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Car No. 50, a 1925 Osgood Bradley street car, leads a 1913 St. Louis car at the busy 12th Avenue and 11th Street terminal in Altoona during the winter months in the late 1940s as the passengers scurry to catch their rides on another route across the intersection. The photo is from the collection of Leonard Alwine of Altoona.
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Oct. 10, 1951
A group of local junior high school students held a parade to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the American Motion Picture Theatre. Four national famous movie stars rode in the parade: Roddy McDowell, Vera-Ellen, Judith Braun and Phillip Reed. They later visited patients in the VA Hospital and had a dinner at the Penn Alto Hotel.
Oct. 10, 1976
Mayor William C. Stouffer swore in Daniel Stuckey, Charles Cates, George Bistline, Janice Johnston, Joseph Cox II and Robert Stirk as new police officers in ceremonies at City Hall in Altoona.
Oct. 10, 2001
Pennsylvania State Police and PennDOT declared "Put the Brakes on Fatalities in PA," saying more than 1,500 people died in traffic accidents in the state last year. Four people died this week in crashes in Blair County on Routes 220 and 22.
Oct. 10, 2016
Kristie (Servello) Aldire, a native of Altoona, was named Maryland statewide deputy sheriff of the year in the corrections category by the Maryland Sheriffs Association. She also had two brothers, Christopher and Aaron, who worked in corrections in Florida.
Oct. 11, 1951
The Logan Township Boys Chorus, which consisted of fourth, fifth and sixth grade students from various Logan Township schools sang at the State School Directors Association Convention in Harrisburg. There were about 75 boys in the chorus. Elizabeth Reiman was director.
The Pennsylvania Sunday School Teachers Association held a state convention at First Methodist Church in Altoona, with 71 teachers having 50 or more years of teaching. Elsie Roseberry, Mrs. Irvin Ellenberger, B. Frank Bryan, Mrs. W.W. Orner and William Brinkman were five Blair County residents with 50 years.
Oct. 11, 1976
Steam Train Tours Inc. of Akron, Ohio, was taking Altoona residents on a tour to Pittsburgh and back, using a T-1 Locomotive. About 800 took two trips to Pittsburgh and 1,200 more were to take a tour to Lancaster. The tours were sponsored by the Horseshoe Curve Chapter of the National Railway Society.
Mary Pufka was crowned homecoming queen for Bishop Guilfoyle High School with her escort Robert Cox at the Northern Cambria football game at Mansion Park. Mary was crowned by last year's queen, her sister Paula, with her escort Michael Himes. Students were charged one penny for each vote they cast.
Oct. 11, 2001
Five new businesses were inducted into the Altoona-Blair County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame: Roaring Spring Department Store, Lumax Industries Inc., News Printing Co., Schulman's Department Store (Heritage) and Wolverine Tube Inc., Small Tube Products Division.
A musical tribute called "God Shed His Grace on Thee" was held at Simpson-Temple United Parish to honor the victims of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. In other local news, Penn State Altoona Dean William Cale said enrollment was up this year to 3,823 students.
Oct. 11, 2016
The Altoona Area School District was to move the start time for the senior high, junior high and two elementary schools up 10 minutes next year to 7:35 a.m., a move Principal Charles Prijatelj said would save $248,000 by "stacking" the school buses for higher state reimbursement.
Rep. Bill Shuster criticized Presidential candidate Donald Trump's discussing grouping and pursuing women with a TV host that was broadcast nationwide but said the Central Pennsylvania Republican Party still stood by him.
Oct. 10:
n 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland, with an inaugural class of 50 students.
In 1966, the Beach Boys' single "Good Vibrations," written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was released by Capitol
Records.
In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned his office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion. President Richard Nixon later tapped congressman Gerald Ford to replace Agnew. Nixon resigned in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal and Ford succeeded him.
Oct. 11:
In 1906, the San Francisco Board of Education ordered the city's Asian students to be assigned to their own, segregated school. (The order was later rescinded at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt, who in exchange promised to curb Japanese immigration to the U.S.)
In 2002, former President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for decades of work to resolve international conflicts and advocate for human rights through The Carter Center and other means.
In 2017, the Boy Scouts of America announced it would admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting the following year and establish a program for girls based on the Boy Scout curriculum.
Local news compiled by Tim Doyle. National, world news from The Associated Press.