Anthony Wayne's grave mystery stirs PA curiosity
Readers wonder about the General Anthony Wayne burial sites in Erie and Newtown Township Delaware County. The tale links two burials with a 1809 reburial, bones allegedly lost on the road, and a sheeps' bone substitute later debunked by historian Conrad Wilson.
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Erie
Delaware County
Isaac
St. David's Church
Newtown Township
Mad Anthony
Sheeps
Conrad Wilson
Villanova
Chester County Historical Society
Abbotts Buy Martha Mitchell House for Pine Bluff Museum
Mr and Mrs Bob Abbott bought the Mitchell family home in Pine Bluff two weeks before Martha Mitchells death to restore as a museum. Mrs Abbott recalls she took speech lessons there as a teen from Georgia Beall, Mitchells mother in law. The 1895 house was built by C M Ferguson and his wife, Mitchells maternal grandparents.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Bob Abbott
Martha Mitchell
U.S. Atty
John Mitchell
Abbott
Twelve year old trains into a Pecatonica railroad museum
Joey Moth, a sixth grader in Pecatonica, runs a home railroad museum in his family's garage. He displays thousands of items including spikes, signal lights, and a caboose stove, hosts a guest register with visitors from across the U S and Canada, and hopes to expand into a depot with miles of track and a switch engine. He has raised small sums from donations and sales of model trains to fund his dream.
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Pecatonica
Joey Moth
Joey
Pecatonica Railroad Museum
Amtrak
Canada
New York
Oregon
Florida
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shey
Minimum wage rise split by House vote and state concerns
Rep. Joseph S. Ammerman details a House vote of 309 to 96 approving staged federal minimum wage increases from 2.80 to 2.85 in 1979 and to 3.05 in 1980, noting inflation and poverty gaps. He cites Pennsylvania’s separate law, small-business impact, youth wage concerns, and support for indexing to prevent future erosion without triggering inflation.
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House
Pennsylvania
Steel layoffs sweep the industry amid demand slump
The U S steel sector faces reduced demand and rising imports with layoffs and idled plants across the nation. Analysts warn 100000 workers may be out of work as profits shrink and production cuts spread from Youngstown to Bethlehem. Some see a short term retrenchment while others foresee a stronger future post crisis.
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Armco. Steel Corp
Youngstown
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
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Alan Wood Steel Co
Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel
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