Jan. 13, 1968
Weather hampers garbage collection
Aloysius Gleason, Scranton DPW director, said the recent extreme cold weather had caused a delay in the pickup of trash and ashes in the city. He said the road conditions caused by the weather and absenteeism at work contributed to the delays.
Sun blinds six
Six students from an unnamed Western Pennsylvania college went blind after staring at the sun while on an LSD trip. A spokesman from the Pennsylvania Office of the Blind said the students went into the woods near the college’s campus in the spring, took the substances, and lay on the ground to gaze at the sky. They were later found by friends helpless in the woods.
The spokesman said the six were receiving rehabilitation services from the state Department of Welfare.
(This story was part of a federal survey on the hallucinogen’s effects on eyesight.)
Saturday night fun
At the clubs: Joe Lewis and his Hammond organ performed at the Lantern Inn in Dickson City; Eddie & the Nite Timers performed at the What’s Happening A Go-Go in South Scranton; Johnny Joy Combo entertained at Skarkey’s Tangerine Lounge in Dunmore; modern and square dancing with music by the Golden Tones and calling by Red Jones at the Zoo-Zoo Club in Archbald.
At the movies: “Valley of the Dolls” at the West Side; “Taming of the Shrew” at Cinema North; “Cool Hand Luke” at the Roosevelt; “Counterpoint” at the Comerford; and a wildlife documentary, “Challenging the Northwest Territory,” at the Masonic Temple.
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