Indian Head National Bank Nashua, NH

JUNE 28, 1945 – Nashua man Maurice J. Pinette, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Pinette, 9 Limdem St., has been awarded the Presidential citation for taking part in the capture of German U-boat 505 on June 4, 1944, the first time the US Navy had boarded and captured a foreign enemy-of-war in battle on the high seas since 1815.

JUNE 29, 1940 – Edwin “Ted” Bernard, who had been sought by police for allegedly stabbing his wife Evelyn, walked into police headquarters at 9:15 a.m. and surrendered. He told police that he had been in Worcester and was walking back to Nashua this morning when he was picked up and given a ride. He said that the driver of the car recognized him and advised him to give himself up.

JUNE 30, 1975 – Where Nashua’s next fire station should be built has the fire commissioners and the aldermanic lands-buildings committee at odds. The commissioners’ preferred site is on Spit Brook Rd., west of the Everett Turnpike. But the aldermanic committee claims that the stretch of Spit Brook Road being considered is unacceptable because of the narrow, hilly and generally poor condition of the road.

JULY 1, 1980 – David J. Grant, a 17-year-old Alvirne High School graduate and stellar athlete, died following a fight between Londonderry and Hudson youths at a soccer game. Grant, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Grant, was pronounced dead at about 10:30 p.m. at Alexander Eastman Hospital in Derry. He had been transported by Derry ambulace officials and admitted to the hospital at 8:42.

Londonderry Police Chief Frederick Ball said that an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death will be performed at Rockingham County Hospital in Brentwood.

JULY 2, 2015 – A high-profile medical examiner who worked on the O.J. Simpson case has determined that the death in Saudi Arabia in January of Christopher Cramer was a homicide. Cramer, 50, of Milford, was in Saudi Arabia on behalf of Merrimack defense contractor Kollsman when he died Jan. 15. A fellow employee discovered the body beneath the third-floor balcony of his hotel, and Kollsman officials initially said the death was a suicide, something that family and friends said is impossible. Dr. Michael Baden, who recently retired as chief medical pathologist for the New York State Police, issued an autopsy report that says Cramer had extensive injuries that could not be caused by a single impact from a fall.

JULY 3, 1945 – Indian Head Bank officials voiced objection to the temporary traffic regulations whereby the section of Main Street between the transfer station and Temple Street was made a bus stop and closed to parking. The regulations also include a similar ruling in reference to the west side of Main Street with no parking between Factory Street and High Street.