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Gary Borders: A small town's tragedy remains a vivid childhood memory

Red River Radio | By Gary Borders
Published April 25, 2014 at 7:35 AM CDT
The bells tolled at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on a tragic day in 1964 in Allenstown, N.H.
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The bells tolled at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on a tragic day in 1964 in Allenstown, N.H.

Commentator Gary Borders remembers a tragedy that struck his tiny New Hampshire town a half century ago. Eight-year-old Borders was frightened and home alone. 

The bells tolled at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on a tragic day in 1964 in Allenstown, N.H.
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The bells tolled at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on a tragic day in 1964 in Allenstown, N.H.

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Gary Borders
Gary Borders has been an East Texas journalist and editor for more than 30 years. He is currently the editor and publisher of the Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune and also writes online each week at garyborders.com.
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