Mayor cites tax hikes and layoffs common in cities
Mayor Francis J. Rogan notes Pennsylvania cities like New Castle face tax increases and staff cuts. Williamsport alone plans a five mill property tax rise and 30 layoffs. Rogan proposes six mills and 17 attrition jobs. Council weighs cutting 95 thousand dollars in manpower and 133 thousand for equipment while preserving staff where federal funding ends Sept. 1.
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John K. Manna
Francis J. Rogan
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Williamsport
Rogan
City Council Seeks Input On 1979 Budget Plan
Council will accept comments at its regular meeting this Thursday rather than holding a special public hearing. The proposed budget, set for adoption December 29, increases the wage and benefits share to 74.67 percent, up from 73.95 in 1977, and faces rising street lighting and electrical costs amid broader cuts in materials and contracted services. Rogan notes rising living costs complicate keeping taxes down, insisting the city has held the line compared with peers.
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Eugene DeCaprio
Tallman
Pennsylvania Power Co
Rogan
Council
Mass Demonstrations Hit Tehran and Iran Cities
About 2 million protesters filled Tehran streets shouting death to the shah and yankee go home. Reports said millions demonstrated in major cities with unrest possible in Mashad Isfahan Dezful and Hamadan. Demonstrators denounced Carter and the shah while calling for renewed protests despite martial law bans.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Mashad
Isfahan
Hyatt
Dezful
Hamadan
Qadratollah Khodayari
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Shahayad Square
Carter
Shah
National Front
Saltless Kennedy Square: city bans road salt downtown
City officials plan to prohibit road salt in Kennedy Square as part of downtown improvements. An ordinance limits ice and snow control to sand only, citing concrete damage from salt and first-year scaling risk. Some sections of Cochran Way were icy over the weekend due to no sand usage.
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Kennedy Square
Traf
Fic
Cochran Way
Robbers Loot Lufthansa Cargo Hangar At Kennedy Airport
A five-member armed gang entered Lufthansa Airlines Building 216 at Kennedy Airport at 3 10 a m, handcuffed workers, and fled with about 5 million dollars in cash and jewels. Port Authority police said the heist appeared well organized and a full investigation was ordered. One worker was injured, needing five stitches.
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New York
UPI
Lufthansa Airlines
Kennedy Airport
Building 216
Lufthansa
James Connolly
Port Authority
Connolly
Lottery and weather notes from December 11 1978
Lottery Saturday numbers listed with several winners and ages. Western Pennsylvania weather forecast calls for increasing cloudiness with flurries and highs in the upper 20s, 30 percent precipitation today, 50 percent tonight, 20 percent Tuesday. Includes Moraine State Park temperature, attendance figures, and weather statistics. Also mentions a quiz about recent world events and a former Japanese prime minister.
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Pennsylvania
Moraine State Park
Japan
Masayoshi Ohira
Cyrus Vance
Billy Sims
New Castle News
Steel Haulers Strike Grips New Castle Shipping
Steel movement has nearly halted in New Castle as the Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers strike, with violence slowing shipments to Pittsburgh. McLean Trucking Co official Roy Musguire says drivers refuse to work and fear termination once the strike ends.
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Dave Kassel
New Castle
Teamsters
Pittsburgh
Musguire
McLean
Special Commodities Division
Steel shipments halted as injunctive action looms at mills
Ron Joseph of Eazor Express reports 14 to 15 steel haulers idle with no word on firings from Pittsburgh. Clyde Nicholson, works manager at National Steel, says no steel is being shipped despite no pickets. Incidents at the plant and nearby areas have halted New Castle shipments as officials await injunction outcomes.
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Ron Joseph
Eazor Express Inc
S. Mill St
Joseph
Eazor
Pittsburgh
National Steel
N. Cedar St
Clyde Nicholson
Nicholson
Coitsville Center
New Castle
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Square
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Adams St
Mildred L. Hege
Andy Felix
Mount Jackson
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Harbor St
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Dayton
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Portland
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San Diego
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Martinsburg
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