Fitchburg Sentinel (Newspaper) - June 28, 1966, Fitchburg, Massachusetts The For 127 1838 Vol FITCHBURG MASS 01420 TUESDAY JUNE 28 1966 16 PAGES A By THE Wirm SEE REPORT UN PAGE I 10 CENTS Collision At Disputed John Fitch Intersection Small Bus Overturns 5 In Family Injured Five members of one its roof So great was the were injured at 9.38 this thc scat cushions jing when their Volkswagon bus and floor boards of the bus were flipped over onto its roof alter thrown out onto the street Ptl Leo P Lorion of the a collision with an auto at John fic Division who headed the in- Fitch Highway Pearl St and said he issued Coolidge Ave jously hurt No one was The accident was the sixth at tions at the scene to both drivers for failing to slow down at an in- Both will A LICKING GOOD four burg lads cooled it in the warm sticky Monday They gathered around a chunk of ice for cool licks and the result was ever so refreshing Temperatures soared over the 90 mark The high was 92 and the low 61 that intersection since warnings hut no stop signs on John Fitch bc receive court I way and Ave were The overturned bus and the Medicare Program To Start On Friday removed about one month damaged vehicle badly However police replaced these hampered the traffic flow signs with four signs reading through the busy intersection approaching each of Police were forced to close off the four entrances to the inter- section Injured were Mrs Yvonne A traffic at Coolidge Ave end St and John Fitch and also at North St and John Fitch By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tile nation's hospitals are as ready as they can be for the start of the medicare program on Friday officials say Federal state and local concerned with medicare held news conferences out the nation Monday to dis- cuss the state of readiness of the program to provide hospital care under Social Security those and older i For the most part they pre- the shortages were there before medicare and only time and money will alleviate them If there is a rush we could have some said Hamilton Reid administrator of Baptist Hospital in Kansas City Dr Caesar Portis president of the Illinois Medical Society said We do not have enough octors nurses or beds The By and large however the said they expected the to and te needed care Others admitted they weren't quite sure what to expect on rush to the hospitals by the erly will be able to dle the situation in cooperation Minnesota Hospital Association Although many of the nation's physicians through the can Medical Association and other doctors groups patient whose doctor wants to put him in a particular hospital on a particular day for ment of a illness might have to said Beatrice Bernstein New York regional director for the Welfare ment She reported that 73 per cent of the nation's hospitals have signed up for medicare with more being processed daily Mrs Bernstein said that 17.3 million elderly sons 91 per cent of those signed up for tal care which is free A crate were counted Tousignant 42 of 94 Assisting Ptl Lorion in the in- St North Attleboro who and traffic control a laceration of the Capt Bernard J Keenan of the head and a wrenched and Ptl Emery J Robichaud of neck and her four children Traffic Division and Ptl were shaken up when thc Wellesley J Porter Ptl Louis flipped over R Scalzulli and Ptl Alfred S curity Administration office 154 The children are Linda the Uniformed Main St There questions will also be many about coverage count numbers etc by tals physicians and certainly by the North Worcester County residents over age 65 Only time experience and policy de- velopment will resolve and answer some of these questions Our employes will do their best to assist any and all residents to obtain the information they he said By this time most if not all persons covered under care have received a handbook explaining the provision of the health insurance Sullivan gested that people carefully read this material now rather than at a time when medical services are needed He stated again that the burg office is ready to render Carol 6 Roger and Peter 3 The father Edgar P Tousignant 43 the operator was not injured in the crash which caused an estimated damage All five were taken to bank Hospital in the municipal ambulance directed by Fire Lt Thomas J Tiernan Jr and staffed by Pvt Robert J Cor- mier and Pvt Joseph C They dent sion The stop signs illegal because they had not been approved by the State Department of Public Works were removed by Traffic ACCIDENT Page 2 were treated by a surgeon and later dis- charged Police identified the second driver as Mrs Marion V Young 56 of Townsend St who was also uninjured ages were unofficially set by lice at to the Tousignant bus and to the Young auto Police said the bus ing the who are It's Circus To Join Parade July 4 Officials of the Clyde sponsored by the Exchange Cole Bros Circus reported of- Club of ficially this morning that The four FIVE HURT A North At- woman and her four small children were injured when the Volkswagon bus in which they were passengers shown above wis involved in a collision at John Fitch Highway Pearl St and Coolidge Ave The bus after the impact flipped over onto its roof AH five persons were taken by ambulance to a hospital have moved back to 3.30 p.m the time of their July Fourth of the Civic Days program also appealed to industries and run as smoothly as possible Telephone number of his dis- office is DI Office hours are from 9 m to 4.30 p m across Pearl and onto John Fitch Highway