Article from the old Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Politicians doing what they do best - pointing the finger and passing
the buck!  Progress always means that some old things are going to
*pass--away* and while it may not be palatable to some, at least tell
the truth - it is glaringly obvious when coverups and lies are told,
especially in retrospect like this.

	And the reason for the barricades - utter lies!  I would absolutely
never trust and individual such as this!

	Thanks, Matt, for sharing this - helps to understand the times a little
better!

mrb190 wrote:

> I especially find the last seven paragraphs interesting...

> From Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph, June 28, 1959:

> Gittens would not admit that the bridge was closed.  He claimed all the city
> had done was ban turning movements onto the bridge.

> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to get on the Point Bridge without turning.  Gittens
> explained away the steel barricades on the bridge this way:

> "It is only a more positive indication to the public that turning movements
> are prohibited."

> He said that before Army Engineers would consent to erection of the Fort Pitt
> Bridge, they required a commitment that the Point Bridge would be torn down.

James B. Holland

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