1973 - 1996 NEWSPAPER ARTICLES INDEX REQUEST FORM SUBJECT DATE YEAR DESCRIPTON NEWSPAPER PAGE A.B.E. Airport Jan. 15 1973 Increased security taken against hijackers. Easton Express p. 5, illus. A.B.E. Airport Jan. 4 1973 Increased security taken against hijackers. Easton Express p. 2 A.B.E. Airport March 18 1973 Northampton and Lehigh County Commissioners Easton Express p. 5 feud over the financing of the proposed $8.9 million expansion. Abortion Aug. 17 1973 Dr. James Delahunty, critic of abortion, resigned Easton Express p. 1 from staff of Hunterdon Medical Center due to conflict of philosophies. Abortion Jan. 24 & 1973 Area hospitals discuss new abortion policies. Easton Express p. 1 and p. 1 31 Alcoholism Sept. 22 1973 A proposed policy to deal with the use of alcohol Easton Express p. 5 by pupils at Easton Area High School to be presented to School Board by High School Prinicipal Philip J. Spaziani. Armstrong, Neil A. Feb. 15 1973 Neil A. Armstrong, first man to walk on moon Easton Express p. 5 spoke at Minsi Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America award dinner at Hotel Bethlehem. Art - Fairs Sept. 21 1973 Account of the Art fair and a list of winners. Easton Express p. 3 & 5 Art - Fairs Sept. 24 1973 Account of the Art fair and a list of winners. Easton Express p. 5, illus. Artists April 18 1973 Joseph DeThomas, local artist, an account of his Easton Express p. 38, illus. life and work. Artists July 19 1973 John L. Kraus, artist of Raubsville, PA, account of Easton Express p. 33, illus. his life and work. Signs his work F. Bread. Artists Oct. 9 1973 Nicholas Bartolacci a Palmer Township artist. Easton Express p. 14 Nicholas Bartolocci, mail carrier is also a talented artist. Illus. Athletics Nov. 15 1973 New 9-school athletic conference in the Lehigh Easton Express p. 1 Valley. Breaks up the current Lehigh-Northampton League. Automobile Agencies Oct. 18 1973 Rankin Garage and Sales Service - Groundbreaking Easton Express p. 5, illus. for new building in 25th Street Shopping Center. Automobile Agencies Oct. 18 1973 Rowe's gasoline station in Phillipsburg, N.J. Easton Express p. 11, illus. celebrates 50th anniversary. Automobiles - Shows Nov. 5 1973 Auto show at the Palmer Mall. Easton Express p. 49 Bakeries Aug. 13 1973 Schaible's Bakery raises price of bread, second Easton Express p. 5 time since June 1 and third time since August 1972. Bakeries Sept. 25 1973 Easton Baking Company, 34 North 7th Street, Easton Express p. 28, illus. Easton, PA. A History of the Company. Balloons Aug. 9 1973 Balloonist failed in attempt to cross the Atlantic Easton Express p. 1 Ocean. Mr. Bob Sparks from Tamiment, PA is forced by storm to ditch balloon. Balloons June 8 1973 Roberts Sparks, balloonist, to make tests near the Easton Express p. 5 Lehigh Valley in preparation for trans-Atlantic flight. Balloons Oct. 19 1973 Bob Sparks hopes to fly to France in a hot-air Easton Express p. 1 helium balloon. Bangor, PA - Churches Dec. 1 1973 Calvary Church of the Nazarene has 24 year Easton Express p. 10, illus. history. Bangor, PA - Churches Feb. 24 1973 Brief history of Mackey Memorial Baptist Church. Easton Express p. 10, illus. Bangor, PA - Churches Oct. 6 1973 Presbyterian parish of Bangor-Roseto combination Easton Express p. 10, illus. of 3 former congregations with traces of English, Welsh and Italian origins. Banks July 14 1973 Area banks increase interest on saving. Easton Express p. 1 Banks July 14 1973 Area banks increase interest on saving. Easton Express p. 1 Barbers Jan. 6 1973 Long hair a problem to local barbers. Easton Express p. 13 Battleship Models. Sept. 19 1973 Fred Holjes of Lebanon, N.J. builds replicas of U.S. Easton Express pg. 8, illus. battleships. Beebe, Helen H. May 31, 1973 Deaf Clinic takes a new road to teach the deaf to Easton Express p. 22. 1973. speak. An account of her method. Bethlehem Township, PA - Dec. 7 1973 Miller's Heights - Wilson School to be closed and Easton Express p. 13 Education students bused to Bethlehem. Parents protest. Bethlehem Township, PA - Aug. 4 1973 Heritage Day draws 600 persons. Easton Express p.5 Heritage Day Bethlehem, PA - Churches Oct. 6, 1973 St. Thomas United Church of Christ at Macada and Easton Express p. 11, illus. 1973 Altonah Roads to celebrate 125 years. Bethlehem, PA - Homes June 22, 1973 Junior League of the Lehigh Valley to help restore Easton Express p. 18, illus. 