Rick Lego of Hollidaysburg submitted this photo of the 1972 Edison Chiefs Little League Team. Shown are (from left): front — bat boys Ajay Deandrea and unknown; first row — unknown, Mike Glass, Scott Knob, Tracy Deandrea, Mark Bonaso, unknown, unknown and Terry Deandrea; second row — Bob Bastian, Jim Berry, unknown, Jeff Daniels, Randy Hart, Jeff McClure, unknown and Rick Lego. Coaches were James Berry (back left) and former State Rep. Rick Geist (back right).

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Local news on this date

Feb. 28, 1951

The Altoona Works of the Pennsylvania Railroad took delivery of a giant new mobile crane with a glass-enclosed cab and powerful search lights on the outside to make night lifting possible of as much as 25-ton loads. It was run by diesel power.

Feb. 28, 1976

At the annual Altoona Day in Florida, Jess Brandt chairman, Os Figard was honored as the oldest man present and also celebrated his 65th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Agnes Kane was the oldest woman present. A total of 109 people attended.

Feb. 28, 2001

The Altoona School of Commerce, 508 58th St., was purchased by the South Hills School of Business and Technology, owned by S. Paul Mazza and wife Meralyn J. The School of Commerce was formerly in downtown Altoona and opened in 1884.

Feb. 28, 2016

The Jaffa Shrine Sports Show, in its 34th year, which focused on hunting, fishing and the outdoors, had attracted almost 4,000 visitors in three days and hoped for a 10,000 total over the weekend according to record keeper Dick Swartz.

March 1, 1951

The 442nd Quartermaster Laundry Company, a U.S. Army Reserve Company stationed in Altoona with Capt. Russell Burchfield commanding, had been called to active duty because of the Korean War. It was stationed in Fort Benning, Ga., and had set up a laundry unit in the field where the 82nd Airborne Division was training.

The Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School, Carolyn V. Cox director of dramatics, was holding its annual school show, this year called “Delightful Delirium,” over two days featuring music, plays, comedy skits and student dancing.

March 1, 1976

Altoona finance director Eugene Duncan said that the $696,829 bill from

PennDOT for the 10th Avenue Renewal Project (Expressway), payable in 30 days, was legitimate and must be paid.

Charles E. Ford, 66, founder of the Ford Music Store in Altoona, died Feb. 28. He had started his music career by working for his uncle in the Russell Music Store. He had attended Boston College of Music, worked for the New York Band Instrument Co., played in the U.S. Army Band during WWII and was a member of Musicians Local 564.

March 1, 2001

Altoona randomly chose 2,200 residents to do a survey about how Charter Communications, the city’s TV cable provider, was doing with its service. This was in advance of new cable negotiations with the city.

When the websites for both former Congressman Bud Shuster and his son Bill Shuster, running for his father’s seat and both conservative Republicans, were accessed, it took visitors to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, what the Shuster for Congress campaign labeled a “sophomoric prank.”

March 1, 2016

The Intermunicipal Relations Committee, Larry Clapper solicitor, which oversaw recycling in Altoona, Logan Township, Hollidaysburg and Tyrone, learned that a recycling license fee they planned to charge was not permitted under state law.

The Blair County Emergency Management Agency, Tom Robinson coordinator, planned to hold free 20-hour classes for people wanting to belong to a Community Response Team to remain safe during all types of emergencies at the Altoona EMA Center, 625 Fourth St. and Hollidaysburg Area Public Library.

National, world news on this date

Feb. 28:

In 1844, a massive 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded as the ship was sailing on the Potomac River, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas W. Gilmer and several others; President John Tyler, who also was aboard the ship, was uninjured.

In 1953, Francis H.C. Crick announced that he and fellow scientist James D. Watson had discovered the double-helix structure of DNA.

In 1975, 43 people were killed in London’s Underground when a train failed to stop at Moorgate station, smashing into the end of a tunnel.

In 1983, the final episode of the television series “M*A*S*H” aired; nearly 106 million viewers saw the finale, which remains the most-watched episode of any U.S. television series to date.

March 1

In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act, making Yellowstone the nation’s first national park.

In 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the spectators gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps; since its establishment, over 240,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps volunteers.

In 1966, the Soviet space probe Venera 3 crash-landed on the surface of Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to reach another planet. However, Venera was unable to transmit any data back to Earth because its communications system had failed.

Local news compiled by Tim Doyle. National, world news from The Associated Press.