Following are summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and New Era. This column appears on page B1 of the printed newspaper each Monday. The items are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

WOMEN INDUCTED: Two Lancaster-area Jaycee organizations inducted their first women members in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Minnesota case. The U.S. Jaycees dropped their male-only rule, and local Jaycees followed suit. Three women were inducted into the Lancaster Jaycees and a fourth joined the West Lampeter Jaycees. (Sept. 14, 1984)

TRIATHLON: Two unrelated Morrisons were the first man and first woman to cross the finish line of the 35.3-mile Lancaster YMCA triathlon, held at Speedwell Forge Lake north of Lititz. Ian Morrison, 33, of Australia, finished in 2 hours, 39 minutes and 55 seconds. Vickie Morrison, 24, of Camp Hill, finished in 2 hours, 58 minutes and 11 seconds. The contest consisted of a 1.2-mile swim, 24.8-mile bicycle ride and 9.3-mile run. (Sept. 17, 1984)

GOODE VISIT: Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode had 120 Lancaster Democrats shouting out loud as he led cheers for “Fritz and Gerry!” Goode, 46, was the keynote speaker at the local party’s annual wine-and-cheese event. He urged support for local candidates as well as the top of the ticket: presidential candidate Walter “Fritz” Mondale and vice presidential candidate Geraldine “Gerry” Ferraro. (Sept. 17, 1984)

MIKE & JEN: For the seventh straight year, Michael was the most-popular name for baby boys in Pennsylvania, the state Health Department reported. Jennifer topped the list for girls. Other top-10 names for boys were Matthew, Christopher, David, Jason, John, Robert, Joseph, James and Daniel. Behind Jennifer, the most-popular names for girls were Jessica, Ashley (up from 29th), Amanda, Nicole, Melissa, Sarah, Heather, Stephanie and Lauren. Amy, a perennial favorite, dropped from third to 12th. (Sept. 18, 1984)

50 years ago

BLUE LAW: Enforcement of a new Sunday blue law was halted in Lancaster County pending the outcome of legal action started by the Manheim Discount Center Inc. in U.S. District Court. The move was seen as opening the way for resumption of Sunday selling of all types of merchandise, as was the case before the new state law took effect. (Sept. 16, 1959)

SCHOOL PRAYER: A special federal court ruled that the reading of the Bible and the compulsory recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in Pennsylvania’s public schools was illegal. The ruling was handed down by a panel of three judges who said the acts violated the 1st and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. “We’re going to wait for the final word, and will continue with the practice as is,” Lancaster school Superintendent O.H. Aurand said in response to the ruling. “The Pennsylvania school law requires reading 10 verses of Scripture. It has been in existence for a long time, and I suspect that it will take more than a lower court ruling to put it out,” Aurand added. But John Hambright, city PTA Council president, saw it differently. “I’d think that in a country where there are so many different religious concepts, and non-religion on the part of some, selection of the Bible passage would be a rather difficult procedure to follow. A teacher with one viewpoint can be objectionable to a parent with another viewpoint.” (Sept. 17, 1959)

LINKLETTER: In a visit to Lancaster, Art Linkletter (left) told what he’d do to Nikita Khruschev (right) if the Russian leader — who was touring the United States — appeared on his television stunt show, “People are Funny.” “First I’d introduce him to a family of Hungarians who were driven from their country, and just see what kind of a conversation they would have,” Linkletter said. “Then I’d ask Khruschev if it were true that the Russians have a lot of volunteers to ride their first rocket shop to outer space. You know — East German volunteers, Polish volunteers, Hungarian volunteers. Khruschev is a very funny guy and a good showman. I approve of his coming here. But those would still be pretty good stunts, don’t you think?” Linkletter was in Lancaster to tour the Pitney Road plant of Hubley Manufacturing Co., whose toys he advertised on his show. (Sept. 17, 1959) [Read more →]

Following are summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and New Era. This column appears on page B1 of the printed newspaper each Monday. The items are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

