Plan for a Memorial Splits Newport's Old Guard
New York Times
NEWPORT, RI — When Doris Duke was clearing a patch of derelict buildings here in the late 1970s to create a modest patch of open space known as Queen Anne Square, she was sometimes spotted personally directing the backhoe drivers at

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Searchers Uncover 'Green Monster'
EastBayRI.com
Then long-frozen wheel bearings would have to be lubed and heavy equipment brought in — the city has a hefty John Deere 710 backhoe, or better yet a bulldozer. Guessing that its useful days are done, he said it might make an interesting addition to a

Richland man identified by family as pilot of plane that crashed in Fulton
Syracuse.com
A backhoe was brought up to the site on top of the ridge to get the plane's engine out of the ground, Etcher said. The engine was the heaviest piece of the plane, Etcher said. Many of the other pieces are fiberglass and light and litter the area where

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