Sandra Grace Smith, Sharon Martha Smith and Susan Ann Smith entered the world in that order and just several minutes from one another, and each would go home in that orde...
The Butler Area League of Women Voters commemorated the 50th anniversary of women’s suffrage on Aug. 25, 1970.
Mrs. Robert L. Eisler, president of the league, wore 1920s ...
Three Janes and a Tom came from Biggleswade, England, to Butler County in August, 1970, on a sightseeing trip sponsored by the Pittsburgh Rotary District 730 and three Sl...
Tony Fratto set a weightlifting record in 1970 when he hoisted 560 pounds in the squat position and 1,560 pounds in total weight at a national competition in Denver.
The ...
A Union High School student narrowly won a state golf championship at Krendale Golf Course by shooting two eagles — one on the 18th hole — earning the Butler Elks its fir...
The U.S. Navy Band drew the largest crowd at the seventh annual Butler County Music and Arts Festival on July 19, 1970, when more than 15,000 people traveled to Armco Par...
Officials broke ground July 14, 1970, for what would become Butler’s first luxury high-rise apartments, which still stand at 530 N. Main St. as one of the few high-rise a...
Throughout Independence Day in 1970, a steady stream of visitors took advantage of activities and games at the 10th annual Zelienople-Harmony Community Day.
The July Four...
A fire destroyed at least $500,000 in property on Monroe Street in Butler in June 1970, and the state fire marshal was investigating the possibility that the blaze was th...
More than 20 mothers were prepared to compete in an annual baseball game approaching on June 28, 1970.
The Butler Baseball Mothers Auxiliary would play a game at 2 p.m. t...
