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Russell G. Oswald, prisons chief during Attica uprising in N.Y.
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Russell G. Oswald, the Massachusetts corrections commissioner from
1955 to 1957 and the New York State corrections commissioner at the
time of the Attica uprising, died Friday at Saint Peter's Hospital in
Albany, N.Y.
Born in Racine, Wis., Mr. Oswald received a law degree from
Marquette University in Milwaukee and a master's degree in
psychiatric social work from Loyola University in Chicago.
He was also the former corrections commissioner in Wisconsin and a
chairman of the New York State Division of Parole.
As corrections commissioner in New York in September 1971, Oswald
ordered the assault ...
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Poor little Pluto is kicked into orbit
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News Wire article from: AP Online
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Venetia Phair, at 90; as child, gave planet Pluto its name
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
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