Local history

50 years ago: Nov. 3, 1975

Desmond Shura, Penn State Altoona veterans coordinator, reported that there were 242 military veterans registered for classes at the Altoona Campus, five of them women.

25 years ago: Nov. 3, 2000

Democratic National Committee General Chairman — and future Pennsylvania Governor — Edward G. Rendell was to stop in Altoona in support of Democratic Presidential Candidate Al Gore.

10 years ago: Nov. 3, 2015

The Blair County Planning Commission announced that Norfolk Southern Railroad would install a 63-foot railroad tower outside Tyrone as part of its positive train control system throughout 22 states. The railroad was under a federal mandate to build the system.