5/2/1968 - Authorities searched for two daring bandits that held up the Slate Lick branch of First National Bank of Freeport at gunpoint and made off with an estimated $2,000 in cash. Teller Karen Wagner, 20, of Sarver, was told to stay put after being restrained with handcuffs in a back room while the pistol wielding pair rifled several cash drawers and the bank vault.
5/2/1968 - The Tarrtown-Bridgeburg Area Citizens Council will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 PM in the Sportsman’s Club House in Limestone Hollow. Armstrong County Community Action outreach worker Fred Stephens said although the main subject for discussion will be air pollution, other problems will be discussed.
5/2/1968 - Robert and Ida Patterson and their daughters Marcia and Linda from Dime are mourning the death of son/brother 20-year-old Pfc. Robert Patterson who was killed in enemy action on April 25 of Quang Tri, Vietnam. He was a 1965 graduate of Kiski Area High School. He entered the military on August 10, 1967.
5/2/1968 - It took nearly a year, but all the buildings in the Apollo Plaza area have been demolished, ushering in what is hoped to be an economic shot in the arm for the southern Armstrong County town. Where Lew’s Restaurant, Rubin’s Department Store, Baird’s 5&10 cent Store, a flower shop, shoe repair shop, and pool room once stood, is now the Apollo Plaza. In addition, Burrel Construction Company will begin relocation of Route 56-66 on June 3. Traffic will have easy access to the parking lot in the Apollo Plaza when entire project is completed.
5/2/1968 - Parents are urged to give the “kiddies” a short lesson in travel manners. Commissioner of Traffic Safety Harry Brainerd stressed that is is important that parents impress upon children that the car is not for active play and that certain rules must be obeyed to keep the driver free from distraction. Children should also be taught they must wear a seat belt.
5/2/1963 - Construction on the new Freeport bridge which will link Route 28 and 56 is progressing.
5/2/1958 - Teachers in Pennsylvania have formally adopted three codes which can establish teaching in Pennsylvania as a strong profession, if the teachers follow them, members of the Armstrong County Branch of the Pennsylvania State Education Association were told. They are The Code of Ethics, The Code of Rights, and The Code of Competence.
5/2/1958 - Entrants from Kittanning, Ford City, Dayton, Worthington, Freeport, Shannock Valley, East Brady, Elderton, Karns City, and Parker will vie for honors at the fifth annual Teen-age Road-E-O sponsored by the Kittanning Jaycees.
5/2/1953 - Highway Boss Dashes River Road Hopes. Cost Estimates Asked on Alternative Plans for Templeton Access. Schmidt Suggests Widening of Present Road, Later Relocating at ‘Good Grade’.
5/2/1938 - Armstrong County Memorial Hospital will be equipped to take any manor of X-ray examinations with new X-ray equipment cost $7,500.
5/2/1938 - Two automobiles were stoned in the first outbreak of violence in a labor union factional war at the site of Crooked Creek flood control dam.
5/2/1928 - Reverend W. N. Liddy of Buffalo, NY, was called to the pastorate of First Baptist Church of Kittanning at a congregational meeting.