25 YEARS AGO -- 1983

The State Office of General Services places cost estimates for the new 300-bed medium-security correctional facility at Altona at more than $12 million. The facility will be at the site of the former elementary school.

The United States Olympic Committee endorses the Town of North Elba's proposal for establishment of an additional training facility at the town's airport-horse show grounds.

Lake Placid Airport and Adirondack Airport at Lake Clear both receive Federal Aviation Administration airport improvement grants totaling nearly $3 million.

It could be Christmas in July for winter sports enthusiasts if the Clinton County Legislature decides to purchase 13 miles of abandoned railroad bed for use as a snowmobile trail. It runs between Dannemora and Plattsburgh.

50 YEARS AGO -- 1958

An explosion both destructive and creative unleashes the mighty St. Lawrence River for eventual duty as a super source for electric power and a lane for ocean ships to America's Midwest.

Mayor John J. Tyrell says St. Lawrence Seaway power may shave a third off the city's electricity bills beginning Dec. 31.

Planning funds for 50 new low-rent homes have been authorized by the Public Housing Administration (PHA) for the Plattsburgh Housing Authority public housing. The PHA will make a planning loan of $8,000.

Unexpected rock formations on the Vermont shore are cited as the delay in the laying of an oil-filled power cable for St. Lawrence power across Lake Champlain. The unexpected layers of limestone have to be blasted out.

75 YEARS AGO -- 1933

Plattsburgh was treated to anything but a safe and sane Fourth of July with the annual bombardment of the city opening early in the morning and continuing without interruption until the 12 o'clock "armistice" was declared at midnight. The known casualty list included four adults, while minor injuries -- if they can be called that -- were effective among women many of whom had torn and powder-burned dresses and stockings.

William J. O'Neill, Broadway director/producer, organizes a summer theater known as the Lake Playhouse which will be playing at the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid for an eight-week season of revival of Broadway successes. O'Neill is the executive director of the Players Theatre in New York City.

C.C. Conway of New York City, who has spent many summers at his camp on the shores of Lake Placid, will contribute $1,600 towards the expense of improving the runways at the Lake Placid Airport.

The 42nd-annual session of the Catholic Summer School opens at Cliff Haven. It opened with a musical program and the general lecture programs starts.