Press man Harry Smith recalls triple front pages of JFK era
The Progress printer Harry Smith, a centenarian at Colonial Courtyard, and his son Marven reflect on 26 years of daily papers. They describe stopping presses on Kennedy assassination day and again on the space shuttle Challenger explosion, as The Progress printed three different front pages in one day.
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Harry Adolphus Smith
The
Progress
Marven Smith
Harry
Colonial Courtyard
Clearfield
Marven
Walter Cronkite
John F. Kennedy
Smith
Clearfield Machine Company
Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy
Fort Worth
Joseph V. Marino
Jfk
Dallas
St. Francis School
Betty Hamilton
Texas
John Connelly
Brittany Nicole Shimmel
Traci
Kevin Shimmel
Philipsburg General Hospital
Drmc East
No. 2
Christa McAuliffe
New Hampshire
U.S
Francis R. Scobee
Michael J. Smith
Judith Resnick
Ronald E. McNair
Ellison A. Onizuka
Gregory B. Jarvis
Ronald Reagan
John Kennedy
Jane Elling
Clearfield County fair honors and club wins across decades
On August 7 1999 the Clearfield County Fair and Park Board awarded appreciation plaques to attendees including Harold Walstrom Randy Mick Richard Miller Guy Graham Fair Queen Jana Duttry and others. Also noted are 1984 camera club winners recreation themed July competition with Loddo Bloom Passarell and Swanson. 1959 Penn Grange sweep at the fair square dance. 1934 Curwensville to Curwas notes of social visits and a wiener roast cut short by a storm.
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Clearfield County
Clearfield Camera Club
Dorothy Loddo
Joe Bloom
Joni Passarell
Helen Swanson
Penn Grange of Grampian
Karthaus
Irvin Shultz
Snow Shoe
William Shultz
Paul Isabel
Betty Reese
Delise Stiver
Curwensville
Clearfield
Arthur Lewis
Curly
Prayer and Thought for the Day on Peace and Listening
A meditation based on John 14 27 urges followers to seek Jesus peace, not be troubled or afraid, and to slow their busy lives to hear God. It notes that quiet times reveal God’s voice and invites a focused, reflective practice.
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Jesus
John
God
Stimulus versus bailouts debate from The New Republic
Noam Scheiber argues with John Judis over whether Obama should focus on bank rescue or broader stimulus. The piece contrasts large banks' capital needs and lending cuts with small banks' growth, cites stress tests, TALF, and real estate losses, and questions the sufficiency of bank stabilization for recovery.
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Noam Scheiber
Treasury Department
John Judis
Obama
John
Treasury
Hank Paulson
Fed
Citigroup
Wall Street Journal
Citigroups
Bank of Americas
Federal Reserve
The
New Republic
the New Republic
United Feature Syndicate Inc
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International Typographical Union, Local
DuBois Regional Medical Center
Behavioral Health Services
Con Pence
Cing Dow
Corning Inc
Strategic Acc Redem
Dell Computer
Disney
Exxon Mobil
Ford Motors
First Energy
General Electric
Hershey Foods
Intel
DuPont Co
J.C. Penn
Johns & John
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Merck & Co
Microsoft
NWSB
Pepsi
Pfizer Inc
PPL
Philip Morris
PNC Bank Corp
Qualcomm
SHLD
TWX
UPS
Verizon Comms
Wal-Mart
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