2 STRIKES: Teacher strikes in two local districts quickly came to an end as negotiators reached agreements on new three-year contracts. A strike in Hempfield lasted two days. A strike in Donegal ended after three days, as administrators began opening schools without striking teachers. (Sept. 7 and 8, 1984)

RING THEFT: A squirrel and an unidentified woman were suspects in the theft of a $2,000 diamond ring that belonged to an 84-year-old North Broad Street man who had dropped it while cleaning it in his backyard. The ring landed on one of several peanut butter crackers the man had set out for the squirrels. It stuck to one of the crackers, and a squirrel ran off with it and into Reservoir Park. Several days later, the victim saw a man with a metal detector in the park, and when he asked if he ever found anything, the man showed him the ring. The victim explained it was his, but a woman accompanying the man with the metal detector asked to see it, and the pair walked off with it and did not return. (Sept. 13, 1984)

50 years ago

VISITS RUSSIA: A Landisville teacher, returning home after two weeks in the Soviet Union, said he found the Russians friendly toward Americans but sold on the communist system. “They are very friendly people,” said Amos R. Herr, head of the social studies department at Hempfield High School. “That I cannot exaggerate. The friendliness exists in all classes of people — from the university student through the peasant.” But the Russians he met in Moscow, Kiev, Rostov and Stalingrad were also skeptical about reports of the American people’s accomplishments. When he showed them photos of his farm, Herr said, many of them “didn’t believe it. They thought it was pure propaganda.” (Sept. 8, 1959)

MARKET PLANS: Consolidation of the Central and Southern markets “could mean more business for standholders at less expense for the city,” a city planning consultant said. In the event of such a merger, the consultant said, he would like to see the Central Market retained on the basis of its architecture. Standholders were nearly unanimous in their suggestion that the Central Market needed modernization, not a location shift. (Sept. 9, 1959) [Read more →]

Following are summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and New Era. This column appears on page B1 of the printed newspaper each Monday. The items are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

ON STRIKE: Teachers went on strike in the Hempfield and Donegal school districts, marking the first double strike ever in Lancaster County, the New Era reported. In both western Lancaster County districts, teachers set up picket lines as thousands of students arrived for the first day of school. (Sept. 5, 1984)

FACTORY CLOSING: Miller, Hess & Co. Inc. announced it was closing its Akron shoe factory, idling 275 employees. President Charles H. Sourbeer Jr. blamed the closing on competition from imports, which eroded profit margins. The operation had been losing money for several years, he said. (Sept. 6, 1984)

50 years ago

URBAN RENEWAL: The area bounded by South Duke, South Ann and Dauphin streets was selected for Lancaster’s first urban renewal project. Unofficial sources said the project could include up to 300 public housing units. (Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, 1959)

BROTHERS CHARGED: Two brothers were arrested by state police and charged with the armed robbery of a Mount Joy R1 poultry dealer. The crime netted them $70. (Sept. 4, 1959) [Read more →]

Following are summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and New Era. This column appears on page B1 of the printed newspaper each Monday. The items are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

TUITION UP: Millersville University, Elizabethtown College and Franklin & Marshall College reported little change in enrollment for the 1984-85 school year, but tuition was higher at all three schools. Tuition and room and board totaled $3,450 at MU, $8,750 at E-town and $11,050 at F&M. (Aug. 27, 1984)

ROUTE 23: Top city and county officials generally rejected a proposal to improve New Holland Avenue by widening it and building a new interchange at its Route 30 intersection. The plan called for the demolition of 26 homes and the removal of five or six holes from the Lancaster Country Club golf course. Instead, the officials said, they preferred a relocation option that called for construction of a new four-lane leg of Route 23 into the east end of the city from its Route 30 connection. (Aug. 30, 1984)

50 years ago

DOWN THE DRAIN: City police went fishing in sewers and drains to recover $850 that a 12-year-old boy admitted stealing and flushing down a toilet at his home. Initial efforts yielded $700 of the missing money, which had been stolen from a home on Rockland Street. The boy told city detectives he became scared when he heard his mother discuss the robbery. (Aug. 24, 1959)

