Yesteryear
50 YEARS AGO August 6, 1958 Realtor John Hill was named chairman of the newly formed Altoona chapter of the Home Improvement Council. John Hartsock of Duncansville received the Altoona Mirror Cash Award for winning the Blair County FFA Baby Beef contest at the Bedford County Fair. 25 YEARS AGO August 6, 1983 State Rep. Richard A. Geist was named a director of the Pennsylvania High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Commission. James M. Shafer, 72, Altoona, a retired Altoona Mirror photographer with 51 years of service, died Aug. 4. 10 YEARS AGO August 6, 1998 The Pennsylvania House formed a commmittee to investigate the actions of the State Game Commission, based partly on complaints from seven Altoona hunters who said they were "detained and harassed." U.S. Coast Guard Commandant James M. Loy, a native of Altoona, spoke to a joint meeting of the Altoona Council of Navy League and Kiwanis Club.
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50 YEARS AGO
August 5, 1958
The last remaining narrow guage locomotive of the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad was being reconditioned at the PRR Shops in Juniata.
Yesteryear
50 YEARS AGO
August 4, 1958
The Altoona Jaycees, Theodore Stevens chairman, began collecting signatures to put the city charter form of government on the ballet.
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75 YEARS AGO
Aug. 3, 1933
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, head of the NRA, National Recovery Administration, urged an end to a major coal strike in Pennsylvania so they cound join the nation on the road to economic recovery.
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50 YEARS AGO
August 2, 1958
Jacques Miller, supervisor of personel, said the first 400 women began working in the new Sylvania Electric Products plant on Pleasant Valley Blvd.
Yesteryear
50 YEARS AGO
August 1, 1958
The A.D. Thomas Chain Saw Shop, outside Geeseytown, burned down with a fire so intense because of 200 gallons of fuel oil inside, traffic was stopped on Rt. 220.
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