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Make no bones about it: The businesses of Jim Thorpe will survive if the revered Olympian's remains are shipped to Oklahoma, his birthplace.

The battle over Thorpe's remains, which has moved to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, will determine whether his body will be shipped back to a reservation in Oklahoma to be buried or stay at a memorial site in the town named for him.

State Sen. David Argall (R-29), chairman of the Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee chaired a public hearing on the future of Pennsylvania's Main Street and Elm Street programs on Thursday in Jim Thorpe.

"I'm the new chairman of the Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee," Argall said as he toured the Historic District of Jim Thorpe. "In the last 30 years we've seen a lot of progress here in Jim Thorpe. We are here to learn from those involved what's worked, and what hasn't worked, so that other communities can gain from their experience."

A Monroe County woman was killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Schuylkill County.

State police at Schuylkill Haven identified the victim as Diane S. Connors, 59, of East Stroudsburg. The crash occurred about 8:36 a.m. Thursday along SR61 at the intersection with Manheim Road, in North Manheim Township.

Primary Election voters in the Panther Valley region on Tuesday, May 21, will have only a limited amount of choices to make since there are few contested races at the municipal and school district levels.

Republican voters in Lansford will have to decide the nomination for the race for the mayor's office, where two persons are running against each other. Meanwhile, there are five Democratic candidates seeking four nominations for seats on the Panther Valley School District Board of Education.

Otherwise, there are no contested races in either Nesquehoning or Summit Hill.