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'Slap Shot' town still struggling

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- The streets of this small town are littered with relics from the iconic movie "Slap Shot" filmed here 40 years ago.

There's the statue of the dog that, in the movie, saved the people of fictitious Charlestown from the 1938 flood. There's the park in the center of town with the fountain where Paul Newman and Lindsay Crouse shared a memorable scene. There are familiar storefronts. The Aces restaurant is still in operation. The steel mills are still standing. Then there's the Cambria County War Memorial ice rink.

People in this town take pride in the movie, but Johnstown is somehow different than it was 40 years ago.