University Ambulance Squad in N.Y. Celebrates 40 Years in EMS

SAVAC was created in 1972 when the state was going through difficult financial times

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Syracuse.com | | Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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OSWEGO, NY -- Back in 1972, the state was going through some difficult financial times.

Edward Balabon, a student at the State University College at Oswego at the time, remembers how Gov. Nelson Rockefeller was proposing some drastic cuts.

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