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National spelling bee awards announced with top prize of 500 dollars
Contestants near the championship bid as eighth graders exit school. Jane Byrne of Norwich Anna Freitas of Utica and Sister Mary Eileen of Seneca Falls win first prizes. The grand champion earns 500 dollars plus 75 for a New York trip, second 300 dollars, third 100, with 15 finalists at 50 dollars. Local prizes and national sponsorship by Syracuse Herald Journal and others fund a Capital test week. Steve, an outstanding YA pupil, is praised for self-driven study and hard work.
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Neather
Webster
Aries
Cerdi‘cates
Yeachers
Jane Byrne
Norwich
Anna Freitas
Utica
Mary Eileen
Seneca Falls
Herald-American
National Bee
Alberta Baker
East Syracuse
Lucy Taylor
Roosevelt Junior
Mary Palamaro
Museum
Central High School
Syracuse Transit Corp
Alexander F. Jones
Herald-, Journal