Today’s Throwback Thursday brings us all the way back to the August 14th 1980 issue of the Northeast News.

The lead story that week was the Northeast Council deplores the uptick in violence, specifically the fatal shooting of Jack Stasi. The lead Story Goes On to state that the guilty party be brought to Justice.

Father Gerald Claudius sent a letter to the editor deploring the low voter turnout in the August 1980 primary election.

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Check those pork prices at Westfield Super Saver supermarket at 2301 Lexington Avenue, in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.

We also witness the birth of the neighborhood association movement in 1980 with the neighborhoods north of Independence Avenue calling a special public meeting to discuss vacant houses and crime in Concourse Park.

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Last but not least, Bob and Rhoda paint announce the wedding of their daughter Sandra to Tim Bartolotta of Blue Springs Missouri.