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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
9
Col John K Arnold a top officer among 11 airmen released by China asks a quiet homecoming. His wife said he wants to arrive unannounced and remain at home rather than meet at the airport in Montgomery. He just wants to come home himself.
Lou Tarr notes a two week vacation to Martha's Vineyard with a visit to a small well staged flower show by the Vineyard Garden Club. The event featured 20 geraniums, labeled fuchsias on window sills, and a 27‑wildflower midsummer collection from George Graves nursery, with an old wool mill landmark setting and a woodland display.
The Nantucket garden club hosted Simon for a noon preview of the show. He toured Vine yard gardens and hones with local and visiting members before flying back later in the day, a neighborly gesture for Nantucket.
A youth visiting the Cheektowaga Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. branch asked about a loan and then, after being directed to another employee, said he would handle it himself. Ten minutes later he robbed the bank and escaped with $11,000.
Robert Lafex, 35, of 149 E Hoare St, died at 12 20 am when his car struck a gasoline tanker on River Road five miles from Ogdensburg near Red Mills Morristown. Wesley Schofell, 35, of Ogdensburg, drove the tanker. Autopsy ordered. Lafex body sent to Lalonde Funeral Home. Lafex father notified. One fossil reptile group adapted to water resembled modern fish.
Eleven U S airmen released from Communist captivity will fly from Tachikawa to Travis Air Force Base via Midway and Hawaii then continue home to nearest airports. They avoid mass welcomes preferring private reunions. An Air Force spokesman promises a mild officers’ club sendoff before departure.
In a vivid personal account the famed American author Jesse Stuart recounts a heart attack that ends his active life yet reveals a richer happier future. The piece appears in this week’s Saturday Evening Fest.
Two window washers from Boston were ordered held in 25000 bail by Cambridge police after allegedly posing as cleaners to gain access to homes. James Ashford 43 and Thomas Davis 28 allegedly would wash windows when homeowners answered the door and if absent would ransack the house and steal items.
Long 0 page document details in probate records reveal Boston native Benjamin Franklin who died in 1790 left one of the longest wills on record. The immense testament spans many sections and puzzled scholars studying colonial era estates.
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