When James E. Neumann escaped from the Lycoming County Prison Thursday night he took the wrong train out of town. The train carried him to Lewisburg, where he had attempted to escape from the penitentiary in 1945 and where he was capture at 10:30 this morning. Neumann, a 27-year-old man, scaled the wall at the
The hijacked planes and subsequent crashes on the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in the countryside outside of Shanksville, PA, on September 11, 2001, ranks as one of the worst days in American history. It had the shock effect of Pearl Harbor and the Kennedy assassination, and just
If you enjoy muscle cars and spiffy Corvettes, the next two Saturdays will be great for you. First, on September 14th, the 25th Annual Mopar Car Show will be held at Kaiser Brothers. Next, not too far away, in Picture Rocks, another great show will take place — the Corvette Car Show the following Saturday,
Appeals to impose restrictions upon strikers at the R&G Knitting Mills, Third and Park streets were being made to Mayor Charles D. Wolfe, by the Williamsport Civic Club and a delegation of parents of Clay School pupils. The complaints, spokesman said, grow out of the conduct of persons along the picket line that has moved
In the middle of the 20th century, the small borough of Montgomery had 13 active factories within its one-square-mile community. One of these factories was the Wald Manufacturing plant, which played a significant role in the early development of road markings. As the number of automobiles increased, there was a growing need to improve road
Given that the Kennedy assassination has been deeply debated and discussed for 61 years now, we should not expect that after just seven weeks, we would know how and why on July 13th, at an open-air campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, a 20-year young man named Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate Republican candidate for
First-day registration in the St. Boniface Parochial School System, which includes St. Mary’s High School showed a total of 608 pupils and students. The total is somewhat less than last year. Sixty-nine first graders contributed to the total, in which an interesting component is a 35 student Senior Class, an unusually large amount for the
It has been 23 years since the infamous and cowardly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. No one who was alive in those times will ever forget it. A whole new generation has been born since this tragic day. Even as the smoke was still rising from the rubble of the attacks, folks locally were
For over 50 years, the Susquehanna River at Lock Haven has reverberated with the thrilling sound of boat engines on Labor Day weekend, thanks to the Lock Haven annual Labor Day Regatta. This beloved end-of-summer event is set to return from August 30th to September 2nd. Prepare for a weekend of diverse entertainment! Alongside the
The exciting “Vibe Campaign” of Vice President Kamala Harris was best outed by the popular author and columnist Mark Steyn when he identified it as the “Vibe as Veil Campaign” because it did not seem to have anything behind it. All of her speeches centered around the dangerous, no-good, very bad former President Donald Trump.
Preparations that are being made for placing a Pennsylvania Highway Patrol unit, which will have district headquarters at 1833 East Third Street, into operation are progressing rapidly. Captain J.N. Danton, commanding officer, has been in the office most of the week making preparations and has discovered that the organization of the troop should be completed
My wife Debbie and I both had parents and grandparents who were married for over fifty years. This coming Saturday, August 24th, our four children and ten grandchildren will be able to add one more couple to that family legacy. On that day, my wife and I will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. There does
