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Altoona

Altoona (ălto͞oˈnə), industrial city (2020 pop. 43,963), Blair co., central Pa., on the eastern slopes of the Allegheny Mts., near the source of the Juniata River; settled c.1769, laid out (1849) by the Pennsylvania RR as a switching point for locomotives preparing to mount the Allegheny Plateau; inc. as a city 1868. It is a railroad center with construction and repair shops. Manufactures include fabricated metal products, food, machinery, electrical equipment, and chemicals. Nearby tourist attractions are the Horseshoe Curve constructed by the Pennsylvania RR, a world-famous engineering feat; and Wopsononock Mt. (2,580 ft/786 m high). A branch of Pennsylvania State Univ. is in Altoona.
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Leonard Inman, accused of raping a 16-year-old boy and of paying young men for sex from 1971 to 1986 while a priest at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona. According to the grand jury, documents "indicate that then Bishop Hogan was very much aware that Inman was raping children."
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We started this business in Altoona and have always been proud of that fact.
Refiner of Altoona, Pa., delighted to be visited by the top leaders of the DAV, told Commander Barton and Adjutant Wilson that he was determined to fully recover from his leg wounds and to live life to the fullest.