A diplomat is a chap who, when asked what his favorite color is, replies “Plaid.”
8/2/1968 - West Kittanning Hill truck-crash victim Carl Crawford, 24, of Bloomsburg RD1, is scheduled to undergo surgery today at Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. Officials there still list Crawford in critical condition.
8/2/1967 - The Armstrong County Redevelopment Authority yesterday opened bids for the demolition of commercial and resident buildings in the Apollo Plaza project area. The contract calls for the demolition of 14 buildings and a Pennsylvania Railroad loading station. Most are two-story structures. One cleared portion will be resurfaced to accommodate a parking lot. Another portion will be for proposed expansion of Armitage’s Market.
8/2/1962 - Petitions are circulating throughout a populous East Franklin Township area, adjacent to West Kittanning, asking for annexation to the borough. The annexation petitions are the outgrowth of long-time efforts to acquire a central water supply and other municipal services for the areas which have burgeoned since World War II.
8/2/1957 - State Highways Secretary Jospeh Lawler told civic and industrial leaders from five counties at the Kittanning Country Club that the Allegheny Valley Expressway, planned from Aspinwall to Brookville, to replace Route 28, will be put on the interstate system if the Federal Bureau of Roads will accept the proposal.
8/2/1957 - The Kittanning Firemen’s Band continued its winning streak by copping first prize in the firemen’s parade in Apollo.
8/2/1952 - Frank Heinen, 197 Maple Street, Kittanning, well-known rural mail carrier and auctioneer, will leave for a month-long visit with his son in Germany.
8/2/1952 - His 90th birthday was celebrated by Simon Yount, who makes his home with a daughter, Mrs. Jennie Lias of McGrann.
8/2/1947 - Lightning killed seven cows belonging to Lewis Fox and one each of Harry Waleski and Oscar Wetzel, all of the Cabot district.
8/2/1947 - The Armstrong County School Board accepted the resignation of Dr. Guy N. Harriger from his present position of assistant superintendent of Armstrong County Schools.
8/2/1937 - Lloyd Aikens, 19-year-old son of Bart Aikens of Atwood, died from a fractured skull received when he fell from the hay loft of a farm barn near Walk Chalk.
8/2/1937 - Kittanning High School Band prepared to celebrate its acquisition of bright new uniforms in a parade and festival to be held under sponsorship of the Band Mothers’ Auxiliary.
8/2/1932 - American Legion post members met in the Kittanning Waterfront Park to attempt to organize a unit of the new band of bonus marchers to be known as the “Khaki Shirts.”
8/2/1927 - At a meeting of West Kittanning Council, it was decided to pave Arthur Street.
8/2/1927 - Miss Margaret Janet Ritchey, a teacher in Kittanning Fourth Ward School, died at her home on Wilson Avenue.