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1. Early aviatrix dodged a doomed flight in 1932

   Sunday Nov 8 | Philly.com

   ... had become the first woman - and only the second pilot after Charles Lindbergh in 1927 - to fly solo across the Atlantic. The September flight carried a pilot, a physician, and a nurse. All were lost at sea. The nurse had replaced Ida Mae Hampton of ...

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2. Q and A with Quinn Werner

   Oct 4, 2009 | Erie Times-News

   ... the Richmond Township resident said with a shrug. The home gardener's passion for growing gargantuan pumpkins from Atlantic Giant seeds was born out of a bet a little more than a decade ago. It has since blossomed into a passion that requires a lot ...

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   Related Topix: Blooming Valley, PA, Home Gardening, Home, Weather

3. Richard E. Saunders

   Sep 10, 2009 | The Sentinel

   ... service seeing active duty from 1944 to 1948, he served as a torpedoman and on fire control duties in both the Atlantic and Pacific. He was part of the commissioning crew for the USS Sirago at the end of the war. He taught and trained free escape ...

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   Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US Navy, US News, Philadelphia, PA

4. Official: Man killed at Pa. packaging plant

   Aug 28, 2009 | Centre Daily Times

   ... http://www.phillyburbs.com Investigators say it appears to have been an accident. Firefighters responded to Mid-Atlantic Packaging in Montgomery Township around 4:50 p.m. Friday. They found the man's body trapped in a box-forming machine. That's ...

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   Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Montgomery, PA, State College, PA

5. Danes will play Tar Heels, Orange

   Aug 10, 2009 | The Gazette

   ... match against Siena at Times Union Center, the Danes will play Morgan State, American, Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Penn, Central Connecticut State, Iona, Loyola (Chicago) and Yale. UAlbany will play six teams that played in last year's NCAA ...

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   Related Topix: Sports, NCAA Basketball, Albany at University NCAA, Albany Great Danes NCAA Basketball, NCAA Sports, Tim Ambrose, North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA Basketball, University of North Carolina NCAA, North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA Football, NCAA Football

6. John S. Manos, lawyer and Greek activist

   Jun 18, 2009 | Philly.com

   ... Camden, where he grew up. He graduated from Camden High School. During World War II, he served in the Army in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. After his discharge, he earned a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and ...

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