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Article: GRAND MARSHALS CHOSEN; SHERIFF, FIRE CHIEF AND JUDGE SELECTED TO LEAD PARADE.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- February 11, 2005
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Byline: Jillian Cohan Contributing writer
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CORRECTION: February 12, 2005
The name of the Syracuse fire chief was misspelled in the caption of a photo that appeared Friday with a story about the grand marshals of the St. Patrick's Parade. The chief is John Cowin, not John Cowan.
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Signs that read "Irish need not apply" greeted Kevin Walsh's father when he arrived in America 90 years ago.
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