50 Years Ago

Herald of Oct. 18, 1973

The Morrisons Cove Memorial Park Association elected LeVernne G. Hoover as the new president of the board. The board was moving forward with plans to upgrade the park by allowing fifth-year architectural students from the Pennsylvania State University to conduct a survey and holding a town meeting in November.

A sonic boom was heard in the Cove shortly before 9 p.m. on October 11. Scientists at Penn State said the ‘burst” was recorded on a seismograph, but said it definitely was not an earth tremor. The boom was heard over ten states, so it was likely not a plane breaki...