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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 2000
Page
1
A columnist describes how back to school shopping reveals supply and demand principles. Marie Harvey notes hidden costs in classroom purchases while Grace Bucci plans ahead for her daughter Samantha. The piece frames parental budgeting as a real world economics lesson.
Junior Dan Reda of Moon High School in suburban Pittsburgh says he was beaten August 22 during a California University of Pennsylvania football camp. He recalls being knocked out by an alarm clock strike and witnesses say others continued hitting him. The school district planned a statement as the team’s first game looms Friday. A separate Alfred University survey finds widespread hazing among high school students across activities, with about half reporting humiliating or illegal acts to join groups or teams.
Two shots fired Sunday night left three New Castle families changed forever as Connie L Watters shot her estranged husband Donald R Watters Jr in his parents driveway before killing herself. Donald died at the scene. Connie died at Mercy Hospital after being flown there. The victims include Donald R Watters III, 11, who lived with his grandfather and grandmother. Local police chief Allan Nocera noted prior warning signs and described the couple’s suburban Sunday as ordinary until the shootings occurred.
Jo Ann Freed’s modular home on Shady Lane near McConnell’s Mill State Park was engulfed by flames after she spotted smoke from the kitchen window. The residence housing Freed, her son Rodney, and nephew Doug Freed, plus Becky Wiley in an attached apartment, were lost. firefighters saved the garage and state police ruled the cause accidental with damages estimated at $85,000. Red Cross and Naga ambulance aided victims. local volunteer fire departments assisted. People can donate via Kathy Freed at 924-9796 for Jo Ann Freed or call 924-2544 for Wiley.
Obituaries list four individuals Shayne G. Bauder 19 of Ellwood City Dr Edwin E. Canan 95 at Jameson Care Center Elaine M. Lindsay 56 of Youngstown and Wilbur F. McFarland 74 of Clark Pa.
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