Renato Di Tollo, 39 and about to get married, and Antonio Serafini, 59, from Ortona drowned yesterday on their fishboat, the "Leone Acciaiuoli", which was named after the famous ship which brought the body of San Tommaso back to Ortona from Chio. The two mariners tried the sea even if conditions were bad because they needed the money and trusted their long experience too much. Renato's body has not been found yet, while Antonio's wife, waiting on the dock, could see her husband's body recovered. The two men were the leaders of the fishing community in Ortona, where nobody yet can believe they'll never see them again.

"Dialect theatre is not second-rate: a dialect is a language in its own right" says Franco Villani, inaugurating the celebrations for the 20th year of activity, which will offer dialect pieces, a prize for secondary school students, a photographic exhibition and a regional meeting «Il teatro amatoriale abruzzese». Villani would like to establish a theatre festival for Abruzzese groups, which would be the first of its kind in Italy.

GIULIANOVA - In a cage in the Circo Italiano a tiger that had just delivered three, was frightened and only the skill of tamer Stefano Rossi could take her back. Nobody slept in the houses nearby. Floods and road accidents almost everywhere.

CASTIGLIONE A CASAURIA. Local residents cannot understand why Don Dino, a spiritual guide for all the community, has been moved to Pescara; he has always been a friend to everybody, and a great youth leader. So the Castiglionesi are preparing an appeal to the Pope.

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