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City employee reinstated after name change ruling
City officials fired Joseph Porgie after discovering his original name Nicholas Lana. State Supreme Court Justice Samuel M. Gold ruled Porgie or Lana was in illustrious company and ordered reinstatement, noting presidents Cleveland Grant and Wilson used name variations. Navy to travel 2,516 miles for 1958 season with five road games, excluding a single Oct. 13 trip to Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
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