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Eugene A. Lance, a World War II veteran who never forgot the boy he befriended in China during the war and was finally reunited with him 60 years later, died of lung cancer Jan. 20 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Lutherville resident was 85. Mr. Lance, who was born in Baltimore and raised on Pine Street, attended Polytechnic Institute until being drafted into the Army. After signing up for hazardous duty to escape a commanding officer with whom he had disagreed, Mr. Lance was sent in 1943 to an engineering unit assigned to China.

NEW YORK - Lance Stroud's life these days can be summed up in three words: Only in America. A 35-year-old former Army enlisted man working out of a Harlem apartment he shares with his mother wins a $133 million government oil contract, then loses it after an unsuccessful scramble for financial backing while his mother has a heart attack and dies. Just when he's got all the problems he can take, congressional Republicans call for hearings on how Stroud and other unknowns landed one-third of the 30 million barrels of oil released last month from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

About the series: As The Baltimore Sun commemorates its 175th anniversary, we revisit the subjects of our most iconic photographs, describing where their lives have led them since their moments in The Sun. Deborah Tate is often reminded of her son, Lance. His bedroom is the same as it was 15 years ago. Her two grandsons share his name. And she often passes the Southwest Baltimore parking lot where he was shot and killed. And then there is the photograph. It shows her teenage son sprawled on a city sidewalk, head bent upward, his startled expression staring into the muzzle of a semiautomatic handgun pointed at his chest by Baltimore Officer Raymond Cook, who was trying to arrest him on an armed carjacking charge.

Good morning --Floyd Landis--Win or lose, thanks for making the first post-Lance Armstrong Tour de France interesting.

NANTES, France - There was no waiting this time, no competitive courtesies. Just two men riding hard, out of each other's sight, on wet asphalt with the dull and ominous sheen of black ice. One had reason to push the limits of his gear, his body and the slick course. One didn't. When Jan Ullrich crashed in yesterday's crucial Tour de France individual time trial, Lance Armstrong slowed his pace. But it wasn't for etiquette's sake, as each rider had done once before when the other tumbled in a regular road stage.

HockeyStars: Recalled F Mike Kennedy from IHL Michigan.Hershey (AHL): Recalled C Jamie Ling from ECHL Mobile.Kentucky (AHL): Recalled G Lance Leslie from ECHL Louisville.Pub Date: 2/03/97

On January 4, 2005, ALAN SHAPIRO; beloved brother of Marilyn Rosenblatt and brother-in-law of Arnold Rosenblatt; loving uncle of Wendy Wallach; dear stepbrother of Arnold Oseff and nephew Lance Oseff. Interment in Lodi, New Jersey.

On November 12, 2007, TATYIANA; beloved baby girl of Lance and Tiffany Stewart; sister of Briana, Shayiana, Tyiana and Lance, Jr., Dakrai and Henry Stewart. Funeral service will be held on Monday, November 19, 2007 at Provident Baptist Church, Pennsylvania & Lafayette Avenue. Family will receive friends from 10:30 A.M. to 11 A.M., at which time, funeral will begin. Arrangements by Calvin B. Scruggs Funeral Home, 410-837-4926.

On October 13, 2003, CATHERINE MARY (nee Pagano); beloved wife of the late Jack Hecker; devoted mother of Doris Lanci, and Joseph Lance; grandmother of Catherine Miller, Rev. Lawrence Gary, Michael Lance and Carole Schleicher. Also survived by nine great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren. Graveside Services and Inurnment will be held on Wednesday, 9 A.M. at New Cathedral Cemetery. Arrangements by Cremation Society of Maryland, Inc.

The rings were not competition size, but rather a more accommodating gauge that the experienced jousters call "Hula Hoops." And you wouldn't say the horses galloped as much as they strolled, led by a handler walking next to them. Still, as a succession of novice riders bobbed through the jousting course set up Sunday on the lawn of the Hampton Mansion in Towson, trying to spear rings on the tip of a pointed lance, the most common outcome was a valiant miss. Marcia Lang, a 71-year-old nurse who lives nearby, nailed two out of three and was among the top performers.