Senate approves GATT in bipartisan victory
The Senate endorsed the 124 nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade by 76 to 24 after a 68 to 32 budget-rule waiver, following House approval. The agreement lowers tariffs, extends GATT rules, and creates a strengthened World Trade Organization, ahead of Clinton’s Summit of Americas trip.
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Local man Dominick Motto named Lawrence County judge
Dominick Motto a 45 year old attorney and Ellwood City native is appointed by the Pennsylvania Senate to the Lawrence County Common Pleas Court. Motto will replace Francis X. Ciazzo and is expected to be sworn in by year end. He earned degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and University of Akron and previously practiced law for two decades.
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Christmas Tree Sales Flourish Across Town
Christmas tree lots appear in parking lots and open spaces citywide as shoppers rush to pick the season’s finest. Early buyers secure the best trees and the holiday mood grows with every pine scent in the air.
Gere Crawford split ends three year marriage
Los Angeles AP reports Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford announce their separation after three years of marriage citing personal and painful decisions made in July. The couple had previously addressed rumors with a full page Times of London ad.
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Polygraph tests exonerate Ellwood City cops in sex case
Polygraph exams for Patrolman Scott Stablein and ex Sgt David Kingston found they told the truth about not forcing a woman to have sex, as Beaver County prosecutors move to trial on rape and assault charges linked to an April 1993 incident in Stiefel Park. The tests, conducted Oct 13 by Joseph Modispacher, were arranged after preliminary hearings ordered the two men to stand trial. Kingston has an unrelated unbecoming conduct firing appeal.
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Stander dead at 86 in Los Angeles
Lionel Stander died Wednesday in Los Angeles at age 86 from lung cancer. The gravelly voiced actor rose to fame in 1930s screwball comedies and later starred on television in Hart to Hart, linking a half century of work across film and TV.
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