Crazy Mixed Up Spring Dithers Onondaga County Farmers
Onondaga County faces a delayed planting season due to cold wet weather and frosts. Farmers report two weeks to a month behind with oats, corn, hay, tomatoes, apples, and strawberries affected, and many predict a short growing period if warmth returns.
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Onondaga
Donald Hammond
Hammond
Arthur Rienhardt
S. Onondaga Rd
Joseph Dixon
Buckley Rd
Ver Plank Ra
Hypnotist Obregon Faces Degree Fraud Charge
Jose Maria Montez de Obregon celebrated his Ph D with tequila and allegedly hypnotized the two professors who examined him and the academic panel. He earned top honors yet was arrested for obtaining the degree under false pretenses in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Jose-Maria Montez de Obregon
University of New Mexico
Obregon
Bird travels 13000 miles to reach death at Australian beach
Scientists report a common tern found at Coogee Beach Australia flew 13000 miles from Sweden, the longest known bird migration. The exhausted bird died the next day and bore a tag with a Swedish address.
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Coogee Beach
Australia
Nana
Sweden
All Welded Span to Rise on New York Thruway
Buffalo reports the 664 foot bridge over Cattaraugus Creek on the Erie Thruway will be the largest welded span on the New York Thruway. Engineers say the $1,300,000 structure is somewhat experimental though welding large sections with fused seams replaces thousands of rivets.
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Buffalo
Cattaraugus Creek
Department of Public Works ‘Engineers
Doughnut Shop Bandit Returns Part of Loot After Plea
In Detroit a bandit who took 930 from Emma McCauley at a doughnut shop returned 11 after she pleaded for mercy to keep her business going. The incident highlights a rare act of restitution in a street crime case.
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Detroit
Emma McCauley
Judge Fines Woman for Calling Another “Female”
In Paris a judge dismissed a theft charge against a woman but fined the defendant five dollars for using the term “female” as a insult during the confrontation on a train. The ruling sparked debate over gendered language in court.
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Paris
Nana
Josephine Valere
Lots of Living on a 60-Foot Lot Home Ad
A real estate advertisement touts a 60-foot lot with three bedrooms, off street parking and a swimming pool priced at $20,000. The copy promotes maximizing space and invites readers to pick up Better Homes & Gardens in June.
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Better Homes & Gardens
Swordfish Legend Buoyed by Odd Harbor Find
In Buxton North Carolina Scarborough found a swordfish embedded in an eight inch piling lending credence to the old tale that wooden ships entering the harbor were attacked by swordfish. Sailors once showed holes and bits of the sword as proof. The preserved portion remains in the piling.
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Irvin’ G. Roche
Cards Corners
Carmen Malfitan
Buckley and Bear Rds
Thruway
Buxton
N. Co
Scarborough
Ray Dof
Witherills Street
Witheriks
Bareleg
WE Or
Wiig
Treadeasy
Shoee—Witherills
Gabardine
the Traveler
Witherills
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