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Episode 487-Christina Baker Kline, Orphan Train from 2015. Plus the debut of The History Mystery

Saturday, August 12, 2023-From the archives- October 9, 2020-Episode 339-Jennet Conant discusses her book “The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer.”  Also heard is film maker Nick Spark who lobbied for U.S. government recognition of Dr. Stewart Alexander whose work chronicling the disaster in southern Italy was the impetus to developing chemotherapy.

Tomorrow from The Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder

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Death rode the wings of the wind

Three aviators, including a Gloversville native, died January 8, 1928 when their plane crashed into a Montgomery County buckwheat field. 

   Wreckage was found near Rural Grove in the town of Root on the south side of the Mohawk River between Fultonville and Canajoharie. 

Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Saturday, August 12, 2023

57 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 6:00AM

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. High near 80. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Patchy fog after 9pm. Low around 62. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. West wind 5 to 14 mph.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Saturday, August 12, 2023
 
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