Glancing Backward, 7/27/10

Published: July 27, 2010

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Today is Tuesday, July 27, the 208th day of 2010. There are 157 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On July 27, 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president on the first ballot at the Republican national convention in Chicago.

Glancing Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1985

There will be several events at today's Blue Swan Air Show including a model plane show, parachuting, aerobatics and wing walking.

Melissa Ritter was crowned Little Miss Sayre last night with first runner-up Amanda Sue Parshall and second runner-up Melissa Burkhart.

A large crowd was drawn to the Troy Fair last night for the demolition derby.

50 years ago - 1960

Voters in Waverly approved a proposition for a new Lincoln Street School, acquisition of 13.36 acres of land in Chemung, an additional eight classrooms at the Chemung School, renovations at Chemung school, acquisition of 8.42 acres of land on Ithaca Street and construction of a new Ithaca Street School.

Dr. John B. Schamel of Waverly will hold office hours three days a week in the office of the late Dr. A.B. Lyon in Ulster.

Percy Arnold of Potterville was in South Warren recently assisting in setting a bulletin board at the church there.

75 years ago - 1935

Completing a 310-mile round trip bicycle ride to Allentown to visit his wife, Albert Kelly, 77, returned to his West Franklin home none the worse for his trip.

Celebrating his 78th birthday today is Fred C. Landmesser of Rummerfield, one of the best known and highly respected men in his community, a former postmaster and merchant.

J.J. Bergen of Little Meadows has been appointed agent for the Bureau of Agriculture and Chemistry of Pennsylvania for Bradford, Tioga, Sullivan, Lycoming, Potter and Clinton counties.

Elsewhere on this date

In 1940, Bugs Bunny made his "official" debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare." (There had been previous incarnations of the "wascally wabbit," but this is considered the first definitive example of his now-familiar persona.)

In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to adopt the first of three articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon, charging he had personally engaged in a course of conduct designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case.

Five years ago: Al-Qaida in Iraq said it had killed two kidnapped Algerian diplomats. Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who'd plotted to bomb the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium, was sentenced to 22 years in prison by a federal judge in Seattle. (However, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in Feb. 2010 that the 22-year sentence was too lenient; Ressam's attorney is appealing that decision.)

One year ago: A sailboat with an estimated 200 Haitians aboard ran aground on a reef and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands; rescuers pulled 113 survivors from reefs but dozens others were missing and feared dead. Michael Vick was reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

Today's Birthdays: TV producer Norman Lear is 88. Rhythm-and-blues singer Harvey Fuqua (FYOO'-kwah) is 81. Actor Jerry Van Dyke is 79. Sportscaster Irv Cross is 71. Actress-director Betty Thomas is 62. Actor Maury Chaykin is 61. Singer Maureen McGovern is 61. Actress Janet Eilber is 59. Comedian-actress-writer Carol Leifer is 54. Jazz singer Karrin Allyson is 48. Country singer Stacy Dean Campbell is 43. Actor Julian McMahon is 42. Rock musician Abe Cunningham is 37. Singer-songwriter Pete Yorn is 36. MLB player Alex Rodriguez is 35. Actor Jonathan Rhys (rees) Meyers is 33. Singer Cheyenne Kimball is 20.

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