African businessman helps band pay Macy's parade trip
A Mali businessman Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoka funded Miami Central Marching Rockets teens trip to New York for Macy's Parade with a $300,000 check after spotting them at a Miami hotel. The band plans a welcome assembly and will present a watch plaque and flag in thanks.
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Corrections Policy and Recycling Note in Syracuse Paper
Herald-Journal invites readers to report factual inaccuracies to deputy editor Tim Bunn at 470-2240 during weekday hours. The paper promotes recycled newsprint usage with about 40 percent recycled filler and urges Onondaga County residents to recycle by bagging papers in brown bags and placing them at curbside on collection days.
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Albany
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Whaca
Watertown
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Was St Patrick Irish or British Born Saint Split Tale
A reader fragment notes St Patrick was born in Britain to a Romanized family and captured by Irish raiders, later escaping to study in France before evangelizing Ireland. The piece also mentions WWII memorial coin funding and Beanie Babies being made in China, designed in the United States.
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Patrick
Britain
Calpurnius
France
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China
Ty Warner
Ty Inc
Oak Brook, Ill
Angelou links faith to social motivation at Norfolk meeting
Poet Maya Angelou told a National Conference of Christians and Jews chapter in Norfolk that faith can inspire others across religions. She recalled childhood reading poetry helped her endure hardship and noted African-American poetry reflects faith. Heatherton to pose nude in Playboy April issue, recounting late career revival.
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Angelou
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Norfolk
Joey Heatherton
Playboy Magazine
Heatherton
Dean Martin
Las Vegas
Playboy
Deaths of LaVern Baker and Wed Furgol
LaVern Baker, 67, famed rhythm and blues star with hits like Tweedle Dee and Jim Dandy, died in New York after a storied career and influence on Elvis Presley. Wed Furgol, 79, top golfer with five PGA victories and a 1954 season crown, died in Miami Shores after a cancer diagnosis.
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Jim Dandy
Tweedle-Dee
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin
Elvis Presley
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Furgol
Miami Shores
Fla
Obituary notices list numerous local deaths aged 16 to 98
The local obituaries report the deaths of Irene T. Caterson aged 92 Edith G Cericola 38 Loretta L C Chiapputi 96 Leste H Gennelly 88 Catherine Czajak 85 Arnold W Erickson 85 Catherine Fetcho 80 Stella D Fitzpatrick Annie E Handson 97 Frank R Heimerman 76 Eleanor B Hikebrand 85 Emma T Hyland 87 John C Ingraham 69 Gerald Stronsur 45 Diane Solarberry 55 Joseph S Kwiek 79 Myrtle W Markell 88 Mildred A Mattie 79 Sarah E Nadewu 27 Sophie Neuman 98 Rayiicna Ve Nera 16 Patricia A Notaro 58
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Edith G. Cericola
Loretta L. C. Chiapputi
Leste H. Gennelly
Catherine Czajak
Arnold W. Erickson
Catherine Fetcho
Stella D. Fitzpatrick
Annie E. Handson
Frank R. Heimerman
Eleanor B. Hikebrand
Emma T. Hyland
John C. Ingraham
Gerald Strons Ur
Diane Solarberry
Joseph S. Kw
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