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Piggyback Hero

Glenn Rojohn and his crew. Glenn Rojohn and his crew.

by Ralph Kenney Bennett

Tomorrow they will lay the remains of Glenn Rojohn to rest in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in the little town of Greenock, Pa., just southeast of Pittsburgh. He was 81, and had been in the air conditioning and plumbing business in nearby McKeesport. If you had seen him on the street he would probably have looked to you like so many other graying, bespectacled old World War II veterans whose names appear so often now on obituary pages.

Wartime Memories

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Rank and File

The Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s recorded more than 10,000 life stories of men and woman from a variety of occupations and ethnic groups. The following is a sampling of these interviews. (From the Library of Congress.)

Anna Novak, Packing House Worker

History

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History of the US justice system

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History of the US justice system

There are nearly 700,000 law enforcement officers working in the United States. Their efforts have put 2.3 million people in America’s 3,134 local jails, 1,833 state prisons, 1,772 juvenile correction facilities, 110 federal prisons, and 218 immigrant detention facilities. Although the United States has less than 5% of the world’s population, nearly one in four people incarcerated in the entire world are languishing in American prisons.

History

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Military Comments

History Channel

I am being interviewed and the Patton jeep videoed on Thursday by the History Channel. They have a thing on Wednesdays about famous cars. Mine will be shown on August 17th. What did you think of my crazy ideas for a restaurant? I will get back to you. Milt Long

Wartime Memories

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Questions and Comments

Philip E. Kaiser is the little boy standing on the stump

Kaiser Family

From Philip E. Kaiser

I am the little boy standing on the stump in the picture Kaiser Family in your May 2003 issue. A friend of mine gave me a clipping. I’d like to get a copy of that issue if possible. Please drop me a note as to how you came in possession of this photograph.

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Coffee Shop Conversation

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Welcome to Grandmas Kitchen

Welcome to Grandmas Kitchen

From the Editors Desk

By Rita Redd

I hope everyone has had a pleasant summer. August is usually the hottest month (well in Georgia anyway). Its also the month of children going back to school and the finishing of the garden harvesting and canning.

Grandma's Kitchen

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The Works Progress Administration

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, when as many as one out of four Americans could not find jobs, the federal government stepped in to become the employer of last resort. The Works Progress Administration (WPA), an ambitious New Deal program, put 8,500,000 jobless to work, mostly on projects that required manual labor. With Uncle Sam meeting the payroll, countless bridges, highways and parks were constructed or repaired.

History

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Little Known Facts

Isaac Newton is known for his numerous discoveries and inventions. However, you might be surprised to know that he also invented the doggie door. It actually started out as a cat door when he grew weary of hearing his cat scratch at the door to be let in.
Women are responsible for inventing solar panels, windshield wipers, Kevlar (the material

in bulletproof vests), the circular saw, the gas heating furnace and the fire escape.
The code name used for the microwave while it was in its testing phase was “Speedy Weenie.”

Coffee Shop Conversation

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A Message to Everyone Over The Age of 60?

This article was written by someone that has been researching “Genealogy” for over 50 years. It is because of spending a lifetime looking for answers about other peoples lives, trying to find out what happened during the hyphen that exists between the day they were born and the day they died, that I am writing this article.

Editorials

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Tim Banks Legacy - Chapter 1

Tim Banks Legacy

Chapter 1

I was born here in Daviess County, Owensboro, KY, in the 1950’s.

My daddy, Claude, and my mom, Dorris Harper, were both here when it was happening. My dad was in the military at the time. He was in the Marine Corps. I know he was a Corporal. I know that he went from being in the Marines to being in the Air Force and he did flight engineering on B52’s.

Legacies

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