[PRCo] Re: Great shot of Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh 1960s

[Bob Rathke]

A couple of recollections about Milton Shapp: 



- Before politics, he made his fortune by founding Jerrold Electronics, an early player in the cable TV industry (Jerrold was Shapp's middle name). 



- In 1976 he ran for the Democratic nomination for P resident, but he dropped out of the race  after polls continued to show him ranked below "no preference". 



Bob 







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From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:54:18 PM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Great shot of Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh 1960s 

Back in the 1970s PATransit participated in a Pennsylvania-wide program 
titled, "Poetry In Transit". It was open to residents of PA to submit their 
poetry for inclusion on the car-cards placed in the vehicles, statewide. I 
remember many of the car-cards, in the PCCs, and one in particular stands 
out. The poet was one, Milton J. Shapp, Governor of PA. His contribution 
was, "....I never met a phor I didn't like". 
Just a little transit trivia from PATransit in the PCC era. 

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote: 

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> I see a Milton Shapp billboard in the photo. Â He ran for Governaor of 
> Pennsylvania in the fall of 19 66, and East End trolleys ended in January, 
> 1967. Â The primary election was in the spring of 1966, so that would place 
> this photo that year. 
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> Bob 
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> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:34:37 PM 
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Great shot of Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh 1960s 
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> Two of my favorite Pittsburgh items are in the photo.............the small 
> street lamp at the end of the safety island and the traffic signal showing 
> yellow over green. I did put the photo on my "watch list" on eBay. 
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Barry, Matthew R <mrb190 at pitt.edu> 
> wrote: 
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> > Really like this view of Liberty at Sixth, Downtown Pittsburgh - probably 
> > taken between 1963 and 1966... 
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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pittsburgh-Trolley-Slide-75-Wilkinsburg-Car-1465-/150814841314?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231d43d9e2 
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> > Matt 
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> Herb Brannon 
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park 
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Herb Brannon 
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park