1973 the Goundie House. Bicentennial Committee July 17 1973 Bicentennial Committee okay by city fathers. Easton Express p. 5 Bicentennial Committee Nov. 24 1973 John Schlegel, chairman of the Bicentennial Easton Express p. 5 Committee for Northampton County, to open an office. Bicentennial Committee Oct. 19 1973 John Schlegel, chairman of the Bicentennial Easton Express p. 5 Committee for Northampton County, to open an office. Bicentennial Seal Nov. 9 1973 Seal design selected by Easton Area Bicentennial Express p.1, illus. committee. Winner is Keith Hahn, a junior at Nazareth Area High School. Blind June 2 1973 Earth science and gem show designed to interest Easton Express p. 5, illus. the blind. To be held at Moravian Bollege by Mineralogical Society of PA. Bloomsbury, NJ - Churches June 9 1973 A brief history of the Old Greenwich Presbyterian Express p. 8, illus. Church Bottle Caps June 27 1973 Moore Township Elementary School children Easton Express p. 6, illus. collect 1.4 million bottle caps and recycle them at Bethlehem Steel's local plant. Bowen, Catherine Drinker Nov. 2 1973 Obituary of former Express writer and daughter of Easton Express p. 1, illus. Dr. Henry Drinker, president of Lehigh University. She received honorary degrees from Lafayette in 1957 and Moravian College in 1967. Bowling Jan. 16 1973 Duane Jones of 1 Wilden Drive (Palmer fireman) Easton Express p. 5 accused of setting the fire at Bar-Don Bowling Lanes on Aug. 8. Brader Family Aug. 20 1973 An account of the musical activities of the musical Easton Express p. 5, illus. family of Easton. Bridges, Delaware Oct. 1 1973 Toll bridge won't be painted red, white, and blue Easton Express p. 13 in observance of the nation's Bicentennial, as requested by Phillipsburg Historical Society. Bridges, Lehigh June 23 1973 Two ends of Chain Dam on Lehigh River, near Easton Express p. 5, illus. Glendon, are inching together as work nears completion. Buddhists Feb. 24 1973 Account of the activities of Zen Buddhism temple Easton Express p. 11, illus. in Williams Township. Bugen, Morris "Mace" Feb. 28 1973 A dwarf who gate-crashes sports events and Easton Express p. 35, illus. meets celebrities lives in Phillipsburg. Bus Transportation Aug. 22 1973 DIG holds its regular monthly meeting on one of Easton Express p. 5, illus. the new LANTA's air conditioned buses Bus Transportation July 2 1973 Elderly may ride free on the buses of the Lehigh Easton Express p. 5 and Northampton Transportation Authority Bus Transportation March 21 1973 LANTA receives $250,000. from State to help Easton Express p. 1 meet its operating deficit Bus Transportation Nov. 14 1973 City council vetoes bid to keep LANTA Easton Express p. 5 Bus Transportation - Fares July 11 1973 Bus fares for pupils to go up a nickel from 20 cents Easton Express p. 5 to 25 cents Bus Transportationnn - Fares Jan. 17 1973 DIG issuing bus stamps Easton Express p. 5 Bushkill Creek March 7 1973 Spill of oil in creek from Hercules Cement Easton Express p. 7, illus. Company is probed. Bushkill Watershed Association Oct. 20 1973 Has annual meeting and presents awards Easton Express p. 5, illus. Business - Banks April 23 1973 Northampton National Bank to observe 75th Easton Express p. 25 illus. anniversary. Business - Banks Aug. 25 1973 Pa. State Banking Commission approves the Easton Express p. 1 opening of a branch of First Valley Bank on site of Valley Federal at North Third Street. Business - Banks Dec. 5 & 13 1973 First Valley opens a new branch at 61 N. 3rd St. Easton Express p. 5 illus. Business - Banks Feb. 22 1973 Easton National Bank & Trust Co. FBI "robs" Easton Express p. 5 illus. Palmer bank. Agents from Allentown demonstrated a bank robbery as a way of instructing bank tellers. Business - Banks March 28 1973 Lafayette Bank. Vice- President and founder of Easton Express p. 1 bank, Walter Kunkel. Obituary. Business - Banks May 21 1973 Lafayette Bank receives a letter of the Marquis Easton Express p. 26 illus. from anonymous donor. Business - Banks Nov. 23 1973 First Valley Bank expects to open a branch in Easton Express p. 1 Easton at the building where former Valley Federal Savings & Loan Association was located at 61 N. 3rd St. Business - Banks Oct. 10 1973 Northampton National Bank celebrates its 75th Easton Express p. 5 year. Business - Binney & Smith Sept. 29 1973 Binney & Smith buys former Berlou Fabrics Inc. Easton Express p. 5 plant building in Forks township for $671,196. Business - Blacksmiths July 28 1973 Glenn Nehoda, of Forks Township, a young Easton Express p. 5 illus. blacksmith. Business - bookstores Jan. 19 1973 Adult bookstore reopened in Phillipsburg. Was Easton Express p. 8 closed due to zoning violation. Business - Bookstores March 19 1973 Book Shanty, 418 Northampton Street. Easton Express p. 26 Business - Bookstores March 2 1973 Book Shanty, 418 Northampton Street. New Easton Express p. 76 illus. bookstore opens. Business - Carriage Industry April 13 1973 Mitman carriage business. Brief history of the Easton Express p. 3 illus. business and family. Business - Cement Industry July 14 1973 Alpha Portland Cement plant at Martin Creek Easton Express p.