Weisman's WWII survival shapes county mental health leader
Murray Weis man, newly named county mental health director, survived Nazi concentration camps after a 1939 arrest in Lodz. He credits the ordeal with fostering deep compassion and a vow to help others, detailing liberation from Buchenwald on April 11, 1945 and his later education and career path in the United States.
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George Mihalcik
Murray Weisman
Adolph Hitler
Weisman
Germany
Johnson Building
E. Washington St
Auschwitz and
Buchenwald
Lodz
Poland
Ohio State University
Minnesota
Welfare Department
Cincinnati
Ohio
Diocese of
Pittsburgh
Senate approves 160 million added for teachers pay
The Pennsylvania Senate voted 41 to 2 to approve about 160 million dollars in extra state aid for local school districts aimed at higher teacher salaries. The bill advances to Gov. Shafer as budget worries linger and questions remain on funding sources.
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William Edenburger
Harrisburg
UPI
Senate
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
GOP
Hawbaker
Shafer
CEO aid approval expected for CHARGE Inc. budget
D John Razzano of CHARGE Inc says no final word yet on a budget sent to the Office of Economic Opportunity but expects quick approval. Marvin Eash reports the review is ongoing at the ninth of twelve steps with $43 000 likely, county denial not affecting outcome.
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D. John Razzano
Charge Inc
Office of Economic Opportunity
Marvin Eash
Field Representative
Eash
Bush
Razzano
Religion course eyed by local laymen clergy
Local clergy and laymen study a high school religion course. Rev. Jackson Parsons announced possible elective studies using Religious Literature of the West. New Castle High School principal Fred Y McLure noted the material. Penn State pilot courses exist.
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Jackson Parsons
Epworth United
Parsons
West
Pennsylvania State University
Ellwood City
Rochester
Fred Y. McLure
New Castle High School
McLure
Department of Public Instruction
Delbert E. Jolley
First United Methodist Church
Billy Graham
Leighton Ford
New Castle Ministerial Association
David McCreary
James Snow
Fred Allen
Burglary Reports From Several Local Sites
Daring burglars broke into a mobile home at 1801 New Butler Rd during the night, stealing 220 dollars in cash and a 230 dollar color TV while occupants slept. A separate theft at Hi-Lander service station on Mercer Rd saw 50 dollars and three trading stamp books taken after a window break. A Taylor Township tool shed at Pa 168 was looted of tools worth 200 dollars. Brakes and drums valued at 40 dollars were removed from a car on Neshannock Falls Rd. A barn at Portersville Rd was reported broken into by Mrs. George Huff.
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George J. Smith
Willowlake
New Butler Rd
Smith
Hi-Lander
Mercer Rd
Neshannock Township
Fred T. Rowan
E. Leasure Ave
Bracken Construction Co
Taylor Township
Robert J. McCarty
Ellwood City RD
David Lee Loughrey
Kittanning
Neshannock Falls
David F. Quinn
Boston Ave
George Huff
Portersville RD
Frew Mill Rd
Slippery Rock Township
CHARGE Inc. Controversy prompts editor and board tensions
Razzano met with J. Fred Rentz and Len Kolasinski to discuss CHARGE Inc. and the county antipoverty agency’s administration. He criticized The News and its editor, citing NAACP executive committee calls for his resignation and urging unbiased coverage amid a January Washington meeting report. The letter reveals disputes over information access and board decisions.
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Razzano
J. Fred Rentz
Len Kolasinski
Charge Inc
Washington, D.C
Charge
NAACP
The
Naacp Committee
Weather snapshot for Western Pennsylvania and Lake Erie
Mostly cloudy and windy with scattered showers today. Temperatures reach mid 40s to mid 50s, tonight 30s to low 40s with a mix of snow flurries in the north. Wednesday remains cool with more showers in the north. Lake Erie small craft warnings active.
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Whale carcass posed as near-miss bomb scare
A 33-foot whale washed ashore near Virginia Beach was later towed out to sea for blasting with 120 pounds of dynamite. The plan failed to detonate, leaving the carcass adrift until a Navy demolition team removed the charges and left the whale on the beach.
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Virginia Beach
UPI
Navy
Blue
Moby Dick
North Carolina Line
New Castle Officials Report Low Unrest Tied to Poverty
City school administrator Calvin DiCarlo says New Castle has fewer poverty cases than large urban areas, contributing to calmer schools. He and colleagues attended an Atlanta conference on student unrest, noting emphasis on curriculum fitting the child and student input, while administrators retain final authority. A human relations workshop for high school students is planned Saturday to address potential racial discrimination.
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New Castle
Calvin DiCarlo
Atlanta
Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development
National Education Association
Need
DiCarlo
Oregon
Dorothy Young
Welfare stampede unlikely in state
Harrisburg officials discount any rush of welfare recipients into Pennsylvania after the U S Supreme Court ruled the one year residency requirement for relief payments unconstitutional. Elias Cohen said the state has been living with the restriction for 18 months and expects no surge now that the rule is permanent.
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Harrisburg
UPI
State Welfare Department
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
Elias Cohen
Department
Cohen
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
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Martha McCreary
Council
New Castle News
News Index
Business World
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Slippery Rock
William A. Koonce
Pine St
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New Wilmington
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