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Carol Barlette holds the kitten she helped rescue from Schenectady’s sewer system on July 8, 1968. Frank Mareno of the city’s Bureau of Services made the rescue possible.
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July 1968 Scrapbook
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Posted: July 9, 2012
Carol Barlette was thinking about horses on the run. She settled for a cat on the lam. Barlette changed her plans on Monday, July 8, 1968, and a small kitten was the winner. The young Scotia woman and her friend David Mongillo were traveling to Saratoga Raceway at 7 p.m. when they saw the cat enter a storm sewer opening under the railroad bridge over State Street. After enlisting the help of some city officials, the feline was saved and Carol had a new pet. There were other feel-good stories around during the summer of ‘68, including a visit from Blinko the clown, elementary field days in Niskayuna and a "Nutcracker" performance in the heat of the summer.
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