First Night planners pitch downtown New Castle event
Rob Silverman and Steve Vitale of Vitale Fireworks proposed a First Night New Castle Inc event a non alcohol family arts and music festival on New Year’s Eve. The plan envisions downtown venues as stages with local artists, paid by button purchases to fund the acts, and aims to attract thousands to town while keeping families safe and indoors. Local contacts and the event’s nonprofit status were noted, with First Night origins in Boston and 78 cities currently participating.
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Rob Silverman
Steve Vitale
Lawrence County
Vitale Fireworks Manufacturing Co
Downtown Business Association
International Alliance of
United States
Silverman
New Castle Inc
Banks
Pennsylvania
Vitale
New Castle
Libyan protesters attack embassies in Tripoli
Libyan protesters attacked the Venezuelan and Russian embassies in Tripoli and demonstrated outside missions of other UN Security Council members over sanctions tied to the Pan Am 103 and French jetliner bombings. Dozens were reported injured, with 300 students breaching the Venezuelan compound and throwing gasoline explosives.
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Tripoli
Libya
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
JANA
Miguel Raidi
Raidi
U.N
Security Council
United States
Britain
Thaddeus Stevens 200th Birthday Remembered in New Castle
The community marks the 200th birthday of Thaddeus Stevens in New Castle where an elementary school bears his name. The article notes Stevens is dead, but his memory endures in the town and raises curiosity about why he is famous.
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Thaddeus Stevens
New Castle
Stevens
France names Beregovoy as new prime minister after Cresson resignation
Edith Cresson quits after 323 days as France's first female premier as Socialist defeat heightens pressure on President Mitterrand. Finance minister Pierre Beregovoy chosen to lead a younger, more unified cabinet focusing on unemployment and Europe integration.
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Paris
Edith Cresson
France
Pierre Beregovoy
Cresson
Francois Mitterrand
Beregovoy
Europe
Mitterrand
Weather report forecast cold with chilly temperatures
Forecast calls for highs around 35 to 40 degrees with lows in the 20s as a cold air mass moves through the area. Skies likely partly cloudy with light winds and no precipitation expected. Authorities urge readers to bundle up during outdoor activities.
Weekend Weather Outlook Shows Cold, Cloudy Skies Ahead
The forecast anticipates a mostly cloudy and cold week with flurries Sunday. Highs from 35 to 40 degrees and lows in the 20s, followed by partly sunny skies Monday with highs of 45 to 55 and lows 25 to 35.
Newsmakers Idol Fined for Assault in Beverly Hills
Billy Idol pleaded no contest to punching a woman in the face and was fined 2000 dollars. He must seek counseling and participate in campaigns against drug and alcohol abuse, with public service announcements required. Amber Nevel and Laurie Bailey testified about a ride when the incident occurred.
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Idol
Beverly Hills
Calif
Billy Idol
Amber Nevel
Laurie Bailey
Nevel
Charles Rubin
Hillsville quarry dumping case remains open and unresolved
An almost two year old case involving 120 barrels of hazardous chemicals dumped near a Hillsville quarry stays open. State officials plan charges but have not proceeded. DER spent 350000 dollars in Superfund funds to clean the site and transport drums to licensed disposal areas.
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Hillsville
Jack Lewis
Attorney General’s Office
Mahoning Township
Donald M. Holliday
10Th St
Mahoning
Beaver Township
DER
Elcc
River City Products
Steven Curcio
Meadville
Memories magazine previews century's sensational New Castle story
Memories highlights the 1929 Brady Paul murder case with a month long pursuit and the electrocution of a Pennsylvania woman. It also surveys the Roosevelt era from 1932 to 1945 with locals affected by obsolescence, a 1935 chat with Eleanor Roosevelt, Alf Landon’s 1945 remarks, and local events through 1965.
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New Castle
Brady Paul
Irene Schroeder
Glenn Dague
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hillsville
Eleanor Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Bessemer
Mohawk
New Castle News
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Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts
Grover A. Pitman
New Wilmington
Westminster College
Elco Manufacturing Co
Grandview Avenue
Margaret Wilson Baka
New Butler Road
Frank E. Duncan
Ellwood Road
Paul H. Fombelle
Circle Drive
Mary Jedziniak
Indian Creek Center
Frank D. Witte Sr
Ellport
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