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THOMAS A. FERRARA...
...expert who never lost faith in Spina was Dr. Nereo Alfieri, director of the Museo di Spina in Ferrara. Dr. Alfieri had won a great reputation by finding ruins known only by legend. (Once he found a Roman temple by asking shepherds the way to a "shrine.") He was sure that sometime, somehow, he would find Spina. Last week he could report results...
...past, there was little doctors could do to restore useful movement of frozen joints and wasted muscles after the disease had done its gnarling and crippling work. Lately there have been major advances, largely through new and daring surgical techniques. Typical is the case of Angelina Ferrara, who was severely crippled by Still's disease at the age. of nine. Her knees were bent and could not be straightened; her elbows were straight and could not be bent; her hips were bent and frozen. Last year, aged 25, Angelina was taken to the arthritis clinic at Manhattan...
...your Sept. 17 article on Estes Kefauver, the statement is made that Phredonia Estes was descended from the d'Este family, rulers of Ferrara. According to most known accounts, the family died out in the 18th century. Furthermore, I cannot conceive of any descendant of such a royal house allowing his name to degenerate to Estes...
Miss Giovanna Ferrara, 23, an Italian chemistry student who used a knowledge of American history to win a total of $24,000 on Italian and American quiz programs, will visit the University at 2:30 p.m. today as part of a government-sponsored tour of Greater Boston...