Income and spending gaps mark Lawrence County in 1979 survey
Lawrence County households earned 12 157 on average last year while Mercer County averaged 12 601 and Pennsylvania 12 265. About 29.6 percent of Lawrence households were under 4 000, with Mercer 27.8, state 26.7 and national 29.4 percent. Buying income, retail sales and population figures for New Castle Sharon and surrounding areas are cited from the Sales and Marketing Management survey.
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Floods Europe junket questioned cost to taxpayers
Rep Daniel Flood and wife took a five day deluxe Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise and luxury hotel stays abroad as part of a 20 day trip to Europe, with total taxpayer cost about 14 280 including 3 800 for military escort support. The defense and State Department funds funded the trip, which spanned England Scotland July West Germany and France. Flood, 72, known as Dapper Dan, chairs defense subcommittee duties while the trip aimed to inspect NATO programs. The report calls it a flagrant abuse of travel funds and notes lavish arrangements and extra transport costs, including a 739 jet assigned by Air Force Europe and Army transport between U S points.
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Naples
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Newark
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers Union
Plan to ease Pa. 18 traffic involves connecting roads
Neshannock Township supervisors reviewed a PennDOT plan to connect Liberty Mutual driveway to Cunningham Funeral Home and Bela Apartments to Northminster Church to funnel Pa. 18 traffic to a single signal. The plan would require meeting with involved property owners and nearby residents before any action. The township also considers ordaining Roberts Lane, regoating Plank Road improvements, sewer tap issues with Dairy Queen, and EPA review rights for Michael Baker Jr Inc. in the Lowinstub sewer project.
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Neshinnock Township
Pa. 18
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Richard Veii
Liberty Mutual
Raymond D. Cunningham Funeral Hare, Inc
Bela Apartments
Northminster United Presbyterian Church
Frank Alduk
Northminster Church
Bellair
Cunningham Funeral Home
McDonald’s
Thomas Frazier
Roberts Lane
Frazier
Cater
Dairy Queen
Wilmington Road
Crew-Moore Boulevard
City of
New Castle
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Michael Baker Jr. Inc
Lownstip
Wendy's plan moves site in Neshannock Township dispute
Landowner Marie Isabella presented township leaders with new subdivision plans to relocate a Wendy's restaurant 100 feet up Wilmington Road away from the Wilmington Road and Englemned Avenue intersection. The plan shifts boundary lines. the township approved, now needing county planning review and a building permit. Local residents and church group challenged the project previously over traffic and safety concerns. Isabella remains determined to proceed, with two supervisors voting in favor.
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Neshannock Township
Marie Isabella
Wilmington Road
Isabella
Int
Englewood
St. Camillus Church
Restauant
John Cater
Frank Alduk
Richard Veri
City to receive back $28,000 law books from publisher
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co. agreed to take back city legal reference volumes valued around 28,000 dollars after city Solicitor Augustine Leone Jr. secured a deal in which the city covers shipping. Books arrived at City Hall from June 1973 through 1974, with no record of an order or budget and limited cooperation at first.
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Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co
Rochester
Augustine Leone Jr
Marty Fitzsimmons
John Mika
Leone
City Hall
Thayer
Robert D. George
Rubber workers strike near end FAC Firestone pact approved
United Rubber Workers Union committee approved a tentative agreement on wages and benefits, paving the way for settlement of the Firestone strike. Major rubber firms including Firestone Goodyear BLP Gondrich and Univellgal expect to open master negotiations Monday in various cities.
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Cleveland
United Rubber Workers Union
Firestone
Washington
Tabor
W. d. Neryer
Goodyear
BLP
Gondrich
Univegal
Jake Miller
URW
Peter Rommarita
Milles
FBI to probe Roselli murder tied to Castro testimony
Washington United press dispatch says the FBI will investigate the murder of mob figure John Roselli who claimed to have plotted against Fidel Castro for the CIA. Attorney General Edward Leyt asked the bureau to determine if the killing was retaliation for testimony or to stop future testimony. Roselli's body was found in a chain weighted drum in a bay near Miami after he had been missing since July. Senators Baker and Joye requested the FBI inquiry.
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UPD
FBI
John Roselli
Senate Intelligence Committee
Fidel Castro
CIA
Edward H. Leyt
Roselli
Miami
Justice Department
Robert Hayes
Sens
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Daniel K. Joye
Hawaii
Shapp urged to back Carter in Pennsylvania
Governor Milton J Shapp received a push from Joseph Timilty state Carter Mondale coordinator to rally behind the Democratic presidential ticket. Timilty said Shapp will campaign vigorously, drawing on his Kennedy campaign experience to unite Pennsylvania Democrats and boost the ticket.
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Upl
Milton J. Hap
Joseph Timilty
Carter Mondale
Timilly
Shapp
Boston
Tnility
Pennsylvania
Hearst Case Witnesses Face Contempt Hearing
In Scranton Pennsylvania two figures in the Patricia Hearst investigation Jay Weiner and Phillip Shinnick face contempt charges to determine if they should be found for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury They appeared Friday and declined cooperation Weiner said he would not testify because the grand jury process is being perverted and cited his support for Hearst.
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UPI
Patricia Hearst
Fouhd
Jay Weiner
Philadelphia
Temple University
Phillip K. Shinnick
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
Miss Hears
San Francisco
Weber
Shinnick
New Canaan
Syimbionese Liberation Army
Tyron
Weiner
Prand
Brand
Itelf
Peace initiative backed in South Africa and Rhodesia
In Durban CPI reports South Africa will back American peace efforts in Rhodesia to curb Soviet Cuban intervention. Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith signaled openness to Western help in ending 44 months of unrest. Foreign Minister Hugard Muller welcomed US settlement efforts and pledged full support for a peaceful outcome. Malter warned disaster for Attica and the free world if the crisis deepened, noting Russian leverage.
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South Africa
CPI
Rhodesia
Salisbury
Attica
Free World
Black Africa
Malter
New trial ordered for Van Aguton in Manson murders
Los Angeles based on a 2-1 appeals court ruling the 1971 case against Leslie Van Houten and Charles Manson group merits a new trial due to an attorney's disappearance before closing arguments. Van Houten, now 26, was deemed to have had ineffective representation. The attorney general plans a rehearing petition. Appeals for co-defendants Atkins and Krenwinkel were denied.
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Los Angeles
UPA
Leslie van Aguton
Charles Manson
Miss van Houlen
Ronald Hughes
State Attorney General’s
Hwo
Manson
Susan Atkins
Patricia Krenwinkel
Mysterious Illness Strikes Florida Nursing Home
In Boynton Beach Florida an undiagnosed illness sickened four residents and left 20 others ill at Boulevard Manor Nursing Home. The latest victim died late Friday night as the CDC prepared to investigate with blood and waste samples from 91 patients. Health officials called the outbreak viral in origin, noting the elderly residents’ vulnerability.
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Atlanta
Center For Disease Control
Logan
Boulevard Manor
James Howell
Paloo Beach County
Pollution talks near final pact on Clairton Coke Works
UPI reports progress in emissions talks with U S Steel over the Clairton Coke Works, the world’s largest. A temporary agreement limits emissions during a key period as a full settlement aims for Tuesday. Judge Henry Ellenhogen says momentum is building, though caution remains.
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UPI
U.S. Stout
Kong
Clairton
Allegheny County Common Pleas
U.S. Steel
Henry Ellenhogen
Ellenhogen
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