DEMOCRATS UNITED
In a LuLac photo exclusive, here's a picture of the Democratic ticket taken in Avoca the other night. From left, Eileen Sorokas, Richard "Kick" Heffron, candidates for Council, Michelle Bednar, candidate for Luzerne County Controller, Linda McClosky Hauck, Mike Giamber and Renee Ciaruffoli Taffera Council candidates.
Democratic party slate card all set for upcoming election.
After a shaky start out of the gate, it appears the Democrats in Luzerne County are united and loaded for bear in the upcoming election. The Democratic candidates have been running individual and collective campaigns. The Accountability team of Giamber, Heffron, Ciaruffoli Taffera were joined by Eileen Sorokas. Sorokas who nearly made the cut on Council the last time has been busy running from community to community in her efforts. While Democrat incumbent Linda Houck has been running on her own and might have opposition just by being an incumbent, a Democrat is a Democrat in some minds here in LuLac land.
At the start of the campaign, the Council candidates seemed to have been ignored by the party. As a matter fact, the party made no formal endorsement but the group soldiered on and there are those who say they are in striking distance of a victory. Make no mistake, any election is not a sure thing but it is comforting to have a cohesive group going into an election. It’s not make or break but it’s like chicken soup when you are battling a cold, it sure can’t hurt!
1963
Our 1963 logo.The tenth month of 1963 saw the 1000th day of John F. Kennedy’s Presidency. It was also the one year anniversary of the Cuban Missle Crisis that nearly saw world wide destruction. Here are other events that happened 50 years ago this month:
The President's Commission on the Status of Women issues its final reports to President Kennedy...... Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed pitcher Sandy Koufax sets a World Series record by striking out 15 New York Yankees in a 5-2 victory in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium. The Dodgers sweep the series in four straight, with Koufax defeating the Yankees 2-1 in Game 4 at Dodger Stadium.
1963 Honduran coup d'état: A violent coup in Honduras pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform under President Ramón Villeda Morales and begins two decades of military rule under General Oswaldo López Arellano.
Hurricane Flora, one of the worst Atlantic storms in history, hits Hispaniola and Cuba killing nearly 7,000 people.....Sam Cooke and his band are arrested after trying to register at a "whites only" motel in Louisiana. In the months following, he records the song "A Change Is Gonna Come".
In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it......The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed on August 5, takes effect.....The second James Bond film, From Russia with Love, opens in the UK.......A revolution starts in Radfan, South Yemen, against British colonial rule.
Alec Douglas-Home succeeds Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Demolition of the 1910 Pennsylvania Station begins in New York City, continuing until 1966...and the number one song in America and LuLac land 50 years ago this week was"I Can't Stay Mad At You" by Skeeter Davis.
1963 source: LuLac archives and Wikipedia.