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Paul Larsen at the FIT Center with his daughter, Linda McCarthy.
After the atom bombs were dropped on Japan during World War II, Paul Larsen flew photographers over Hiroshima and Nagasaki to capture the devastation on film.
“The cities were pulverized,” he said.
50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY
Saying he felt like an outsider, Ringo Starr quit the Beatles temporarily. It was considered the first sign the group was having disagreements.
The Yankees and Detroit tigers played to a 3-3 tie in 19 innings with the game called due to a 1 a.m. curfew at Yankee Stadium.
Pope Paul VI made the first papal visit to Latin America, arriving in Bogota, Colombia.
France became the fifth thermonuclear power detonating a device in the South Pacific.
Arthur Ashe became the first African American to win the singles championship at the US Open.
And on Shelter Island . . .
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50+ drop-in basketball, Sundays, noon to 2 p.m., school gym. No charge.
Adult coed drop-in basketball, Mondays and Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., school gym. No charge.
Adult coed drop-in soccer, Tuesdays, 8:30 to 10 p.m., school gym. No charge.
Adult coed drop-in volleyball, Wednesdays, 7 to 10 p.m., school gym. No charge.
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Physical therapy services at the FIT Center are being negotiated.
Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton’s Active East Physcial Therapy are mulling agreements from Shelter Island Town to provide physical therapy services at the FIT Center. (more…)
STRINGER NEWS PHOTO Shelter Island Police Department officers on Oak Tree Lane in Silver Beach March 19, investigating a home invasion.
Reverend Paul Wancura, who was the victim of a brutal home invasion more than two weeks ago that put him in Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition, is “showing signs of some slight improvement,” according to his colleague, Father Charles McCarron, pastor of St. Mary’s Church. (more…)