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Today in RI history: Sunken history discovered by divers

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By Thomas J. Morgan

A year ago today:
Divers have discovered a World War II German submarine nearly 70 years after it sank under U.S. attack in waters off Nantucket. The U-550 was found in deep water about 70 miles south of Nantucket.

5 years ago today:
James Soares Jr., 24, the son of James and Marian Soares is charged with bludgeoning his parents to death and throwing their bodies in a cesspool in the family's back yard, in Warren.

25 years ago today:
William J. McCarthy, new president of the Teamsters Union, said in a 1984 conversation that he needed permission from reputed New England Mafia boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca before he could take a higher post at the labor organization, according to a secret FBI memorandum.


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