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GRADUATE STUDENT SAVES LIFE OF DISTRAUGHT GIRL

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G. F. G. Grob 1G saved the life of an 18-year-old Belmont girl who jumped off the Weeks Memorial Bridge yesterday afternoon in an attempt to end her life. Grob, who was walking along the Cambridge bank of the river, saw the girl, fully clothed, in the water and immediately dove into the icy-cold stream, swam about 20 feet to reach her, and brought her back to the shore.

The girl, who offered no resistance, gave her name as Jean McKinnon, of 113 Slade Street, Belmont. A passerby took them both to the Cambridge Hospital, where they were treated for immersion.

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