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50 years ago
1972
Penn State Altoona instructor Robert P. Larkin was doing a study of why Altoona residents left the city, along with their likes and dislikes. He had mailed out more than 5,000 questionnaires, half to former residents, using a database of 20,000 Altoona High/Bishop Guilfoyle graduates.
25 years ago
1997
Blair County Coroner Charles Burkey said two men were killed when their airplane crashed while fighting a brush fire on Blandburg Mountain. The plane flew out of an airport in Clearfield, and both men were from out of state.
10 years ago
2012
Charitable, religious, fraternal, veterans, civic and service organizations in Altoona were all pleased when Gov. Tom Corbett signed the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, permitting them to pay out more than $5,000 a week for games of chance.