chretien was convicted of raping his estranged wife Carmelina. He is believed to be the first American ever convicted of wife rape. Chretien was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Thomas R. Morse Jr. to three to five years...
...SALEM, Mass.--A 32-year-old man was convicted yesterday of raping his estranged wife, and of burglary while committing an assault...
...season of the festival, and a festival nowadays is a protean feast. It is a group of local notables trying to put clothes on live chickens in a contest at the Hamilton County Fair near Cincinnati. It is a baseball game at the New England Clown Convention in Salem, Mass., where no one knows who won because the bases kept moving and the umpire used a fire extinguisher to settle disputes. It is Cincinnati's Don Cook, who takes pride in being able to grow an instant beard by letting bees swarm to his chin. It is 102 vintage...
...whether or not you approve of the dollar-garnished deity, it's their festival, and it's free. And it's fun, festival, and it's free. And it's fun. The Green Line will take you there. Just get off at Haymarket and walk up to Salem St. If you get lost, ask for directions. Or follow the smell or the noise. But if some overbearing food vendor tries to sell you the tripe--an infamous Italian-American delicacy--beware. It's cow intestine...