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Thirty years ago — 1993 With Gov. Mario Cuomo having sent strong signals that he will seek a fourth term next year, the political question of the hour seems to have become: Will Lt. Gov. Stan Lundine remain on the ticket? Democrat Cuomo found himself denying a New York Post report that he wanted to dump Lundine, perhaps for a minority candidate who might be able to bring out a stronger New York City vote. Forty years ago — 1983 Calendar Girl for the Month of April is Kimberly Ann Woleben, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Woleben of RD 1, Barcelona, Westfield. Kimberly has ...

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Thirty years ago — 1993 Dunkirk resident and St. Hyacinth parishioner Lillian Halasinski, who believes she was miraculously healed nine years ago of a leg ailment, today paid tribute to the nun whom she credits with being the intercessor of her cure from God. Mrs. Halasinski was a special guest at the ceremony in Rome in which Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Mary Angela Truszkowska, the Polish nun who founded the Felician sisters. Lillian’s daughter, Geraldine, also participated in the ceremony. Dressed in red and white, she walked up the sloping steps of the basilica to offer a ...

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Thirty years ago — 1993 Cal Graphite America Inc., which began graphite processing operations several weeks ago, has finally forwarded its first major overseas shipment. Leaving the Brocton plant by truck, the graphite will first be taken to Etietobicoke, Ontario, and placed on a ship. Ultimately, it is destined for Alumina Cement Trading Co. in Buenos Aires, the eastern capital of Argentina. Forty years ago — 1983 Young patients at Brooks Hospital will benefit from the generosity of the Dunkirk Kiwanis Club which has provided four new pieces of equipment to the hospital for use ...

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Thirty years ago — 1993 Lillian Halasinski of Dunkirk, accompanied by her daughter Geraldine, left this morning en route to Rome to attend beatification ceremonies for Mother Mary Angela Truszkowska, who died in 1899. Roman Catholic church officials say that Mother Mary Angela interceded before God to cure Mrs. Halasinski, now age 79, from diabetic neuropathy, an incurable neurological disorder. Mother Mary Angela will be beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 18. Forty years ago — 1983 Susan Hurley, a Mayville resident, won a $100 cash prize in the photo contest sponsored by ...

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Thirty years ago — 1993 The nearly emptied Gowanda state psychiatric center in western New York will remain open indefinitely pending further discussions with the Legislature. Thirty state workers due to be laid off later this month will relieve at least a temporary reprieve because of the action. The mental hospital, which has only 12 patients, was due to close by April 28. But the Legislature left Albany for a two-week vacation without taking action on a bill that was necessary to close Gowanda. Forty years ago — 1983 Student of the Week is Glenn Moss, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. ...

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Thirty years ago — 1993 “Bring us your blues, your greens, your lemon-yellows yearning to be applied ...” That could well be the motto to be hung over the door of the Dunkirk Recycling Center on Lucas Avenue as the new experimental city-county paint exchange program gets under way on April 17. Chautauqua County and city of Dunkirk have agreed to collect odd lots of paint left over from public and private users at the recycling center so that others — governments or private citizens — can pick through the cans and find a use for the leftovers. Forty years ago — ...