40 Years Ago
The computer is going to summer camp. James LeMonn, a spokesman for the American Camping Association said his organization’s “Parents Guide” for 1984 lists 180 camps with computer instruction programs. The fad started about two years ago, he said. “We view it as a temporary phenomenon,” LeMonn said. He pointed out that camps providing foreign language classes were very popular in the 1950s. When schools started including more complete language programs, the camps faded. He predicts the same…
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70 YEARS AGO
Violet Marie Bradshaw’s long masquerade as a man exploded dramatically in a criminal court in Columbus, Ohio after a judge sentenced her to the penitentiary for embezzlement. Arrested last summer as Vernon Bradshaw, 35, of Kenova, West Virginia, on a charge of embezzling $2,000 from an ice cream company, Violet served three days in a county jail before release on $1,500 bond. After sentencing at her trial on February 10, a man who identified himself as Patrick Bradshaw,…
110 Years Ago
Local News—“Pop” Snyder, the one, the only, and the original auctioneer, concluded his sale of the “once was” goods of Meyer Tanner Saturday morning. As was the case with the previous sales a large multitude were present and bids and witticisms alike filled the air in a never-ending stream till all the goods were sold. Just what certain unmarried gentlemen are going to do with certain articles of feminine apparel is a mystery for the sleuths of the…
70 YEARS AGO
Leo P. Norton, 39, Colliers, faces an indefinite stay in jail following his conviction yesterday in City Court on a charge that he gave a teenager a drink. An all-day trial ended shortly before supper when a jury of four men and two women brought in a verdict of guilty after nearly one and one-half hours of deliberation. Judge John L. Van Woert deferred sentencing to await action of the State Parole Board. The conviction automatically becomes a…
90 YEARS AGO
Habitual drunkards were not included in the list of persons who are to be sterilized by edict of the Hitler government in Germany. But, in Stuttgart, where it is said the citizens usually drink light wine and beer, enough individuals have been resorting to stronger liquors that the city authorities have committed seven “habitual drunkards” to “suitable institutions” for indefinite periods and have issued warnings that heavy drinking is bad for “race hygiene and national economy” and must…
90 YEARS AGO
Prices at Terpening’s Grocery & Market—Phone 1250—Free Deliveries: Fresh killed chickens, 23 cents lb.; 2 lbs. liver, 25 cents; Homemade veal loaf, 25 cents lb.; Beef roast, 10 cents and 18 cents lb.; Veal chops, 15 cents lb.; Breast of veal, 8 cents lb.; 2 cans peas or succotash, 29 cents; 2 pounds confectionary sugar, 15 cents; 4 cans baked beans, 25 cents; Fresh coffee, 21 cents lb.; 3 bottles olives, 29 cents; 2 large cans peaches, 29…
90 Years Ago
Dr. Charles W. Letizell, President of Hartwick College, welcomed the members of the faculty and student body at the opening Chapel exercises of 1934 yesterday morning. “I trust,” he said, “that you have all had a happy and delightful Christmas season, and I wish you a happy and successful new year. I pledge you the best that is in me that this may be the most successful year in the history of the college. I think that one…
40 YEARS AGO
“You’re not treating a patient anymore. You’re treating an adversary.” That’s how one physician sums up doctors’ fears of the professional and financial consequences of being sued for malpractice—even if they win their case. Those fears have triggered massive spending on defensive medicine, on malpractice insurance, and on the red tape these involve. The American Medical Association puts the total bill now at nearly $19 billion annually, or six cents for every dollar Americans spend for health care.…
70 Years Ago
A program on Americanism, directed by Mrs. Foster Crosby, highlighted the Christmas party of Sidney Chapter, DAR Wednesday in the Community House. Mrs. Crosby, in a reading on Communism in this country, described a devotee to Communism as a fanatic who lives only for his party, placing that above everything. She urged Americans to exert themselves to spread Americanism so others may realize how necessary freedom is in our way of life. Howard Dunbar, faculty member of Sidney…
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.…
