Commissioners fail to agree on budget in county deadlock
About 450 county employees may miss Jan. 12 pay as commissioners fail to approve the 1979 budget before the deadline. County Controller Foht seeks legal advice on issuing checks without a budget. An extension to Jan. 16 was signed, but only one commissioner proposed a balanced plan with wage raises and cuts. others rejected it. Foht urged putting any budget on display to allow time for adoption.
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Nancy Lowry
Robert E. Foht
Atty
Chris Mitsos
John F. Henderson
John A. Meehan
Frank A. Vitril
Thomas A. Shumaker
Meehan
Vitril
Foht
Controller's Office
Shumaker
Coun
Richard J. Audino
Edinburg man charged with fraud in Pittsburgh case
Edinburg resident Carl J. Fugh, 60, a broker for Investors Security Corp. and Cushing Capital Corp., was charged with seven counts of fraud and related offenses for allegedly bilking western Pennsylvania investors of about $300,000 from January 1974 onward. Authorities say he deposited funds into his personal account and spent them lavishly. Two other former representatives for Investors Securities were previously convicted in federal court for similar crimes, with sentences of six and four years.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Carl J. Fugh
Edinburg RD 1
Investors Security Corp
Monroeville
Cushing Capital Corp
Allegheny County
Robert Colville
Colville
Fugh
Western Pennsylvania
Ohio
Investors Securities
U.S. District Court
William H. Brown
Dale R. McDonald
Plaque Debate Over Laurel Elementary Board Credits
Laurel residents debate who deserves credit for the new Laurel elementary school. Board members clash over including prior supporters on a plaque to be hung in the finished building. Mrs Marcia Anderson questions why earlier vote members are not named. Continued on page 24.
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Linda Thomps
Marcia Anderson
RD 4
Isfahan clashes provoke reports of nine dead troops
Western diplomats cited helicopter borne troops firing on mourners in Isfahan as protests spread from a Monday attack on the shah statues. Iran denied fatalities among troops while noting several killed in the demonstrators' assault on Savak. Bridges and access routes were reportedly blocked and a curfew enforced as fires burned across the city.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Isfahan
Savak
Cleveland mayor seeks tax hike to avert bankruptcy
Cleveland faces possible bankruptcy as Mayor Dennis Kucinich plans a televised address at 7 p.m. to urge residents to approve a 0.5 percent income tax increase. The move aims to refinance 15.5 million in short term notes due Friday while a court orders the sale of the municipal light plant by Wednesday to prevent default.
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Cleveland
UPI
Dennis Kucinich
Kucinich
George Forbes
Forbes
Ohio 8Th District Court of Appeals
Death Notices and Weather Snapshots from Western Pennsylvania
Death records list Stanley T. Wimner 67 of Volant Mrs Ethel Silver Cooper 75 of Coshocton Ohio Mrs Elizabeth Lower Hammond 72 Newton Falls Ohio and Robert C Montgomery 55 Martinsburg WV. Weather notes: Western Pennsylvania partly cloudy tonight low upper 20s with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Wednesday variable clouds and a 30 percent chance of showers high in the low 40s. Moraine State Park 11 am temp 32 wind west 9 mph no precipitation attendance 720.
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Stanley T. Wimner
Volant
Ethel Silver Cooper
Coshocton
Ohio
Elizabeth Lower Hammond
Newton Falls
Robert C. Montgomery
Martinsburg
W Va
Pennsylvania
Moraine State Park
Arrests Made In City Gang Incident In New Castle
Police arrested Elmer Morris 18 and two juveniles after a disturbance at Highland and Norwood avenues. The incident involved traffic disruption, vandalism, and threats to residents, with calls for council action and a petition from 50 to 75 neighbors following Thursday’s vandalism at 1700 Highland Ave.
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New Castle
Highland
Norwood
Richard Chism
Highland Ave
Elmer Morris
Highland Avenue
Bell seeks two year rate hike with state utility panel
Bell of Pennsylvania files a two year rate increase totaling 156.3 million with the Public Utility Commission. The plan keeps basic monthly residential rates steady in 1979 while adding a five cent per three minute charge after three minutes for pay phones. The proposal would raise 1979 rates by 77.3 million and defer the rest to 1980. If approved, basic monthly residential rates would move from 7.25 to 7.53 in Philadelphia area and 6.72 to 6.98 in Pittsburgh area.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Bell of Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
Ian Robinson
Bell
Robinson
PUC
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
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Wingdale
N.Y
Shelly Hunt
Michael
Board of Commissioners
Robert Foht
Edinburg
Laurel
City of
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Mere Eeereserreerees
Russell Orr
Akron, Ohio
Shenango River
E. Hillcrest Ave
John O'Leary
Senate Energy Committee
Washington
Shell Oil Co
Bell Files
State
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