Watchfires link Revolutionary War memory to modern Scout event
In Verona, Scouts and veterans lit Watchfires to honor return soldiers, aided by Liverpool Amateur Repeaters Club ham operators who contacted at least 15 sites nationwide and a U S Navy submarine off Maryland. David Goff Jr. led the lighting, amid his ongoing federal case over medals.
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Verona
David Goff Sr
Liverpool Amateur Repeaters Club
Maryland
Roy Peters
Ham
California
Texas
Vietnam Veterans of America National Board of Directors
Harbor Mouths
Peters
Tugaff
David Goff JR
Vietnam Veterans of America
Madison County
Goff
Vietnam
Memorial Day roundups span nation with parades protests and thefts
A national Memorial Day roundup notes New York City’s parade cancellation amid waning interest while veterans and officials debate the meaning of the day. President Clinton marks 50th anniversary of D-Day at Arlington as protests and veterans’ groups shape the national mood. In Detroit Lakes vandals steal 42 flags from a display, and thousands rally near the Vietnam War Memorial calling for accounting of missing in action.
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New York City
John Morahan
American Legion
Manhattan
Thomas Johns
Disabled Veterans of
Maryland
Vietnam
Clay Woods
Lake St. Clair
Detroit
Woods
Chrysler
Clinton
SU Linlese
Sya
Ece Lam
America
Oak Grove Cemetery
Detroit Lakes
Minn
Washington
White House
U.S. Park
Vietnam War Memorial
Cuomo assured of nomination in crowded Democratic race
Cuomo seeks renomination as Karen Burstein former state senator, Charles Hynes, and Eliot Spitzer vie for party blessing. Convention rules award 25 percent support to an automatic primary ballot spot, with potential continued voting if no 50 percent threshold is reached. Delegates from Onondaga County include Anita Messina, Ronald Centore, Nancy McCartney, James Dupree, Kathleen Marra Laguzza, Vincent Palermo, Penny Mulligan, and Moustafa Darwish, plus non voting chair Edward Saczesniak. Moynihan expected to seek fourth term. Sharpton challenges. Republicans counter with Pataki seeking term, Rosenbaum primary, and tickets for McCaughey, Vacco, and London.
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Karen Burstein
State Senate
Brooklyn
Charles “Joe” Hynes
Cuomo
Eliot Spitzer
New York
Onondaga County
Anita Messina
North Syracuse
Ronald Centore
Clay
Nancy McCarty
James Dupree
Syracuse
Kathleen Marra- Laguzza
Vincent Palermo
Geddes
Penny Mulligan
Manlius
Moustafa
Mo” Darwish
Baldwinsville
Edward Saczesniak
Central
New York City
Onondaga
Oswego
Cayuga
Cortland
Madison
U.S
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
al Sharpton
H. Carl McCall
Koppell
GOP
George Pataki
Peekskill
Pataki
Richard Rosenbaum
Nelson Rockefeller
Elizabeth McCaughey
Manhattan
Dennis Vacco
Erie County
New York University
Herbert London
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Okinawa
James Walsh
Nour
Bocketti
Washington, D.C
Coppertone
Rite Aid
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Tylenol
Ais “Masser
Aan
Duracell
Deodorant
Ncell
Photo Center
Rite Taste
Pal
Is Wal
Senate
Colgate
Miller
Wer Aan
OREAL
LN Stores
Labatts
Drumlins Swim Club
Nottingham Rd
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