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October 12, 2012 / Events

LBJ in PGH: “I am here to declare war on poverty”

“Pittsburgh welcomed the President and Mrs. Johnson, but the South Side loved him.”

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October 11, 2012 / People

LBJ’s War on Poverty

In the years after Johnson declared War on Poverty, poverty rates fell, and America’s poor experienced an increased standard of living.

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October 9, 2012 / Pittsburgh n'at

From the Mon Wharf into the river

This unoccupied luxury car had been parked on a section of the wharf that had no barrier to keep vehicles from rolling into the Monongahela River.

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October 9, 2012 / Pittsburgh n'at

Fishing a car from the Mon

It was a bad day for McDonough.

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October 8, 2012 / Sports

Willie Stargell Day

We called him “Pops.” He spent his entire 21-year playing career with the Pirates, hit 475 homers and helped the Bucs win World Series titles in 1971 and ‘79.

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