NEW SCHOOLS: Three new elementary schools worth $1.4 million were about to open for the first time. The $540,000 Elizabeth R. Martin Elementary School in Lancaster Township was ready to host 300 students. Its capacity was 420. The Fred S. Eshelman School in Millersville, built for $370,000, was about to open for 200 pupils. Its capacity was 220. And the $510,000 Clay School in the Ephrata Union district was preparing to open for more than 400 children. Its capacity was 429. (Aug. 27, 1959)

75 years ago

LABOR RIOTS: Two men were arrested on riot charges and 35 others were the subjects of arrest warrants following strike disorders at Columbia and Marietta. The arrests followed incidents at the Marietta Silk Mill’s property at Ninth and Houston streets in Columbia, where 12 peace officers were beleaguered for eight hours. The officers were stoned by hostile crowds when they attempted to escape, and were driven back into the mill. They were stoned again when state police helped them escape in taxicabs. Nearly all were injured, and five were treated at a hospital. (Aug. 24, 1934) [Read more →]

Following are summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and New Era. This column appears on page B1 of the printed newspaper each Monday. The items are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

DEAD DUCKS: City officials were looking at intentional poisoning as a likely cause for the deaths of 25 docile mallard ducks at Long’s Park. The ducks showed “no physical injuries,” the city’s park superintendent said, but further tests were planned. (Aug. 20, 1984)

GOP CONVENTION: Local delegates to the Republican National Convention in Dallas praised United Nations Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick’s opening-night speech on foreign policy, calling it a “real stemwinder” and “very effective.” Kirkpatrick, a tough-talking Democrat who had become a heroine to conservatives, lashed the Democrats who had nominated Walter Mondale as the “blame America first crowd” on foreign policy. She urged mainstream Democrats to cross party lines and support the reelection of Republican President Ronald Reagan. (Aug. 21, 1984)

JACKSON TICKETS: Crowds of Michael Jackson fans camped out overnight at the Ticketron office at Gimbels in Park City in hopes of getting tickets to one or more of the pop singer’s three Philadelphia concerts. Jackson’s “Victory Tour” shows were to be held at John F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Clair Brothers Audio Enterprises, a small Lititz-based company, was hired to design the sound system for the shows. It was putting together its biggest and most technically advanced sound system ever, said Roy Clair. (Aug. 22, 1984)

50 years ago

BRIDGE PLAN: The Pennsylvania Railroad announced plans to tear down the 62-year-old steel railroad bridge across the Susquehanna River at Columbia. The bridge, a landmark since 1897, carried both train and automobile traffic until the concrete inter-county bridge was built just south of it in 1930. The older bridge continued to carry freight trains until 1958. (Aug. 18, 1959)

EARTHQUAKE: Nine local residents were reported to be uninjured after an earthquake struck near Yellowstone National Park, in the area of the Montana-Idaho border. Eight others were reported to have been killed, and 27 hospitalized. (Aug. 19, 1959)

LITTER LAW: City officials were delaying enforcement of a new litter law until more trash receptacles could be installed on city streets, Mayor Thomas Monaghan said. The law had been adopted five weeks earlier, and the grace period for prosecutions was being extended another four weeks. (Aug. 21, 1959)

INADEQUATE: The Lancaster County Prison and much of the county home, hospital and juvenile-detention facility were inadequate for those purposes and should be replaced, a citizens’ advisory committee reported to the county commissioners. The panel said the county should give “careful study and consideration” to building a joint prison with Adams and York counties. (Aug. 21, 1959)

75 years ago

SALE DELAYED: Three Lancaster County farmers petitioned for relief under a new farm-protection provision in federal bankruptcy law. A judge granted them temporary delays on planned sheriff’s sales. (Aug. 17, 1934)

