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Thompson was born Mildred Diefenderfer in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on June 24, 1918, the only child of Orlando and Mary Diefenderfer. [1] She worked at an Allentown newspaper while completing her bachelor's degree at Moravian College. [1] She received a master's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [1]
Charles C. Curtis (October 29, 1893 – June 24, 1960) was an American newspaper executive and military officer from Pennsylvania. The longtime advertising manager of Allentown's The Morning Call, Curtis was also a career officer in the United States Army and Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Curtis served from 1917 to 1953 and attained the rank of major general.
Charlotte Schmoyer, a 15-year-old newspaper carrier for The Morning Call (June 1993). Schmoyer was a student at Dieruff High School in Allentown. Jessica Jean Fortney, a 47-year-old grandmother (July 1993) [3] Between the murders of Burghardt and Schmoyer, Robinson was arrested for burglary and served eight months in prison.
In December 1874, owing to nervous prostration brought on by overwork, Mayor Yeager was forced to take to his bed, and he died on January 14, 1874. The Allentown Democrat, on January 21, 1874, wrote in his obituary, "Allentown never had a Chief magistrate of greater efficiency or more unswerving Integrity. [7]
Oleksa was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on March 16, 1947, and graduated from Emmaus High School.He attended St. Vladimir's Seminary in Yonkers, New York. [1]In 1988, Oleksa graduated with a doctorate from Orthodox Theological Seminary in Presov, Slovakia, where he focused on Native Alaskan history during the Alaskan Russian period of 1741 to 1867.
Marty Ravellette was the fourth [1] child of the farm family of Ernest D. Ravellette and Laurene Ravellette (née Frohreich). [2] [3] He was born without arms. [1]Faced with the challenge of this disability, his family was convinced to place him at the age of two months in the Good Shepherd Home, known today as the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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Sarah Knauss, supercentenarian recognized as the "world's oldest person" by Guinness World Records from April 16, 1998, until her death on December 30, 1999, at age 119; Harvey Miguel Robinson, serial killer; Ryo Tokita, artist; Charles A. Wikoff, most senior ranking U.S. Army officer killed in the Spanish–American War