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Hits and Misses

Miss: After months of uncertainty and turmoil, the final noontime whistle sounded last week at the World Kitchen Plant in Charleroi. After the last piece of glass came off the production line last Friday, the American flag on the pole at the Eighth Street entrance was taken down and replaced by ...

Introduction of the polio vaccine 70 years ago changed lives

Advertisements for freezers, lounge chairs and remedies for itching, gas and constipation were on the fifth page of Uniontown’s Evening Standard on April 16, 1952, which was a Wednesday. As they scanned the page, readers were also greeted with a listing of admissions and discharges at ...