On this date in NEPA
75 years ago, IRS agents raided Peter Rebuck's farm in Newton Twp. The agents arrested four men and seized a 450-gallon still, a car, 4,000 gallons of mash, 100 pounds of yeast and 2,200 pounds of sugar.
50 years ago, authorities investigated two small gas explosions in the basement of the home of Fred Steindel, 2400 Birney Ave. The family was evacuated.
25 years ago, Jim Connors, Scranton's director of community development, condemned 919-921 Quincy Ave. as unfit for human habitation. The 13 residents had to find a new place to live.
10 years ago, residents and staff of Holiday Manor, a Scranton nursing home, met to discuss its shutdown. Federal bankruptcy court ordered the facility closed because it couldn't pay its debts.