1966, Why Not Swim the Susquehanna River?

How many people would consider spending 4 weeks swimming down the Susquehanna River a good use for the their summer vacation?

During the summer of 1966 Russell H. Chaffee thought it was the perfect thing to do.

You can read about his successful swim in the attached page of the July 14, 1966 Otsego Farmer newspaper from Cooperstown, NY.