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75 Years ago Today marks the anniversary of an act of uncommon courage. That courage lead a porter for the Pennsylvania Railroad to overcome fear, and jump into

Market Street's historic Knight's Diner is once again open for business, this time under the leadership of Spokane native Doug Gariepy. "I grew up in...

By Allen Wicken Read Article This column’s topic had a curious beginning (not that it is the first one, by any means). It is centered around the attached close-up photo of my name tag on my Saddleback “Host” jacket. About three issues ago, my column was focused on the great start Saddleback Ski Resort experienced (after the five-year hiatus) with new ownership from my perspective as a host answering the many questions arriving skiers had, and helping manage the unique base lodge skier u...

Feb 10, 2021 A black iron kettle used to boil hog parts to make sausage, liver pudding and scrapple. KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette A wooden block table used for butchering. KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette A brown paper bag from Smithgail & Ging Neats Packers, which was orginally established in downtown Williamsport in 1932. KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette These were the days when city butchers knew the products the customers wanted. That is what Don Waltman, a retired butcher and owner of ...

Cop is a cabin steward assigned to each one of the original pullman car. this one was built in britain in one nine hundred twenty nine and it was recently twenty refurbished. that was pressurized over a car and as a measure led their order to solve the problems where they will lead dismantle the old carriage and they restore every single piece just polishing every single piece of bark its very hard and. this year six five is this month. as the dynamites roll by outside lunch is served inside thr...

Inside. ransomed. >> it was the pullman car, eduardos inheritance, the train in which he wooed jane as they fell in love. he brought it was a magic shrine to their past and someone had smashed it up. a warning, a message? and the police. >> we called them to say they couldnt come because they have -- imagine. the answer for police force to say that they cannot go to a ranch because there is not enough. >> quite suddenly they knew. it was over. eduardo examined the destruction in the old rooms, a...

The hotel they specified? was she now in danger? she felt an itch in her back as she drove through the gargantuan metropolis. no incident. and returned to san miguel where she put a doctor and psychologist on standby and called a charter service. might need a helicopter and silence. she demanded proof that eduardo was still alive. she got in return a heart-stopping photo. it was him, all right, he must be alive, he was holding that days newspaper. but the once robust youthful eduardo was now a g...

Jayne and eduardo were being chased, herded like cattle into a chute with no escape. >> in the distance we see the compact car that has raced up our interior road, cut in front. >> here she relived it, the horrified moment as the car in front of them suddenly stopped and eduardo slammed on his brakes. >> we immediately were hit from behind. at that point, a split of a second and there was a man coming out of the passenger side of the car, coming at eduardo and hes got a hammer in one hand and a ...

Something was wrong. she had driven the couriers to mexico city, she had paid the ransom, put a helicopter on standby. she had done everything they asked her to do, and no phone call, no message, no eduardo. then finally one of the two brothers jayne had sent to drop the ransom made contact. he was still sitting in his car at the mouth of that dark road. he was terrified. his brother had disappeared into the dark, holding on to the sack full of hundred-dollar bills. he hadnt come back. and some ...

She tried to memorize each bump and turn as the suv veered on the highway toward san miguel. then minutes later, pulled over, stopped. someone yanked eduardo from the suv. he screamed. >> i hear the doors of that vehicle open. and after i hear them shut, i can no longer hear my husbands muffled screams. then i hear what sounds like the engine of that car revving as if it is pulling away. >> jayne managed to lift the pillow case hood just in time to see eduardo vanish. >> i am able to make out th...