Weet and wind flag colors misread in ceremony
A garbled note reports a flag ceremony mix up with misaligned colors and a reorder request. Officials investigate the sequence and correct the display to honor the event respectfully.
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1949
Page
14
A garbled note reports a flag ceremony mix up with misaligned colors and a reorder request. Officials investigate the sequence and correct the display to honor the event respectfully.
A C A B investigator questioned crew members in Ennis Ireland about the Atlantic C 54 crash that killed nine, eight bodies recovered, 49 rescued after a gas run out off County Clare. Ruth Nichols among survivors described sobs and prayers as crews evacuated the plane after the pancake landing on rough seas.
The British trawler Stalberg plucked 49 survivors and two bodies from lifeboats, delivering them to Galway late Monday. The Lanrahone ferried six dead to Galway as a search for one missing passenger continues. Survivors mostly suffered shock and exposure. an Italian man has a concussion. Several crew and passengers returned home or prepared for fall teaching positions as personal notices follow. A Fulton UPA report notes farmer Nelson Bush, 68, died after falling four feet from a hayrack in Mount Pleasant.
Buskirk Mrs Effie Hewitt was a guest of friends in Coila during the week. Mr and Mrs Howard Hille of Echuylerville visited Mr and Mrs Jay Sherman. A community picnic is planned on the lawn of the Dutch Reform Church Friday at 7 pm. Mrs Effie Rice has returned to her home in Montic after visiting.
New York. Port Authority chairman Howard Cullman said a new tunnel under the North River between New York and New Jersey is being considered between the Holland and Lincoln tunnels with the New Jersey entrance at Hoboken. Traffic studies start this fall, engineering plans run about 18 months, and five years to complete. Governor Driscoll noted plans for a pew tunnel due to capacity. In 1949 Holland, Lincoln, and George Washington Bridge traffic volumes cited. Alexandria Bay bridge tolls rose with July traffic.
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