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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1971
Page
2
A Joan Muraro report examines how narcotics and prescription medications raise crash risk. It notes that drugs, including hallucinogens and depressants, can cause flashbacks and dangerous impairment long after use, especially when mixed with alcohol.
Mirror on yesterday recalls Mayor Harry J. Lusk era with Police Chief Gilmore and 24 officers. The piece notes names like Carl Gaston, Howard Phillips, C C Horner, and Marion J. Young known as Brig, plus later fates such as Farrell and Dude Moore.
A Lawrence County Planning Commission special committee plans to urge reactivation of the Lawrence County Industrial Development Council, organized in 1963 but long inactive. The luncheon group urged focus on highway access and land suitability to attract industry, naming panel members John Cater Larry D Worth Russell Kawa R J Schill and Victor Andrew.
City Council voiced deep concern as Ambulance Service Inc. owner Peter Rozzi proposes limiting emergency calls to subscribers and funeral homes. Officials weighed alternatives while noting potential countywide impact and a 3.1 mill tax increase to maintain current service levels.
The Economic Stabilization Office in Pittsburgh states teacher contracts in effect before the end of the wage price freeze will be honored with full salary increases under new contracts. Phase II began November 14. Retroactive pay is unresolved, and raises may be challenged but no penalties apply if over the permitted amount. Local boards must pass resolutions to pay the contracted salaries.
Michael A. Simmons, 18, of Marysville PA, sworn on to Perry County draft board 118, defers due to football injury, and backs Nixon Vietnam policy. He urges women to serve, supports gradual troop pullout, and notes he aimed for the Air Force before deferment. Congress lowered age to 18 for board service.
South Vietnamese forces report a fierce artillery assault on a key central highlands outpost as Saigon banners a new campaign against communist thrusts from Laos and Cambodia. U S B52s join in to repel the attack 260 miles northeast of Saigon near the Cambodia Laos Vietnam junction. The NVA also bombards the rear of a major South Vietnamese drive into Cambodia's rubber belt.
Juan Maria Bordaberry, backed by President Pacheco Areco, appears to have defeated Wilson Ferreira Aldunate as returns show Bordaberry leading by about 9 000 votes with 28 of Montevideo's 2 744 precincts still to report. Official figures list 591 240 for Bordaberry and 481 851 for Aldunate amid incomplete totals.
Indian spokesmen report a new front in Rangpur Dinajpur East Pakistan to counter Pakistani artillery shelling. Indian Defense Minister Jagjivan Ram said troops may enter Pakistani territory if needed to stop artillery.
In Harrisburg a split among Pennsylvania Democrats over House Bill 1617 stalls election reform. Gov. Shapp and state leaders back pledged delegates as eight Pittsburgh lawmakers warn against dilution while Philadelphia Democrats push unpledged delegates to preserve autonomy ahead of the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
Jerry Rupe, the first of 25 defendants in the Kent State disorders, was found guilty of interfering with a fireman at a burning ROTC building, a misdemeanor. The jury could not reach verdicts on three other charges and the state dropped its case against co defendant Peter Blick.
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