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Newspaper

New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1978

Page

8

Towne Mall security guard assaulted during shoplifting arrest

John Murphy of Warren, a Towne Mall security guard, was knocked down after detaining a shoplifter who had taken jeans from G C Murphy Co and River store. Murphy recovered two pairs of jeans and was later assaulted by a juvenile at Murphy's. A separate stamp machine confiscation occurred at the American Russian Club on Moravia Street with charges to be filed. Hospitals report multiple births and admissions at Ellwood City and Jameson Memorial Hospital.

Police City Towne Mall John Murphy Warren Murphy G.C. Murphy Co River Murphy's City Police Juvenile Bureau Moravia Street Liquor Control Board Howard Hanna Jameson Memorial Hospital Lawrence Sniezek N. Crawford Ave Sniezek Ruth Carbone Richard Bober Squaw Run Village Ellwood City Bober Jancie Batchelle Dederich David Schwartz Lake Havasu John Watson Los Angeles Mohave Hospital

Synanon founder ruled incompetent to be arraigned

Synanon leader Charles Dederich, 66, was found mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges he solicited two Imperial Marines to mail a rattlesnake to a Los Angeles attorney. The hearing in Kingman, Arizona, occurred as he slept in a Mohave County hospital bed. the ruling is interim.

Kingman, Ariz UPI Synanon Charles Dederich Imperial Marines Los Angeles Justice of the Peace Everett Milam Dederick M.B. Ruland Milam Phoenix Thomas Thinnes Dederich Ruland Mohave County Hospital

Community calendar items and organizational notices

Calendar items from Hoyt Institute YWCA and other groups list dates December events. SAMELY YWCA Bible study December 6 at 9 30 to 11 a.m led by Janis Lamont open to public. Weight Watchers December 5 at noon and 6 p.m. at St Francis Hospital. GED class every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. at West Side Community Action Center. Lawrence County Commissioners December 5 at 10 a.m. courthouse meeting. Sankey Youth Center December 5 open 4 to 9 p.m. Girls 4 30 p.m. boys 5 p.m. Senior Citizens transportation and job referral service daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. South Side and 503 Sampson St. Senior Citizen cards at South Side Center or P O Box 441. New Castle Woman's Club December 7 at 12 30 p.m. Troggio's Ladies Auxiliary Eagles 455 December 5 meeting 2 p.m. dinner 6 30 p.m. Eagles Club rooms.

Arts Hoyt Institute Ywca Bible Study Janis Lamont St. Francis Hospital West Side Community Action Center Sampson St Sankey Youth Center Sampson St. Lawrence County Senior Citizen South Side Community Center S. Mill St P.O New Castle Christian Woman's Club Troggio Fraternal Order of Eagles Eagles

Flushing protest disrupts Notre Dame exam schedule

Women students at Doyle Hall, College of Notre Dame, flushed 68 toilets in one action to protest exams scheduled as late as three days before Christmas. The synchronized flush halted sanitary facilities Sunday night, delaying use as exams run through December 22.

Baltimore UPS College of Notre Dame Doyle Hall

Huntingdon jail guards hurt in fight

Seven guards at the Huntingdon state correctional institution were injured when nine inmates refused to return to their cells. Six guards were treated and released at J C Blair Hospital. Harry Phillips, 40, of Altoona, was hospitalized with a fractured jaw and head injuries. Order was restored as inmates were returned to cells.

Huntingdon, Pa UPI State Correctional Institution Huntingdon J.C. Blair Hospital Harry Phillips Altoona Altoona General Hospital Huntingdon Hospital Lowell Hewitt

Train Crescent Derailment Kills Six In Virginia

Six people were killed and as many as 60 injured when the Southern Crescent derailed near Elma Virginia. The dining car split and several cooks were trapped beneath a stove as the four locomotives and eight cars jumped the tracks. Roosevelt Martin a Crescent cook and Theodore Coleman a longtime waiter described the chaos as passengers scrambled for safety. The wreck occurred early yesterday morning about 20 minutes before breakfast was to be served.

Elma UPI Southern Crescent Virginia Crescent Roosevelt Martin Theodore Coleman Atlanta Southern Charlottesville Lynchburg Martin University of Virginia Coleman

Tehran clashes persist as oil workers strike deepens

In Tehran troops and anti shah demonstrators clash for the fourth day. In the south thousands of oil workers walk off, cutting Iran’s output by about a million barrels daily. Gunfire erupts near the British embassy as protesters, including women in black veils, fight to press demands for an Islamic nation. Oil officials warn southern fields and Abadan refinery production drop, while some managers welcome the upheaval amid anticipated price hikes. Police fire on bank employees joining the general strike.

Tehran Iran UPI Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Abadan Shiraz Imperial

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