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70 YEARS AGO: Oneonta has passed the 120 mark in the Friendly Town campaign to give hearty summertime vacations to as many deserving underprivileged New York City Fresh Air children as possible. Chairman Jack Bresee called the appeal to date “heartwarming.”

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