Diver Reaches Body Of 9-Year-Old In Deerfield River
A Brattleboro diver from the local fire department recovered the body of nine year old Frederick Roy from the Deerfield River after he drowned while swimming with 35 campers at a private Heat New York camp. Camp counselors saw the water rise and found the boy missing as a surge from a Whitingham dam release raised river levels by about a foot. Authorities noted the warning sign had been knocked down. Similar surges have troubled swimmers and fishermen previously.
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Brattleboro
Deerfield
Frederick Roy
New York City
N.Y
Frederick
Whitingham
Weekend Canadian crossings to US rise at Lake Champlain
UPI reports Bernard Steen of the INS says Canadian weekend visits to the United States grew about 20 percent this summer. Highgate Springs tabulation on June 25 and 26 shows over 7,000 cars carrying about 21,000 passengers. July 4 weekend saw nearly 9,000 cars with about 24,000 Canadians entering the US. In Ludlow, Charles Rock announced the sale of Jewell Brook Woolen Company of Ludlow to New York interests, with capital stock acquired and management unchanged.
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St, Albans
UPI
United States
Bernard Steen
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Steen
Highgate Springs
Canada
Ludlow
Charles Rock
Derailment halts rail traffic near White River Junction
A Boston and Maine spokesman blamed a burned-out journal box on a freight car for a one car derailment a mile south of the White River yards. No injuries. About 100 passengers bound for New York from Montreal were shuttled by bus to North Hartland then rode to Springfield Mass. Entertaining horse show for South Royalton Fire Department tanker fund set for Saturday drawing entries from several states and Canada. Judges named.
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White River Junction
UPI
Boston and Maine Railroad
Journal
White River
New York
Montreal
Central Vermont
Canadian National Railroad
North Hartland
Springfield
Mass
South Royalton
Hitching Post Farm
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Canada
New Jersey
Kenneth Read
Concord
Charles A. Collins
Upperville
Measure to require 1 percent income for medical aid
In Albany the Senate approved final passage of an amendment requiring medical assistance recipients to pay 1 percent of family income, exempting earnings under 4500 and counting health insurance costs. The 44 to 11 vote saw Republican calls for a $6000 income threshold for a four person family. In Watervliet a temporary sprinkling ban was ordered due to low rainfall and high water use.
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Albany
Senate
Watervliet
Medicare surge at North Adams Hospital sparks concern
In North Adams Medicare took effect July 1 and more than doubled elderly admissions. Hospital reports show 32 patients 65 and older occupy 37 percent of beds outside pediatric and maternity, up from a typical 15 percent, while staff manage new administrative burdens amid the transition from private insurance. Enforcement of a dog restraining ordinance begins, with officers notifying owners and detaining unlicensed dogs for five days then disposal or sale. In another case, Russell G. Barter, 20, of Pow nal Vermont, had warrants issued after failing to appear on four motor vehicle charges following a 75 mph chase on Church Street. he faced arraignment and posted $75 bail.
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North Adams
North Adams Hospital
William F. Coyne
Coyne
State Road
Russell G. Barter
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Barter
Church Street
North Church Street
Wilkins Attacks Black Power as Anti White, NAACP Chief Says
NAACP executive director Roy Wilkins denounces the black power movement as anti white calling it a reverse Mississippi, a reverse Hitler, and a reverse Ku Klux Klan. He spoke at the 57th annual convention as a stage intruder shouted insults and was removed. The event follows CORE embracing black power and features Vice President Hubert Humphrey set to speak. In Colorado Springs, Drs at Penrose Hospital report a man shot himself while showing a friend how fast he could draw a gun, the bullet lodging in his calf.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mississippi
Nazi Party
Wilkins
Hubert H. Humphrey
South Africa
Colorado Springs
Colo
Penrose Hospital
Robert H. Hale
Pacifists Hold Vigil Over Draft Card Burner in Boston
Thirteen pacifists slept on a grass patch outside Boston’s Federal Building in a vigil and fast in protest of a draft card burner’s sentence. David P. O'Brien, 20, of Framingham, received an indefinite term for burning his draft card March 31 at the South Boston Courthouse steps. The group, eight women and five men, are members of the Committee for Non-Violent Action. A similar protest will run outside Charles Street Jail until O'Brien moves to the Federal Youth Correction Center in Ohio.
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Boston
UPD
Federal Building
David P. O’brien
Framingham
South Boston
Committee For Non-Violent Action
O’brien
Charles Street
Federal Youth Correction Center
Ohio
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Woolen Company
Down In
Berkshire
Medicare
Oneida
Tobin
U.S
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Toh
Alekela
Omar Brand
California
Washington
Hood
Riviera
O Lakes
Boy-Ar-Dee
Brookfield
BAYER
Main
Bennington
Coppertone
Stephen Gill Spottswood
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Lincoln Rockwell
Rockwell
Strensall
England
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