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In the news on this date: Oct. 16

Local history

50 years ago: Oct. 16, 1974

The new St. George Orthodox Church, 519 58th St., the Rev. Basil A. Lascelles pastor, was to be dedicated that Sunday, Oct. 20., by Bishop Elia Salaiba of Salamia, Syria.

25 years ago: Oct. 16, 1999

The Grier School for Girls outside Tyrone, founded in 1853 by the Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, was to be featured on the cable television network. It had 168 students from 22 states and 21 foreign countries.

10 years ago: Oct. 16, 2014

The Altoona Sunrise Rotary Club was to hold a World Polio Day on Oct. 24 to raise funds for polio vaccines for children in India by having members have their pinkie fingers painted purple for $1, the finger the vaccine was given in, and also a Rotary Pedals Out bike race on Oct 26, a 50-mile and 25-mile event.

-- Compiled by Tim Doyle