JAIL THREAT: The owner of a high-priced automobile and a $900 motorboat  was threatened with a jail sentence when he claimed to a judge that he was unable to pay $1.50 a week toward the support of his crippled father. The man admitted that he and his wife earned a total of $216 a month, but said he had purchased the car and boat before his salary had been cut in half. He said he needed the car for work and was unable to sell the boat. (Aug. 18, 1934)

100 years ago

FIRE ESCAPE: Roaring flames forced the Rev. Dr. C.G. Twombley, rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Lancaster, to flee with his family from their summer home in Plymouth, N.H. The fire broke out while the minister and his family were eating breakfast. The flames completely enveloped the barn and spread to the house before the family became aware of the danger. (Aug. 18, 1909)

VISITING ROCKY: White and black inhabitants of Coatesville were making good use of a new trolley line and enjoying the opportunity it offered to see Lancaster and its big summer resort, Rocky Springs. But not on the same day. A large group of white residents visited the park on a Wednesday, and a large group of black residents, under the auspices of two African Methodist Episcopal churches, visited Rocky Springs the following day. On the way home, one of 10 trolley cars carrying the excursionists struck and killed a bull. None of the passengers was hurt, but the accident delayed all traffic on the line for 90 minutes. (Aug. 20, 1909)

SPEED LIMIT: Citing the sharp increase in the number of automobiles locally and nationwide, Lancaster Mayor J.P. McCaskey announced that the city had erected a dozen speed-limit signs at entrances to the city. The signs alerted drivers that the speed limit in the city was 12 mph, which was exactly half the limit on country roads. (Aug. 21, 1909)

SCHOOL FUNDING: State appropriations to the 61 local school districts ranged from $219 in Lincoln to $40,037 in Lancaster city. Total appropriations countywide were $162,149. There were 819 teachers in the local districts. (Aug. 21, 1909)

Following are summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and New Era. This column appears on page B1 of the printed newspaper each Monday. The items are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

DEER PLAN: After two years of controversy, Philadelphia Electric Co. announced it would vastly reduce its underfed deer population at Muddy Run by sending at least 700 deer into the countryside. The plan was to rid the park of more than 80 percent of its deer by lowering the fence around it. (Aug. 10, 1984)

HOSPITAL CEO: Sister Margaret Aloysius McGrail began her work as president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Hospital. “It’s a whole new ballgame now as far as health care is concerned, a very critical time,” said McGrail. “We have to take a real close look at the services we offer, be sure what we offer is what is needed by the patients.” McGrail, 59, succeeded Sister Joan Dreisbach, who had resigned after eight years as the hospital’s president. (Aug. 13, 1984)

50 years ago

MALL PLAN: A plan to convert downtown Lancaster into a mall would be presented to officials by the end of the year, a city planning consultant said. In the mall, grass, trees and park benches would replace traffic in part of the downtown area. Traffic would be rerouted around the rim of the mall. (Aug. 11, 1959)

LETORT SCHOOL: The Manor Union School Board was preparing to seek construction bids for the proposed $300,000 Letort Elementary School. The building was scheduled to open in the fall of 1960 with a capacity of 264 pupils. (Aug. 12, 1959) [Read more →]

Following are summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and New Era. This column appears on page B1 of the printed newspaper each Monday. The items are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

KIDNAPPED: A Columbia County man kidnapped an officer of a suburban loan company and forced him, at gunpoint, to drive around the northern part of Lancaster County for nearly two hours, police reported. The victim was uninjured. He was released near the loan company, just a block from the Manheim Township police station, after the suspect gave up his apparent attempt to turn 50 stolen blank company loan checks into cash. The suspect was charged with robbery, kidnapping, making terroristic threats, recklessly endangering and theft. (Aug. 4, 1984)

BYE, DOC: More than 2,000 people gathered at the Martin Meylin Junior High School to say thank you to retiring Dr. Donald B. Witmer, who had served patients in Willow Street for 37 years. “He delivered our first child and the rest is history,” summed up Bill McCord, one of the party’s organizers. His family had been patients of Witmer’s for 36 years. (Aug. 6, 1984)

