One Syracuse newspaper headlined his effort: "Mr. Smith-Corona Goes to Washington."

The matter came to a head at a special shareholders meeting in January, which was attended by Pat and Gwen Bennett, a fact that made the Syracuse newspapers.

Her exhibition at Syracuse University in New York yielded a positive review from the Syracuse newspaper, The Post Standard.

In January 1946, a Syracuse newspaper reported that Turk Karam, manager of the Syracuse Stars basketball team, was hoping to sign Gee.

Not long after that game, when I went home for the holidays, I was contacted by the publisher of a Syracuse newspaper.

In former years, the Syracuse newspapers were known for their conservative, pro-business slant.

In 1961, at age 14, I saw an article about Earhart in a Syracuse newspaper and had a stunning conversion experience.

In Syracuse, "it was quite a shock at the time - people didn't want to believe it," said Charley Hannagan, a reporter for the Syracuse newspapers who has written extensively about the case.

It cited a report in a Syracuse newspaper, The Post-Standard, that thousands of New York State bridges had not been inspected on time, and that many were structurally deficient.

He said the former player is bitter at the way he was treated by the Syracuse newspapers.