Lost Creek Faces Slow Death as Population Empties
In Lost Creek Pennsylvania an aging population clings to a dying town. The underground mining industry decline after World War II drives young residents away to Philadelphia Bethlehem and Newer towns while others commute up to 100 miles daily. Patrick McAndrew 55 laments the loss of prosperity and church life with few remaining celebrations.
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Lost Creek
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem
New Er
Patrick McAndrew
St. Mary Magdalen’s
San Francisco Land Brings $206000 Per Acre
Twenty two acres on Red Rock Hill near Twin Peaks sold at auction for 4525000, about 206000 per acre. Peninsula Apartments of Beverly Hills led a syndicate of New York, Los Angeles and San Diego financiers. San Francisco Redevelopment Agency sold. Irvin J. Kahn of San Diego organized the bid group, with plans projecting at least 20 million more to complete an apartment complex in Diamond Heights.
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Twin Peaks
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Los Angeles
San Diego
Veteran actor Saturnin Fabre dies at 77
Paris veteran stage and film actor Saturnin Fabre died Tuesday at age 77. He was known for long career in French cinema and theater.
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Paris
Saturnin Fabre
Town in decline faces loss of homes and jobs
The article notes a shrinking parish with five babies born in the year and twelve adults over fifty buried. Pastor Father Frederick Melley cites the decline over a decade from 350 to 110 families, while Lost Creek sees 5000 jobs vanish since WWII. Residents like Vincent Barrett fear mines may seize homes to access coal.
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Frederick Melley
Lost Creek
Vincent Barrett
Annual Economy Charting Conferences Proposed in White House
A draft Kennedy era plan calls for annual goal setting conferences to guide wages and prices toward productivity, binding only morally not legally. The Labor-Management Advisory Committee subcommittee report outlines aims for responsible collective bargaining, economic growth, and competitiveness with world markets.
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Washington
Kennedy
Labor-Management Advisory Committee
George Meany
Walter Reuther
Vice President Visits Rayburn in Dallas Hospital
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Speaker Sam Rayburn at Baylor Hospital and said Rayburn appeared considerably better. A hospital bulletin showed no change in Rayburn’s condition, still gravely ill with incurable cancer.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
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Baylor Hospital
Rayburn
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo director Allan Jeans dies
Allan Jeans aged 84, longtime director of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, died on Wednesday in Liverpool, England.
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Liverpool
England
Allan Jeans
Liverpool Daily Post
Echo
Rockwell Marries Retired English Teacher in Third Union
Artist Norman Rockwell, 67, wed a 65 year old retired Milton Academy English teacher. It is his third marriage after a 1930 divorce and the death of his second wife two years ago.
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Rockwell
Milton Academy
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