SENIOR SKATER: Chester B. Dukeman, 72, (right) was turning heads in Lancaster as he continued to enjoy frequent roller-skating tours of Lancaster city. Dukeman, of Lincoln Highway East, had taken up skating four years earlier. He had become a familiar sight as he rolled down Orange and Queen streets. He also enjoyed spinning his wheels at Overlook Roller Rink. (Aug. 9, 1984)

50 years ago

TRAVELING PAPERS: A bound volume of issues of the Lancaster Journal, from September 1815 to July 1816, was found in a storage loft in a home in Billings, Mont. The home’s owner said she hadn’t “the slightest idea” how the newspapers got there, but the Billings Gazette reprinted some of the material. On the front page of the Journal’s Sept. 27, 1815, edition, considerable space was devoted to “A Scheme of a Lottery to defray the Expenses incurred for repairing the Streets of Lancaster.” The Journal, only 19 years old at the time, contained little foreign news, but did give a day-to-day account of Emperor Napoleon’s life in exile on St. Helena island. (Aug. 6, 1959)

PREDICTION: The future development of nuclear power would eliminate wars between nations of the world, one of America’s leading science journalists declared in a speech in Lancaster. William L. Laurence, science editor of the New York Times, predicted that the development of nuclear energy would “do away with strife and envy among the world’s nations” because it would “provide a high standard of living in all countries and make it ridiculous for one nation to covet possessions of another.” (Aug. 8, 1959) [Read more →]

Summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and Lancaster New Era appear in this space each Monday. They are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

WORD OF THANKS: Former Olympic champion Barney Ewell thanked the Lancaster community for raising $5,000 to send him and his wife, Duella, to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Ewell had won a gold medal and two silver medals for track and field at the 1948 Olympics in London. (July 28, 1984)

ASBESTOS: City school officials said they were making good progress on an asbestos-removal project, and vowed that by summer’s end, all asbestos would be gone from the district’s schools. The district had decided to remove the hazardous material rather than encapsulate it. “Instead of playing games, we want it out,” said Robert Scheffey, the school board president. Schools undergoing asbestos-removal work were Buchanan, King, Lafayette, Hand, Lincoln, Reynolds, Wheatland, Fulton, Reigart, Wharton and Wickersham. (July 28, 1984)

GROWTH CAP: Citing ongoing pollution, the state limited new sewer connections to Lancaster City’s south sewage treatment plant to 20 a month, a move that was expected to drastically restrict growth in booming West Lampeter and East Lampeter townships, and four other municipalities. The cap was to be lifted only after six consecutive months of acceptable discharge from the south plant into the Conestoga River. (July 30, 1984)

50 years ago

EDITOR DIES: John H. Carter, editor of the New Era for 30 years, died at Lancaster General Hospital after a long illness. He was 62. Carter had shunned the public spotlight, but left his imprints on the making of modern newspapers and on community affairs. He had served four years as county treasurer and had been a member and as president of the board of directors of Lancaster General Hospital. (July 27, 1959)

THREATS TO THAD: An inventory of old documents at the Lancaster County Historical Society turned up some photostatic copies of threatening notes sent by the Ku Klux Klan to Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster’s 19th-century abolitionist congressman. “Your doom is sealed!!!” declared one of the notes. “Prepare thy soul for its swift flight. The bony finger has touched your pillow. Nothing can change its decree.” (July 27, 1959) [Read more →]

Summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and Lancaster New Era appear in this space each Monday. They are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

MRI ON WAY: Two Lancaster hospitals were hoping to obtain a high-priced, experimental diagnostic tool known as MRI, which some said would outdo the revolutionary CAT scanner in spotting disease. Lancaster General and St. Joseph hospitals were hoping to put the $3 million Magnetic Resonance Imaging device into use by mid-1986. (July 20, 1984)

