Local history

50 years ago: 1974

Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School art students, Barbara Martinetti and Jack Zerby teachers, painted scary Halloween scenes on the windows of the A&P Store in Hollidaysburg, where manager Lou Cover was holding a best window contest.

25 years ago: 1999

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a list of the percentage of households by state that didn’t have enough to eat. Pennsylvania came in at 43rd with 7.1%. New Mexico was first with 15.1% and North Dakota last at 4.6%.

10 years ago: 2014

Altoona Police gave out candy to children trick or treating in the second year of a program called “Candy From A Cop” Officers pulled over their patrol cars and bikes when they saw groups of children. Sgt. Brian Freiwald was event coordinator.

— Compiled by Tim Doyle

World history

Today is the 305th day of 2024. There are 61 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Oct. 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi, India’s Prime Minister for more than 15 years, was assassinated by two of her own security guards.

— The Associated Press