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Retrospective

Twenty years ago — 1996

During a Holiday Benefit Concert held today at the Reg Lenna Civic Center in Jamestown, the 10,000 Maniacs debuted their new album, Love Among the Ruins. Due to be released in the spring of 1997, the album is an extension of the pop music that people have come to expect. The album debuts Mary Ramsey as the lead singer, featuring her viola and violin playing. The title song of the album, “Love Among the Ruins,” is a collaboration with noted songwriter Jules Shear. Debuting the album and lead singer at the civic center was natural for the Maniacs, who said they have written a lot of songs on the stage of their hometown when they had nowhere else to go.

Thirty years ago — 1986

Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties led the state in oil production and also produced the bulk of the natural gas in 1985, the state Department of Environmental Conservation disclosed today. Of the 995,000 barrels of oil produced in New York in 1985, all but 9,165 came from the three counties. Cattaraugus was the biggest producer with 473, 127 barrels followed by Chautauqua with 371,715 and Allegany with 141,515. Chautauqua was the leader in gas production, producing 24,496,118,000 cubic feet compared with 3,007,521,000 in Cattaraugus. Allegany had 284,000 cubic feet. The three Southern Tier counties accounted for roughly 77 percent of all gas production in New York.

Forty years ago — 1976

The Dunkirk Citizens Advisory Committee has rated the correction of deficiencies in water service, sewer lines and storm drains as the top priority for spending the city’s next grant of $1,059,000 under the federal community development program.

Fifty years ago — 1966

According to three area fish suppliers, fish sales have not declined since Catholic Church officials lifted the ban one eating meat on Fridays. The general feeling is that Catholics who had eaten fish on Friday will continue to do so even though they now have a choice between fish and meat.

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