As the lunar landing of Apollo 11 transcends another of man’s dreams, most of the area’s denizens of the workaday world will see it pass while on the job. City, state and federal employees will be off in respect to President Nixon’s request for a national day of participation, but most workers in non-governmental jobs
A two-year old boy wearing a big smile and an “I don’t care” expression was picked up on West Fourth Street late yesterday afternoon by a “Gazette and Bulletin” reporter. The little fellow was unable to tell his name, address or anything else. All he did while questioned by the reporter was smile. Sensing he
In an atmosphere of calm seriousness, devoid of the faintheartedness, which marks holiday occasions, Williamsport is observing D-Day. From early morning, when news first this city that Allied troops had embarked on the invasion of Continental Europe, local residents put aside most of their accustomed tasks and dedicated the day to private and public prayer
Clyde Barrow, notorious Texas outlaw and his cigar smoking gunwoman, Bonnie Parker, were ambushed and were shot to death near Arcadia, Louisiana today, in a sensational encounter with a posse led by an oldtime Texas Ranger. The law-mocking desperadoes whizzing along a little used highway at 85 miles an hour ran right into a trap
Memorial Day has passed into history. Silent is the blare of bands, hushed is the clamor of men, women and children, and stilled into silence are the voices of the orators and captains of the day. The events of the day fall into distinct groups. The services held in the morning at the Wildwood Cemetery,
Twenty city men, veterans of the scattered battlefronts of World War II, will receive their high school diplomas at the annual Williamsport High School commencement exercises June 13. Among the graduates will be Joseph Lockard, former Army lieutenant, who as a private in the Signal Corps gave the unheeded warning of approaching enemy warplanes at Pearl
