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HANCOCK — Eugene Jones, a local resident active in town politics, has sent a letter of complaint to the school committee concerning the distance children on several roads have to walk to get the bus to school. Mr. Jones said that a number of agents on Goodrich Hollow Road, Jodhe Mountain Road and Whitman Road have complained that their children have to walk up to two miles to get the bus to school. I said the kids have to walk in the dark on streets that have no sidewalks, a situation that will be worsened by the shorter hours of the winter, because they have to be at the bus stop by 7 a.m. and do not return until at least 4 p.m. He also said a number of children have recently had bottles and other implements thrown at them by passing vehicles while waiting for the bus, incidents which have particularly frightened the younger children. Mr. Jones said he is raising the issue at this time because of an in creasing concern about the safety of the children. ‘We cannot continue to ignore the increasing potential hazards of auto accidents, sex related crimes against kids, the murder or assault and bat tery of children or the possibility that our children could be kidnapped on these isolated roads. Part of the concern by parents over the issue was generated by the death in July of 15-year old Robert S. Gutkaiss in Stephentown, N.Y., a town not far from Hancock. The New York state bureau of criminal investigation (BCI), which is investigating the case. She announced they now regard the boy’s death as a sexually related homicide. Joseph P. Kivlin, senior investigator for BCI, said police, after 2 and a half months of investigation, are still not ruling out other possible causes of death, but believe it is a homicide. There are still no suspects in the case Two other unsolved deaths have oc curred in the same area along the Massachusetts-New York state line, both in 1980. Both involved elderly residents and police do not believe the deaths, which occurred in Hancock and a remote section of Lanesboro, are related to the death of the Gutkaiss youth. George St. Pierre, superintendent of the elementary school in Hancock, said he has not received any com plaints about the bus routes from parents. The children have had to walk longer distances since the cost cut ting measures due to Proposition 212, Mr. St. Pierre said. He also noted that on Goodrich Hollow Road, the bus has had difficulty turning around, par ticularly in the winter, because it is a dirt road. Members of the school committee could not be reached for comment this morning THE BEAUTY SALON FOR ALL AGES. Whether you gals are in your twenties, fifties or sixties you can look and feel sharp with a new partial perm for fall or that ever popular luminize or our popular razor cuts ... Call and consult Rudy, Betty, Barb or Chris. REMEMBER...BETTY BARB ARE PIERCING EARS PROFESSIONALLY ONE FOR $3.50 - BOTH FOR $6.99 [PRICE INCLUDES EARRINGS COL. SHOPPING CTR., WILLIAMSTOWN 4931 a 9 JUST DRIVE DOWN AND WALK IN... APPTS. HOURS 6 DAYS, LATE APPOINTMENTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
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North Adams, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Sep 21, 1983
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