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Wednesday, September 1, 1982

Fred Belile, 13, was at home with his two sisters when a masked intruder tried to force his way into the Nicholville, N.Y., home. The youngster fired a warning shot, but when the housebreaker kept coming, he loosed a 20-ga. shotgun blast that killed the criminal.

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