Rural areas show high mental illness rates study says
A Cornell University study in a Canadian maritime county found four of five residents share similar mental disturbances with New York City samples. Poverty affects mental health similarly in city and country, but disorganization and lack of community ties raise illness, with women more affected. authors urge communitywide interventions.
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Cornell University
New York City
Earl Abell
The
New York Herald Tribune
Canadian
Maritime
Abell
Cornell
Manhattan
Maclean Opens 22000 Pound Pool As Floodwaters Surge
Floodwaters from the Clarence River swirled Maclean streets as the town unveiled its new 22 000 Australian pounds pool. About 100 adults and children enjoyed the first session despite the rising waters in the 1 800 resident town, 460 miles north of Sydney.
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Sydney
Australia
Clarence River
Maclean
Hobby Show At Friday Tea At YMCA
A hobby show accompanies the YMCA Auxiliary tea at the Y on Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. Items include a handcrafted miniature house, salt and pepper shakers, dolls, stamps, coins, oil paintings, hooked and braided rugs, crocheted pieces, and painted trays. Attendees include Misses Cora and Florence Winchell and several local ladies.
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YMCA
Cora
Florence Winchell
William H. Wills
Daniel Sargent
Norman Bassett
Fred Stickles
Fort Lernoult remains unearthed by Detroit bank site dig
Historians took charge of excavations at a downtown Detroit site after workers exposed fragments of a 1779 British fort. The wooden structures were authenticated as parts of Fort Lernoult at Fort and Washington. Detroit Bank and Trust and contractor Sam Minsko invited further historian-led digs for relics.
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Detroit
Fort Lernoult
Fort and Washington
Detroit Bank and Trust Co
Sam Minskoff
Y women invited to tea meeting presided by J G Fuller
J G Fuller will preside at the tea table and all women interested in the work of the Y are invited to attend.
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J. G. Fuller
Convention Bureau Proposed To Draw More Tourists
The GBA Tourist Bureau discussed creating a Bennington convention bureau to attract events and arrange accommodations, meals, and other details. A ski weekend with Prospect Mountain requires study, and preparations include handling up to 80 000 visitors for the Girl Scout Roundup at Button Bay and updating room listings as well as a four color brochure ready by July 1.
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Bennington
Covention Bureau
GBA Tourist Bureau
Convention Bureau
Tourist Bureau
Prospect Mountain
William H. Morse
Vermont
Button Bay
GBA
School relic yields 1897 report card in Wausaukee
Milo Howarth found a high school report card dated 1897 during demolition of a building once used as a school in Wausaukee. Courses listed include constitution physical geography book keeping algebra rhetoric physics and orthoepy the study of pronunciation.
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Wausaukee
Wis
Milo Howarth
Teen students steer bus to safety after driver’s heart attack
In Lexington Virginia Dorothy Southers aged 15 and Ronald Humphreys aged 14 were among 60 students on a school bus when the driver suffered a fatal heart attack. Dorothy reached over the driver and steered the bus while Ronald shut off ignition and applied brakes, stopping the vehicle within 250 feet and preventing a possible overturn as principal R. M. Hook noted.
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Lexington
Dorothy Southers
Ronald Humphreys
Dorothy
Ronald
R. M. Hook
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Cool Collins
Relska
Collins
L. Relsky & Cie
Hartford, Conn
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Calif
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Fienberg
Main St
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Salem’s
Tobin
Sted Lo
SALEM
Fron
Ryan Porkers
Aik
Franco Americar
Aiken
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Hershey's
N.B.C
Salem's Super
Hamburg
Eer
Hanover
Fisher
Chevrolet
W.H. Eddington Inc
Main Street
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