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In the news on this date: Jan. 29

Local history

50 years ago: Jan. 29, 1975

The Physical Fitness Institute of America was to hold a training session at the Altoona Family YMCA as part of the “Get Fit America Program” with Philadelphia Flyers hockey team fitness director Carmen Martucci.

25 years ago: Jan. 29, 2000

Tyrone Area High School was requiring students to eat their lunches in the hallway because the kitchen was closed due to a number of workers becoming ill while working there. The Pennsylvania Department of Health was to give the kitchen a clearance before it could be used again.

10 years ago: Jan. 29, 2015

Altoona Area School District officials informed parents of McAuliffe Heights Elementary School that it no longer met the requirements to be a Title I school. The school had 29% of students under the poverty guidelines but needed 35% to receive supplemental funding.

— Compiled by Tim Doyle

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