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Alexander Rae, the town's founder, was murdered in his buggy by members of the Molly Maguires on October 17, 1868, during a trip between Centralia and Mount Carmel.[13] Three men were eventually convicted of his death and were hung in the county seat of Bloomsburg, on March 25, 1878.
Several other murders and incidents of arson also took place duri... See more
Several other murders and incidents of arson also took place duri... See more
David DeKok • Centralia, Pennsylvania
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Residents John Comarnisky and John Lokitis, Jr., were evicted in May and July 2009, respectively.
David DeKok • Centralia, Pennsylvania
Analysts disagree about the specific cause of the Centralia fire. David Dekok, author of Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy of the Centralia Mine Fire , concluded that it started with an attempt to clean up the town landfill. In May 1962, the Centralia Borough Council hired five members of the volunteer fire company to clean up the town landfill... See more
David DeKok • Centralia, Pennsylvania
She had left her home country of Italy after speaking out against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Her agent there had sent her to one of his “Bunga Bunga” parties in 2010, and she became a witness against him when he was tried for abuse of power and having sex with a minor.
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In a 1965 interview with Freedomways, Hamer recounted the moment Brandon prematurely lured her into a life of sharecropping: I would like to talk about some of the things that happened that made me know that there was something wrong in the South from a child. My parents moved to Sunflower County when I was two years old. I remember, and I will nev
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The truth is that Helen Keller was a radical socialist.
