Editorial on near accident and traffic light sleepers
A ten year old on a bicycle nearly crashes into traffic as he speeds downhill. The incident underscores the need for safety and caution among young riders and drivers. The piece lampoons light sleepers who clog intersections and urges waking them up through stricter testing and enforcement.
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Bradford Street
Thames Street
Automobile Legal Association
Paul Thibodeau
ALA
Thibodeau
Bristol Phoenix Portrait: A Life Across World War II Era
A Bristol Phoenix account outlines a naval aspirant who missed a 1941 reserve slot due to injuries, then led China Defense Supplies Agency operations in Chungking, supervised Hump transport, and later headed the Civil Air Transport under Claire Chennault. He warned against communism as CAT aided Nationalist relief during the Chinese conflict.
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Bristol Phoenix
U. S. Envoy Hero After Daring River Rescue
Ambassador Whitey Willauer of Honduras retrieved a drowning 12 year old from a Tegucigalpa river pool using his scuba gear after colleagues failed to locate the boy. He described a patient skin diving effort ending 20 feet down among rocks. Willauer, 49, noted his long history of tough work from legal and federal roles to diplomacy.
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Honduras
Whitey Willauer
Tegucigalpa
Willauer
Comeyee
Boston
Newark
Bristol Yacht Club junior sailing plan announced
Prescott Gustafson unveils a two-instructor program with Barrington Fridays for Bristol Y C juniors. The 1959 season runs July 1 to August 30 with six dozen youths, ages to 16, and ten Mercury class sloops for training.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Prescott Gustafson
Bristol
Arnold Durfee
Jeff Spranger
Arnold
Barrington
Spranger
St. George's School
Middletown
Pine Rochard Y.C
Bristol Boatyard
Gustafson
Bristol Harbor
New York
the Cran
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Thames St
Rego
State St
Kingsmen Bugle
First Baptist Church
BSA
YMCA
Audpieces
St. Mary's Church
Ivy Guild
St. Michael’s Church
DeWolf
First Congregational Church
Women’s Guild
Blower Commhities
First” Congregational Church
Women’s Guild of
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Leyte
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46Th Street
Bermuda
Battery Park
Wall Street
Trinity Church
East River
New Jersey
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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