Undernews for May 30, 2011

Undernews for May 30, 2011
Those “non-combat” troops we’re leaving in Iraq will cost about $ 50 billion, which – writes Joshua Holland of Alternet – could also pay for 24.3 million children receiving low-income health care for one year
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Greene County to recognize Vietnam hero after 44 years
Matthew Leonard always liked being in uniform. “He was a Boy Scout,” said Lois Leonard, his widow, with a gentle laugh. “He loved to wear his Boy Scout uniform to school. He would walk up and down the halls in his uniform.” When he became a career soldier, he loved his uniform so much that he would make sure he got it professionally cleaned, even if that meant cutting his time home on leave short.
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More Wareham-area happenings
  Sunday, May 29 Pilgrim Hall clothing exhibit Pilgrim Hall Museum presents “What’s Under Things: Hidden Colonial Clothing,” a display of the basic clothing items and accessories needed to dress in the 17th and 18th centuries, from May 29 to Dec. 31 at the museum, at 75 Court St. in Plymouth
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