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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1997
Page
1
The piece portrays Santa Claus as the hardest working figure in the snow industry, debunking myths of year round luxury and highlighting his demanding year round labor. Page 11.
After 49 years of marriage and four children in an apartment over the family store, Jane and Walt Wasilewski celebrate Christmas in a new house at 144 Neshannock Trails Drive. They will host four bedrooms and a large family gathering including 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The couple planned the move for ten years and look forward to a fresh home while keeping holiday traditions.
Andrew Pleasant and Jane Wasilewski celebrate moving to a new home on Sheep Hill after nearly five decades in a three room apartment above their Hamilton Street store. Walt Wasilewski plans to keep the family business running despite aging health. The couple recalls a store begun by his father in 1917 and a Hamilton Street blaze that destroyed the original building. The Sheep Hill residence offers 2,400 square feet and three bedrooms, a contrast to their prior compact space. The story continues on HOME page 7.
Penne Restad traces how Christmas shifted from a varied colonial observance to a national holiday born of Civil War era social change and urbanization. The German tree custom spread by the 1850s, ornaments were imported from Germany from 1870, and gift giving grew in the 1870s and 1880s.
Jose Oliva, 26, once a Dominican Republic third baseman who briefly played in the majors and later signed a Triple-A deal with the Seattle Mariners, died yesterday in a car accident outside Santo Domingo. The news notes Oliva’s rise from Dominican leagues to the Mariners system before his untimely death.
Five Westminster College Sigma Nu members paid restitution totaling 3,000 dollars each to District Justice James Reed, leading to withdrawal of criminal mischief and conspiracy charges. One member paid 350 dollars for a lesser role, while two others requested more time to fund restitution.
In Los Angeles a jury ruled Hunter Tylo was wrongfully terminated after her pregnancy from Melrose Place. Jurors said Spelling Entertainment and Spelling Television breached the contract, despite producers arguing she could not portray a vixen while pregnant. The actress called the verdict a victory for women and unborn children.
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