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June Hildegarde Flanner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Frank Flanner and Mary Ellen Hockett. She had two older sisters, noted journalist Janet Flanner and Marie Flanner, a musician and composer. Frank Flanner was Indiana's first licensed embalmer and in 1881 he founded a company that is still in business as Flanner and Buchanan Funeral ...
Wilcox at the wheel of his Stutz before the 1915 American Grand Prize in San Francisco. In 1911, Wilcox set the world beach racing speed record of 89.23 mph. In 1919, he won the 1919 Indianapolis 500, leading the last 98 laps of the race after starting in the 2nd position.
In 1898, Flanner donated some property that he owned in Indianapolis to the Charity Organization Society for use as a settlement house called Flanner Guild. After Flanner's death in 1912, [6] it was renamed Flanner House, serving as an African-American community service center to promote social, moral and physical welfare through educational and self-help programs; this coincided with a change ...
Nearly 100 people who were part of Buchanan's orbit gathered at church to bid farewell to a man who had been a brother, an uncle, a friend and a mentor. He died homeless in a burning car.
Pete Corey chipped in with boyhood pal Kenny Shoemaker in 1949 to buy a 1934 coupe and make it into a stock car. They numbered the black racer number 35 to represent the purchase price and began racing at Burden Lake Speedway NY, Carroll's Grove Speedway in Troy NY, Pine Bowl Speedway in Snyders Corners NY, and State Line Speedway in Bennington VT.
Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Tuesday, February 25, 2025The New York Times
A firefighter is dead and two others suffered serious injuries fighting a massive blaze int he Southern Tier of New York on Wednesday night.. The fire broke in the city of Binghamton in Broome ...
Gary Balough (born September 16, 1947) [3] is a retired American stock car racing driver who competed from 1962 to 2001. [4] Balough has won more than 1000 races throughout his short-track career and has accumulated more than 20 wins in the All-Pro division.