STATE REP. WOJNAROSKI REINTRODUCES TOMINAC BRIDGE-NAMING PROPOSAL

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | March 13, 2007 | Copyright

Pennsylvania State Rep. Edward P. Wojnaroski Sr., D-Cambria (71st District), issued the following news release:

State Rep. Edward Wojnaroski Sr., D-Cambria, has introduced legislation to honor a Johnstown Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.

His bill (H.B. 781) would redesignate the Maple Avenue bridge on state Route 271 over the Little Conemaugh River and the Norfolk Southern mainline as the Col. John J. Tominac Memorial Bridge.

"Colonel Tominac was a Conemaugh native who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II," Wojnaroski said. "He served this country ...

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