Personal items belonging to missing hiker found

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FORESTPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve found several personal items belonging to an 84-year-old central New York man who hasn’t been seen since he went on an overnight hiking and camping trip last week.

Police tell local media that a walking stick, pocket knife and shirt belonging to Donald Combs of Sauquoit (suh-QWOYT’) have been found near Gull Lake in Herkimer County. His family says Combs planned to hike in the neighboring Oneida County town of Forestport, on the Adirondack Park’s southwestern boundary.

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