Union to fight deficit by laying off teachers
The Union Area School Board laid off five teachers and cut two more to half days for next year to trim a growing deficit amid declining enrollment. Superintendent Rowland estimates a 64 student drop and a $400,000 shortfall. the board aims to save $80,000. Union leadership, and education union rep Gabriel Pascarella, vow hearings and argue the cuts will harm students, with two more nonrenewals anticipated.
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Union Area School Board
Ralph Piscinieri
Robert McHattie
John Pacella
Martha Willis
Claire Barber
Karen Cifra
Ruth Keith
Harvey Lucidore
Paul Rowland
Rowland
Piscinieri
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Gabriel Pascarella
Home Sweet Home tab boosts living space ideas and ads
The New Castle News presents a Home Sweet Home tab in today's issue. It offers ideas for organizing rooms and outdoor spaces and features merchant ads offering home improvement services.
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New Castle
Steelhauler union forms group to press unity in strike
A new Steel Haulers Organizing Committee formed as part of the Ohio Conference of Teamsters urges unity among strikers. The group demands a separate vote on a supplement to the master freight contract and vows to continue the walkout that has furloughed over 5,000 steel workers.
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United Press International
Ohio Conference of Teamsters
Steel Haulers Organizing Committee
Teamsters
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Teamsters Union
Jim Reese
Teamsters Local 377
Youngstown
New Steel Haulers Organizing Committee
National Steel Carriers
PSEA and PFT Boost Final Campaigns in New Castle
As New Castle teachers union election nears on May 3 at New Castle High School and Ben Franklin Junior High, PSEA and PFT intensify outreach. PSEA mails literature. PFT opens an office, canvassing begins next week, and state president Sunny Richman will address teachers at the YM YWCA. A survey on contract priorities and fringe benefits is to be presented, with PFT planning political stands PSEA not.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers
New Castle High School
Ben Franklin Junior High
PSEA
PFT
Mercer Street
New Castle Pft
Vincent Scialabba
Scialabba
Sunny Richman
Ymywca
New Castle School Deficit Sparks Debate Over Staffing
A New Castle official cites a $2 million deficit tied to staff expansion and asset sales. He cites unwarranted admin growth, selective teacher cuts, and the sale of the administration building. Enrollment decline has reduced teachers from 378 in 1970 71 to 323 today.
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Calvin DiCarlo
Pat George
DiCarlo
Joseph Martin
Samuel Ascione
Martin
Setalabba
Seialabba
PSEA
Richard Temple
Pittsburgh
New Castle
Dick Temple
Hudson Oil station closes amid gasoline shortage
The Hudson Oil Co. of Delaware, owned by Koch Marketing, shut its Wilmington Road station due to scarce gasoline from Phillips Oil. Vice president Gene O'Neill said the site was unprofitable and may be put up for sale after being boarded up and price numbers removed.
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Hudson Oil Station
Hudson Gas
Wilmington Road
Hudson Oil Co
Delaware
Koch Marketing
Wichita, Kan
Gene O'Neill
Phillips Oil Co
Ohio
O'Neill
Painter’s 4 by 5 Foot Work Vanishes In Wind Heist
Pittsburgh report says two months of work by artist Mark Moore vanished when a wind gust blew his framed painting from a station wagon. Nicely, two men in a green truck grabbed the work as it lay in traffic and drove away, taking the design to an unknown destination.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Mark Moore
Carlow College
Nachum Golan
North Hills
Highland Park Bridge
Golan
Moore
Hill View workers denounce pay dock and absenteeism claims
Hill View Manor staff including Florence Schuster Beverly Ray Judy Presnar and Mary McIntyre condemned the county controller’s action docking a nurses aide Pat Bartalone for 19 minutes late on Easter Sunday after aiding at an accident scene on Pa 65 Shenango Township. They disputed absenteeism figures saying a small percent may be absent and stressed residents require around the clock care and many staff work six days a week.
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Hill View Manor
Florence Schuster
Beverly Ray
Judy Presnar
Mary McIntyre
Pat Bartalone
Shenango Township
Robert E. Foht
Mrs. Schuster
Presnar
Manor
Reverse of Marvin case Page .10 ak by
The fragmentary OCR notes mention a Marvin case on page 10 with unclear context. Readable items show limited references to names and actions but lack full details to establish a clear event, dates, or outcomes.
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NEW Castle News
Steelhauler
Reiber Tree Service
Joe Keller
Bill Reiber
Dave
Clif Page
By Dan Callahan
Hill View
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Marvin
News Index
Charles R. Jones
Cecil Ave
Anne Martin Thomas
W. Leasure Ave
Ruby Golich Medich
Fifth Street
Bessemer
Charles Carliss
Elwood City
John Reed McFarland
New Wilmington
John Golec
McDonald, Ohio
Gale Weir
Beaver Falls
Glenn P. Neiper
Portersville
Shenango River
Moraine State Park
Longfellow
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