Bound Volumes, Hometown History
December 14, 2023
110 YEARS AGO
December 1913
40 YEARS AGO
In a further effort to protect President Reagan and the White House from terrorism, the Secret Service has the ability to use ground-to-air missiles to shoot down suspicious aircraft flying near the White House without authorization, a source said Monday. The disclosure follows a series of steps to insulate the White House from terrorist attacks. The Secret Service monitors aircraft flying into and out of nearby National Airport from a control center in the Old Executive Office Building. The monitoring is done in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration. An attack on the U.S. Marine Headquarters in Beirut that killed 240 servicemen and an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait that killed four people have prompted steps to further protect the White House. Since the Beirut attack, the Secret Service has brought in dogs to sniff all incoming cars for explosives, even those of White House aides who park in the driveway.
December 1983
30 YEARS AGO
With less than a month of fundraising left, the United Way of Delaware and Otsego Counties has raised $237,839, almost 82 percent of its $290,000 goal. “Certainly we have the potential to make goal but we still need folks to get their pledges in before the end of the year,” said Kathy Lindberg, the agency’s executive director. Employee campaigns, which make up 32 percent of the total campaign, have been very successful this year,” Lindberg said. All three of this year’s pace-setters – United Parcel Service, Deltown Specialties, and the 16 United Way membership agencies – met or exceeded their fund raising goals. Several employee campaigns, including Bassett Hospital, Fox Hospital, and Hartwick College, will be coming in this month, according to Lindberg.
December 1993
20 YEARS AGO
The efforts of an Oneonta third-grader to help those less fortunate have drawn the attention of State Senator James Seward, R-Milford. Eight-year-old Charlotte McKane wrote to the Senator last summer about the high cost of getting a tax-exempt number for purchases she was making with donated funds from friends and supporters to stock the hygiene closet at the Family Service Association in Oneonta. While Miss McKane worked that problem out on her own, the Senator recently arranged to visit with his young constituent to learn more about her project. Charlotte has been raising about $120 a month from family and friends to buy such items as shampoo and diapers for the association’s assistance program.
December 2003