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May 12, 2005
Half-century later, family mystery solved
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It took 50 years, but Almaden family finally meets long lost relatives
By Jeanne Carbone Lewis
Staff Writer
A young man goes to Africa. He meets a woman and falls in love. They marry and have a child. In a perfect world, they would spend the rest of their lives together. But life is not always ideal.
It was 1944. Twenty-one year old U.S. Army Pvt. John Hall of Kentucky serves his tour of duty in French-ruled Senecal, Africa assigned harbor work in Dakar.
He meets 17-year-old Margurite Cazin, a French girl, who lives there with her family. They fall in love and marry. They have a son they name John Jr.
After his tour ends, the young man leaves for the United Read more...
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| Sex scandal strikes Leland High School
Chemistry teacher accused of having sex with two female students
By Sheila Sanchez
Staff Writer
Prestigious Leland High School, just recovering from several tragedies last year, now finds itself reeling from a sex scandal that alleges one of its teachers had sexual relations with two female students.
And, the administration at Leland and the San Jose Unified School District faces a credibility problem with a large segment of parents and students who feel the school should have placed the teacher, who had been Read more...
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