Oil City Man Jailed After Death Threat
Oil City police arrested Joseph L. Goodman at 2:37 a.m. Saturday on charges of recklessly endangering the life of another and one count of disorderly conduct after his wife Phyllis and her father Ralph Myers reported he pointed a rifle at them and threatened them. Authorities seized a .22 caliber and a .04 caliber rifle. Goodman was arraigned before District Justice Charles Thurau and jailed in Venango County.
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Joseph L. Goodman
Goodman
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Ralph Myers
Charles Thurau
Ask VW Boycott Nears National NAACP Action
Pittsburgh NAACP urges national NAACP to sponsor a nationwide boycott of Volkswagen of America products over minority hiring at the Westmoreland County plant. VW says talks with Pittsburgh Coalition remain open and will meet PHRC about New Stanton hiring plans. Pitts cites 5 black hires out of 104 and seeks over 150 black hires from 5,000 jobs.
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New Stanton
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Capitol Capers: Leahy Plans Vermont Office Shift
Washington AP reports Senator Patrick J. Leahy will close his Washington office during August recess and relocate staff to Vermont to maintain direct Vermonter contact. Most of his 18 staffers are Vermonters and volunteering for the move, despite paying own travel and living costs.
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Congress
Patrick J. Leahy
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Seismic Vessel Maps Lake Erie For Possible Drilling
The RobRay I, a seismic survey ship owned by Petty Ray Geophysical Division of Geosource Inc. of Houston, maps Lake Erie's bottom on both sides of the border. The effort aims to gather data that could persuade drillers to pursue natural gas or oil, though drilling is currently banned by Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Canada allows drilling on its side. The firm has previously searched offshore Alaska and Southeast Asia.
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RobRay I
Petty- Ray Geophysical Division
Geosource Inc
Houston
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Alaska
Southeast Asia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Canada
Plain Dealers
Bracelet Found In Murder Probe
State police said a gold bracelet inscribed with the name Jack was found May 21 along Interstate 70 in South Strabane Township near the Washington County crime scene. The four young women murdered since Thanksgiving are listed as Debbie Capiola, Mary Irene Geney, Susan Rush, and Brenda Lee Ritter. All were sexually assaulted. Ritter was raped with her own clothing and strangled. Police noted no confirmed link but said all victims were young and found nude or partially clad.
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Washington
James Rendar
Jack
South Strabane Township
Brenda Lee Ritter
Miss Ritter
Washington County
State Police
Greensburg
Rendar
Debbie Capiola
Mary Irene Geney
Susan Rush
Cape May tourist cheers as man completes nature ride
Bill Marks arrives in Cape May on a transcontinental ride for nature after seventeen months from San Diego. He rode two chestnut horses, narrowly avoiding a fall on a steel dock ramp. He plans to return home before continuing toward Maine on the final leg of his journey.
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Saudi crown prince to warn Carter on Israel talks
Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia will meet President Carter this week and deliver a simple message that Israel must return occupied territories and allow the Palestinians a homeland. He would be the first high ranking Arab visitor to Washington since Likud's victory in Israel’s elections.
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