2 weeks Ago By Lee Hilgendorf
2000 – 25 years ago Babylift orphans held a tribute outside of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam marking 25 years since the crash of a military plane killed 144 people, 75 of them babies, being evacuated to America. Quick action by bystanders at a hotel pool saved a six-year-old boy from a possible drowning Tuesday. He was discovered floating face down in the pool and retrieved by bystanders who performed CPR.
1975 – 50 years ago The Minnesota Vikings said a modest expansion of Metropolitan Stadium, which is the smallest in the league, would be totally unacceptable and the Vikings may be forced to leave. Two chartered jumbo jets and two C141 military transport planes roared out of Saigon today carrying nearly 900 Vietnamese orphans to new lives with adoptive parents in the United States.1950 – 75 years ago Rochester is on the itinerary of the tour of the replica Liberty Bell, symbols of the 1950 U.
S. savings bond independence drive to be conducted May 15 through July 4. The Rochester 40 and 8 of the American Legion will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt, any youngster nine years old and younger may participate in the event held Saturday morning at Soldiers Field.
1925 – 100 years ago A.F. Fakler was re-elected president of the Rochester Musicians Union, affiliated with the national federation, at the annual meeting of the organization held yesterday.
Open warfare was declared on the bootlegger and the gambler in Rochester by John T. Lemmon, newly-elected mayor, as he took office at the first meeting of the new city council late yesterday.]]>.
