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Man Who Saved Little Leaguers From Car Was Also Hit-and-Run Driver 50 Years Ago

John Cronin

A wildly driven car that entered a Babe Ruth field in Sanford, Maine during a baseball game struck and killed a 68-year-old man who had pushed children out of the way.

"He took the hit for the kids," a witness told NewsCenterMaine.com.

Western Massachusetts Town To Vote On State Seal, Nuclear War
Around New England

Western Massachusetts Town To Vote On State Seal, Nuclear War

John Cronin

Articles calling on voters to demand that the United States renounce first-strike nuclear attacks and that Massachusetts change its state seal are on the warrant of Town Meeting of a tiny town in western Massachusetts.

Wendell, with a population of about 850, is about 32 miles north-by-northeast of Springfield.

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