Awaited reunion for captured Airman Vaadi II
The family of Capt. Eugene J Vaadi pleads for word on his return to California after more than months in Chinese captivity. His wife Mary Vaadi and their children plan to fly west once Air Force instructions arrive as relatives prepare to meet him.
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Clayton
Eugene Jd. Vaadi
California
Mary Elizabeth Weller Vaadi
Jean-Ann
Fay
West Coast
Air Force
Vaadi
Capt
Vaadl
Margaret Geng
George Weller
Black Rock Rd
Reds
North Korea
Vandl
Youth Hurt As His Car Hits House In Pitcairn
Gouverneur 19 year old Curtis of Depg Rasse is in serious condition at Clifton-Fine Hospital Star Lake after his car crossed center line on a curve and crashed into a house in Pitcairn. He received on scene treatment then was taken to hospital with head injuries two broken ribs and facial and bodily lacerations.
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Ouverneur
Berton Curtis
Depgrasse
Clifton-Fine Hospital
Star Lake
Pitcairn
Gouverneur
Curtis
Jroute
William Delmore
Watertown
Milton Cowles
Biddle Inspects Guard Wing on Governor’s Day
Maj. Gen. A. J. Drexel Biddle Jr. reviewed the 112th Fighter-Bomber Wing at Hancock Field amid Governor George Leader’s absence. The unit, commanded by Col. Robert C. Boden, trains there for two weeks flying the F-84F Thunderjet as the first Pennsylvania guard unit to use the jet. Capt. George McCrory of Pittsburgh set speed records in the E T Ricks Memorial Trophy race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Pennsylvania Air National Guard
Hancock Field
George Leader
Pennsylvania
Jis
United States
312Th
Robert C. Boden
Biddle
Poland
Romania
London
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Greece
Yugoslavia
Czech-Slovakia
Luxembourg
U. S
Europe
Eisenhower
Air and Ground National Guards of
Gov. Leader
112Th
George McCrory
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Detroit
Earl T. Ricks
Spaatz Field
Reading
Adjutant General
The
Pennsylvania National Guard
Air National Guard
Gen. Biddle
Geneva Sees $1.401 Million Rise in City Assessments
New construction boosted Geneva’s total assessment to $29,534,059 this year, up from $28,132,757, an increase of $1,401,302. Frank A. Snyder, city assessor chairman, directed grievance days as taxpayers contested alleged over assessments and changes were made where warranted.
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Geneva
Frank A. Snyder
Ancient Books On Exhibit At Cornell Library
An exhibit at the Cornell University Library features maps and writings from the 1500s and 1600s about the New World. Items include a 1527 map of North America by Vermazzano and works by Cortes Diaz del Castillo and Francisco Lopez de Gomara.
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Ithaca
New World
Cornell University Library
North America
Vermazzano
Cortes
Charles V
Diaz del Castillo
Francisco Lopez de’Gomara
Peter Martyr
The
Indies
Alonso del Ereilla Y Zuniga
Chile
New Housing Leaders Named at Syracuse University
Miss Jean van Hengel is appointed director of the Women's Residence Organization overseeing 58 dormitories on the Hill campus. Miss Eleanor D. Nelson named head resident for Shaw Dormitory. Miss Nelson, Knox College graduate, is pursuing a master’s in political science and student personnel administration at the university.
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Shaw
Syracuse University
Jean van Hengel
Hill
Kathryn Copeland
Briarcliff Junior College
Briarcliff Manor
Marjorie C. Smith
Miss van Hengel
Eleanor. D. Nelson
University
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
DePauw University
Greencastle
Nelson
Knox College
Galesburg
William Blackstone, First European settler of Shawmut Boston
The first European settler on Shawmut Peninsula in Boston was William Blackstone, an English clergyman, who established himself between the Charles River and South Bay.
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Boston
Shawmut Peninsula
Charles River
South Bay
Wiliam Blackstone
Park Dance Set at Starlight Tonight
The weekly Starlight Dance sponsored by the Municipal Recreation Commission is scheduled for tonight at Burnet Park tennis courts. Round and square dancing will be available for teenagers and adults from 8 to 1 p.m.
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Municipal Recreation Commission
Burnet Park
Outboard Motor Stolen From Kerr Boat at Jacks Reef
James Kerr of RC Memphis reported a theft at 1 A.M. a 195-horsepower outboard motor was removed from his boat at Jacks Reef. A man in a 1948 convertible drove away after Kerr heard a car door slam. The boat, recovered by a neighbor on the Seneca River, had its motor valued at 450 dollars.
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James Kerr
RC Memphis
Jacks Reef
Kerr
Seneca River
Lecture on Japan Slated Tonight at Syracuse University
Dr. Hugh Barton of Columbia University will lecture on "Problems of Democracy in Japan" at 8 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium as part of the Summer Institute on Japan led by Prof. Douglas Haring on the Hill campus.
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Hugh Barton
East Asian Institute
Columbia University
Japan
Maxwell Auditorium
Syracuse University
the Hill
Douglas Haring
Auto thief eludes officers after dawn chase in Skaneateles
State Police and Cayuga County deputies combed woods around Skaneateles for a car thief who fled after a chase with Patrolman George Davis. A shot was fired, the driver dropped a white T shirt, and the stolen vehicle had been taken from a Syracuse woman.
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Cayuga
Skaneateles
George Davis
Davis
M. R. Zapf
Elbridge
Zapf
Auburn
Lafayette
Syracuse
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Vaadi II
National Guard
Mary Best
Syracuse General Hospital
Carl P. Wright
Francis M. Trueman
S.U
Canada
Central New York
Griffin Field
Liverpool
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dominion
New York City
Buffalo
New England
Clan Douglas
Order of
Joseph Walker
Games
Vernon Downs
Musig
Pixie
Henrys
S. Salina
Jefferson St
Loen Theatre Bldg
I’s U.K
Qwe Henry
Hawaii
Islands
New Jersey
Shoppingtown
Addis Co
Rose Marie Reid
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