CHEAP LOANS: Seventeen Lancaster County lending institutions were participating in a new state program that offered $190 million in home mortgages at below-market interest rates. First-time homebuyers accepted into the program would be eligible for 30-year mortgages with a fixed interest rate of 12.09 percent, or about 3 percentage points below conventional rates. (July 24, 1984)

FARMS SAVED: The Lancaster County Commissioners, following up promises with dollars, paid $53,600 to preserve three first-class farms in northern Lancaster County. The action was the first of its kind anywhere in Pennsylvania. It launched a new and critical phase of the county’s carefully constructed preservation program. Amos Funk, chairman of the county’s farmland preservation board, said agricultural zoning alone was not enough to protect farms. “The problem with local zoning is that when development pressures mount, it is collapsed like a house of cards,” Funk said. (July 25, 1984)

50 years ago

STUDENT AT 84: It’s never too late to learn, said 84-year-old Roger G. Harley of Morgantown, W.Va., who started summer classes at Millersville State Teachers College. Harley had first come to Millersville 62 years earlier to take teaching courses. He was returning to obtain a degree. “As long as a person lives, he wants to be learning something,” the grandfather of five said. “When he reaches a point where he can’t learn anything, he is ready to die.”  (July 20, 1959)

HIGHLAND PLANS: Architectural sketches of the new Highland Presbyterian Church building along Oregon Pike won approval from the congregation following a morning worship service. Members approved a chapel and L-shaped church school wing estimated to cost $220,000, including land. (July 20, 1959)

TOURIST BUREAU: As it entered its second year of operation, Lancaster County’s Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist Bureau was reported to be out of the woods financially and operating in the black, with $500 cash on hand. (July 21, 1959) [Read more →]

Summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and Lancaster New Era appear in this space each Monday. They are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St.

25 years ago

ROCKY SPRINGS: Handmade candy molds, old soda bottle boxes and a life-size carnival clown (which sold for $3,000) were among dozens of amusement park items snatched up by a crowd of several thousand during lively bidding at Rocky Springs Park. One man offered bids by telephone from his boat on Long Island Sound. The park had closed in 1967, and a 1979 effort to reopen it had failed. The 42-acre property’s owner, a Connecticut dentist, was planning to convert the site to a retirement community. (July 13 and 14, 1984)

BIG TOOTH: A group of teenagers attending an Upward Bound program through Millersville University found what they thought was an interesting rock in the Little Conestoga Creek near Bender Mill Road. Their supervisor thought the 10-pound, reddish-brown object looked like petrified wood. But an examination at the North Museum determined that the object was the molar tooth of a woolly mammoth that roamed the Northern Hemisphere about 10,000 years earlier, at the end of the Ice Age. (July 16, 1984)

AIR SERVICE: Maryland-based Resort Airlines won approval from the Lancaster Airport Authority to begin operating commuter service between Lancaster and Baltimore. The airline planned to offer two daily flights in each direction. (July 19, 1984)

50 years ago

RIVER RESCUE: Five Lancaster County residents were rescued from the Susquehanna River, a few hundreds yards off Port Deposit, Md., following an explosion and fire in a 24-foot cabin cruiser on which they had been spending the weekend. Two of the victims were hurt seriously, while the three others sustained minor injuries. All five had jumped overboard as flames, caused by overflowing gasoline on a carburetor, consumed and sank the vessel. (July 13, 1959)

CLUB CLOSES: Guillermo’s Gallery of Contemporary Culture, at 123A N. Queen St., closed after a hectic one-month existence. “I decided it was not worth the effort to continue,” said William Ford, the 22-year-old operator of the gallery, which some described as a “beatnik” club. Added his mother, “This is what happens when a decent somebody tries to do something good.” She said churches and businessmen failed to help fund the project, which was intended to keep youngsters off the streets by offering them a chance to enjoy music and engaging them in discussions on modern culture and philosophy, including that of the so-called “beat” generation. (July 15, 1959) [Read more →]