Glancing Backward, 1/23/12

Published: January 23, 2012

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Today is Monday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2012. There are 343 days left in the year.

Today's Highlights

in History:

On Jan. 23, 1962, Jackie Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Tony Bennett recorded "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," by George Cory and Douglass Cross, in New York for Columbia Records.

Glancing Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1987

Officials of Towanda Borough, Towanda Municipal Authority, Wysox Township and other parties involved will be meeting in a work session next Thursday to try to complete an intermunicipal agreement on the planned area sewer update and expansion project known as the 201 plan.

The installation of new emergency telephone numbers in Penelec's Northeastern Division has been completed with the addition of a line for emergency calls from customers in the Sayre area. The number is 888-2556. The number is designed to provide better emergency service for the company's customers.

For the second time in four days, cancellations and early closings became the order of the day yesterday as steady snowfall, which began in the Towanda area around 9:30 a.m., continued falling throughout the day.

50 years ago - 1962

Greater Valley Hairdressers Association met last Monday for election and installation of officers at the home of Mrs. Fran Kent in Sayre. Kent was named president.

There's at least one rugged individualist left in the United States. He's James Hughson, 80 years old, who passed through Towanda yesterday. A confirmed traveler, Hughson is paying his way by selling shoe strings, accompanied by a cheery smile and a willingness to talk about himself.

Celebrating his birthday today is Newman W. Benson, Towanda automobile dealer.

75 years ago - 1937

Celebrating his birthday tomorrow is Rev. Paul Dale of Franklindale, pastor of the Franklin Center Christian church and the East Granville and LeRoy Baptist churches.

Most of the people in West Warren have their houses wired for electricity, which they expect to have soon.

The Dushore Music Club chorus was awarded first place in the state Music Tournament held in connection with the State Farm Show at Harrisburg this week.

Elsewhere on this date:

Ten years ago: Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was abducted in Karachi, Pakistan, by a group demanding the return of prisoners from the Afghan campaign; he was later murdered. John Walker Lindh, a U.S.-born Taliban fighter, was returned to the United States to face criminal charges that he'd conspired to kill fellow Americans. Kenneth Lay stepped down as chairman and chief executive of Enron Corp.

Five years ago: In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush implored Congress to give his plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq a chance to work. A new rule requiring U.S. airline passengers to show a passport upon their return from Mexico, Canada or the Caribbean took effect. E. Howard Hunt, who'd helped organize the Watergate break-in, leading to the downfall of Richard Nixon's presidency, died in Miami, Fla., at age 88.

One year ago: Allies and adversaries of President Hugo Chavez took to the streets of Caracas by the thousands, staging rival demonstrations to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Venezuela's democracy. Fitness guru Jack LaLanne died in Morro Bay, Calif., at age 96.

Today's Birthdays: Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., is 88. Actress Jeanne Moreau is 84. Actress Chita Rivera is 79. Actor-director Lou Antonio is 78. Actor Gil Gerard is 69. Actor Rutger Hauer is 68. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) is 68. Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., is 65. Singer Anita Pointer is 64. Actor Richard Dean Anderson is 62. Rock musician Bill Cunningham is 62. Rock singer Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) is 59. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (vee-yah-ry-GOH'-sah) is 59. Princess Caroline of Monaco is 55. Singer Anita Baker is 54. Reggae musician Earl Falconer (UB40) is 53. Actress Gail O'Grady is 49. Actress Mariska Hargitay is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marc Nelson is 41. Actress Tiffani Thiessen is 38. Rock musician Nick Harmer (Death Cab for Cutie) is 37. Christian rock musician Nick DePartee (Kutless) is 27.

Thought for Today: "It's not what you are, it's what you don't become that hurts." - Oscar Levant, pianist-composer-actor (1906-1972).

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