while the Young car was traveling up Pearl ward John Fitch w Ave matinee in order to give interested in enter Days floats in the holiday parade Today's Index Almanac Bridge Classified lift by including colorful tnc Comics elements in the line of march The impact occurred when At the same time the four The office will not be open auto struck the right rear of the Friday or Monday this week the bus turning it completely cause of the holiday and flipping the vehicle Days program and Mayor doctors approval for admission If troubles comes the con sus was it will come in those areas already short of medical facilities Medicare will highlight tages said W D Zerby a re- director of the ment of Health Education and he of thc Nebraska spita Hospital Association who said We don't expect anything the hospitals can't handle Unpaid Dollar Fee Key To Cannon Return soon as possible Several organizations arei to euter floats J chairmen said but they not as yet advised parade George J Bourque invited veterans of the Viet Nam Chief parade marshal to participate in thc July cncc Durkin and his assist Fourth parade scheduled to A dollar may be the pow er which will force the holders of two missing Civil War Can Fitchburg is awaiting the to return them to action to medicare I f Commis In these early days night The whole thing has come to a parade march off at 1 p.m A spokesman for the five of- said These boys fighting hard for their chairmen ants Frank H Norton Daniel F and Daniel F O'Connor are in the process of preparing the parade orders to the Civic Days ine nef iu n point of denials and around the world ing and the police are to to keep America Welfare the federal will be raised ni to be handling medicare But Zerby Edward A Sullivan 51 f speaking in Trenton said manager of the local Social non once missing have no records two cannons right to hold on to them the loaned out in 1960 and two Col paid the city in 1960 and 1961 when the cannon were loaned out are not recorded cure city property confiscated illegally The they mentioned above are officials of thc 9th Battery Army of the These men have to know who be participating so advise the organisations Crossword Editorial Pages Movies Through Thc Years Personals Obituaries Television Sports 7 7 6 5 C 2 13 7 800 Vocational Educators At FSC Parley More than 800 directors and teachers of vocational schools throughout the state are ing the week-long conference sponsored by the Division of Vocational Education of the State Department of Education being held at Fitchburg State I College The conference session opened with greetings extended i by Dr George L I academic dean at the college land by Education Commissioner iOwen B Walter J state vocational cation director and John Shea assistant are also present for the session Scheduled for discussion ing the remainder of the week will be new trends in al education manpower ing programs the effect of tax laws on schools and other re- CONFERENCE Page 2 and to halt the spread of of where and when to should he and will a spokesman said by those people whom We hope that all float en- they are fighting to protect rants will call the mayor's of- Bullock Ends Savings Bank Association Richard Bullock chairman of the auditing com- the board and vice-president from 1919 to 1921 and as Fitchburg Savings Bank 780 j a member of the Board of In- Main St announced his H the bank Monday afternoon man of the board in 1953 In all and never were received on lours to celebrate the Civil As a result those who have War's centennial the remaining two of four According to Park All who desire to participate he said may contact the mayor's out that organizations spending considering time and effort in board feels The group voted therefore to turn over its complete files on the cannon to the Police ment for further investigation and legal action to get biek the artillery pieces Acting Chairman again in 1961 Those who re- admit seeing two not four and Granville office in City Hall and of a float would be ments will be made for if a lack of march renders all this Roy futile In thc invitation to thc Viet Fort Devens advance man for In another highlight Mrs Evelyn F Delage 73 Pine St his service in various totals 134 years who became the first woman in His father Brigham N Worcester County to receive served as treasurer of the graduate certificate in Savings bank from 1894 to 1904 Banking was cited by bank She was the third woman thc Clyde Bros Nam war veterans thc receive a certificate from the American Institute of Banking two not lour ana cus said officials of that of Ashburnham who u 00 h 0 tn them now savs u- lln so Robert S re- elected president of the bank said Mr Bullock was a wart member of bank was to restore them now says he restored none Civic Days that protests and burnings making the headlines we should show these boys that we support them and will stand Mr Bullock who retired aDd an officer directing trustee of The president also Mr Hospital after 30 years of service i Bullock has watched early this year was elected an honorary trustee for cannon in his barn three years wail in still are available along They never paid the dollar be restored 0 i The holiday circus Main St line of march and id their efforts 100 with Ernest C Caouette lacher seat so therefore they've had cannon five years on a grant Commissioner Chris F CANNON Page 2 the matinee at 3.30 may be purchased at the the evening program at 8 arc mayor's office 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