Nesquehoning Faces Long Fight Over Ghost Town Fate
Jim Bishop era piece, written by Ed Lapos, portrays Nesquehoning Pa in 1959 as it loses its coal mine. With 1000 workers laid off, older men struggle to find work, families trim budgets, new jobs scarce, and fears grow the town may become a ghost town.
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Experts Seek Cause Of Death In Pearl Putney Case
Pearl Ada Putney, 72, whose bones were found in Sierras foothills, is identified as the victim. She vanished Aug. 1958 after leaving Washington, D.C. with ex convict Larry Lord Motherwell. FBI search and investigation into the ex convict followed. Motherwell had been jailed in Las Vegas for questioning in a separate case.
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Lutheran groups split on parochial schools stance
New York AP reports a divide between the Augustana Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The Augustana convention urged members to support tax funded public schools, while the LCMS convention defended parochial schools as providing Christian education not offered by public schools.
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Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Convention
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