The LuLac Edition #4,132, September 5th, 2019

MEL WYNN DIES

This week brought sad news to Lulac land when we heard that Mel Wynn had died. Wynn was the leader of one of the most popular bands in Northeastern Pennsylvania. There was Mel Wynn and the Rhythm Aces and them the Mel Wynn Trend.



If you were a teenager growing up here, chances are Mel played at your high school dance or prom. His songs were popular, charted modestly but had staying power as songs you danced to and enjoyed as we made our way through the teen years.
Today many look fondly on Mel and his music. We offer our sympathy and prayers to his family. 

GOV. WOLF TO VISIT PA NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS, MEMORIALIZE TREE OF LIFE VICTIMS IN LITHUANIA, POLAND TRIP

Governor Tom Wolf with the troops. (Photo: Governor's office)

Governor Tom Wolf announced today that next week he will travel to Lithuania and Poland to visit with Pennsylvania National Guard (PNG) members deployed to both countries, meet with Lithuanian government and business leaders, and visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial to memorialize the victims of the October 2018 antisemitic attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Governor Wolf was invited to join PNG leaders on a scheduled trip as part of Pennsylvania’s 26-year military partnership with Lithuania. Since the partnership began, thousands of Pennsylvania National Guard troops have trained with Lithuanian armed forces and many Lithuanian troops have trained at Pennsylvania’s Ft. Indiantown Gap. Currently there are nearly 600 PNG troops stationed in Lithuania and Poland.
“Our Pennsylvania National Guard troops make tremendous sacrifice in service of their commonwealth, our country and the broader mission of peace and stability across the world,” Gov. Wolf said. “I look forward to learning more about their work and strengthening relationships with our NATO partners. I’m also honored to join National Guard leadership on this trip and to personally thank these soldiers for their service, their time away from family and home, and their dedication to state and country. I wish them all a successful tour and safe return home in 2020.”
Later in the week, Gov. Wolf will visit with Pennsylvania National Guard troops deployed to Orzysz, Poland, as part of Enhanced Forward Presence, in support of the NATO Battle Group-Poland, learning more about the capabilities of the unit and its missions. He will have lunch with the troops and a meet-and-greet with the soldiers of the 3/278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ARC).
While in Poland, Gov. Wolf will visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and use the visit to honor the memory of the 11 victims of the October 2018 antisemitic attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Keeping his commitment to cover his own travel costs, Governor Wolf will personally pay for his air travel and lodging for this trip.

NO CONGRESSIONAL RUN FOR FORMER TRUMP SURROGATE; LOU BARLETTA WILL FOCUS ON CONSULTING FIRM

Former Congressman Lou Barletta. (Photo: LuLac archives)

Penn Live reports that Former Republican Congressman Lou Barletta on Tuesday put to rest speculation that he would mount a bid for the 8th Congressional District in 2020.
The former four-term congressman said that after much thought and conversation with family, he has decided not to run for Congress.
“My eight years in Congress are an experience I will always be grateful for, there was no greater honor than serving the residents of Pennsylvania in Congress and the residents of Hazleton as their mayor but I have made the decision to not seek an elected office next year,” Barletta said. "I will never close the door on any future opportunity but for right now my focus is on starting my new chapter.”
Barletta said he plans to focus his attention on the political consulting firm - Pioneer Strategies - that he launched a few months ago. The firm will focus on political campaigns and government affairs.
An ardent supporter of President Trump, Barletta in 2018 mounted a failed bid for a U.S. Senate, taking on Pennsylvania’s senior senator Bob Casey, a Democrat. Barletta gave up his 11th Congressional District seat to take on Casey.

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

This week's show features excerpts from a recent round table discussion on veteran suicide, hosted by the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Tune in Sunday morning at 6 on 94.3 The Talker; 6:30 on 1400-The Game, NEPA's Fox .Sports Radio and 106.7 fm; and at 7:30 on 105 The River.

ECTV LIVE

It's a tough subject but one that deserves to be talked about openly. ECTV welcomes Kathy Wallace to the program during the week of September 9th to discuss the tragedy of suicide and ways it might be prevented. The program is produced and hosted by David DeCosmo and Directed by Mark Migilore. It is seen daily on Comcast channel 19 and on the electric city television YouTube page.

\BUDDY RUMCHEK

Want to hear some great parodies on the news? Tune in to WILK Radio at 6:20 and 8:20 AM on Mondays. As Ralph Cramden used to say, “It’s a laugh riot!”

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1969

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A 1969 Libyan coup d'état: A bloodless coup in Libya ousts King Idris and brings Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to power……The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York.

Ho Chi Minh, the president of North Vietnam, dies at the age of 79……Lieutenant William Calley is charged with s counts of premeditated murder for the 1968 My Lai Massacre deaths of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai, Vietnam……There was actually a song in support of Calley.....

Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a DC-9 airliner, collides in flight with a small Piper PA-28 airplane, and crashes near Fairland, Indiana, killing all 83 persons in both aircraft and fifty years ago this week the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Jean” by Oliver.