Glancing Backward, 2/3/12

Published: February 3, 2012

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Today is Friday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2012. There are 332 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Feb. 3, 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

Glancing Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1987

The Wyalusing Borough Council was met with 200-plus signatures on a petition filed by concerned citizens at their meeting held last night. Wyalusing residents united this weekend and drew up a petition in protest of any further action by council with PennDOT officials on a decision for the Routes 6, 706 project.

At a recent reorganizational meeting of the Asylum Township Supervisors, James Stevens was named chairman, Kevin Barrett vice chairman, and Ralph E. Kissell as member.

Taking a lesson from the big boys, it was the Waverly Wolverines who captured the Northern Tier League junior varsity wrestling tournament held over the weekend.

50 years ago - 1962

The Towanda Valley American Field Service committee met at the high school yesterday afternoon to dismiss methods for raising the $650 necessary to sponsor a foreign exchange student at Towanda Valley High School during the 1962-63 school year.

Little Mansfield, Pa., (population 2,684) is fast becoming one of the hottest basketball centers in the East. Mansfield State College is tied for first in the fiercely competitive, well-balanced eastern division of the State Colleges Conference, and the Mansfield High School team is 14-0.

Sayre High's Redskins just about sewed up the Roosevelt Trail League basketball championship for another season last night by defeating the Troy High cagers 75-63.

75 years ago - 1937

Seen about the borough: A greeting card that was mailed to Towanda the day before Christmas being delivered to its receiver, a local resident, just 38 days later.

The East Smithfield Odd Fellows Lodge will honor one of the oldest and most faithful of its members on Feb. 6. At this time, Ernest O. Gerould will observe his 45th year of Odd Fellowship, having been initiated Feb. 6, 1892.

With a quota of $50 to fill, the people of East Smithfield have "gone over the top" in the Red Cross drive for flood relief funds. The total collected here to date is $142.40.

Elsewhere on this date:

In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens held a shipboard peace conference off the Virginia coast.

In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.

In 1943, during World War II, the U.S. transport ship Dorchester, which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after being hit by a German torpedo; of the more than 900 men aboard, only some 230 survived.

In 1959, An American Airlines Lockheed Electra crashed into New York's East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board.

In 1966, the Soviet probe Luna 9 became the first manmade object to make a soft landing on the moon.

In 1971, New York City police officer Frank Serpico, who had charged there was widespread corruption in the NYPD, was shot and seriously wounded during a drug bust in Brooklyn.

In 1972, the XI Olympic Winter Games opened in Sapporo, Japan.

In 1991, the rate for a first-class postage stamp rose to 29 cents.

In 1998, Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker, 38, for the pickax killings of two people in 1983; she was the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.

Today's Birthdays: Comedian Shelley Berman is 87. Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 79. Football Hall-of-Famer Fran Tarkenton is 72. Actress Bridget Hanley is 71. Actress Blythe Danner is 69. Singer Dennis Edwards is 69. Football Hall-of-Famer Bob Griese is 67. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 65. Singer Melanie is 65. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 62. Actress Pamela Franklin is 62. Actor Nathan Lane is 56. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 56. Actor Thomas Calabro is 53. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 51. Actress Michele Greene is 50. Country singer Matraca Berg is 48. Actress Maura Tierney is 47. Actor Warwick Davis is 42. Actress Elisa Donovan is 41. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 36. Musician Grant Barry is 35. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 30. Rapper Sean Kingston is 22.

Thought for Today: "The path of civilization is paved with tin cans." - Elbert Hubbard, American author and publisher (1856-1915).

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