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The Gazette name has been on the nameplate and masthead of a newspaper in Williamsport continuously since that time. The Sun-Gazette is the oldest continuously operating enterprise in the West Branch Valley. [citation needed] At over 218 years old, the Sun-Gazette is now the 10th-oldest newspaper in America and the fourth-oldest in Pennsylvania ...
[14] [15] Flights over Merion Elementary School during school hours were informally banned for a period of time, and media avoided flying news or traffic helicopters over the school. [16] Heinz's funeral was held in Pittsburgh, [17] and a memorial service in Washington was attended by President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Quayle. [18]
Williamsport Sun Gazette - Williamsport; York Daily Record - York; The York Dispatch - York; Other newspapers ... Daily News-Dealer (Wilkes-Barre) (1889–1894) [135]
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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Grit was a newspaper founded in 1882 as the Saturday edition of the Williamsport, Daily Sun and Banner. In 1885, the name was purchased for $1000 by 25-year-old German immigrant Dietrick Lamade, who established a circulation of 4000 during the first year.
Her funeral service was held at First Presbyterian Church. [3] An anonymous donor [32] sent a large arrangement of flowers that spelled "Martha was right." [3] She was buried in the Bellwood Cemetery in Pine Bluff with her mother and grandparents. Her daughter Marty and husband John Mitchell attended the burial, albeit arriving late to the service.
Susie Monroe (March 4, 1885 - November 7, 1968) was a teacher, dressmaker and beauty salon owner who was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1948.. A native of Jacksonville, Florida and Democrat who had relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the 1930s, she represented her constituents for ten consecutive terms, from January 1949 until November 7, 1968.