Gorbachev Hesitates Over Running as Communist Leader
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev left open whether he would run as a communist in the first multi party presidential elections. He said, Let us wait and see, as he faced questions about reforms and the Communist Party plenum. Analysts noted doubts over party unity and possible split led by Yuri Afanasiev and Boris Yeltsin with a radical faction claiming about 55,000 members in 100 cities.
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Moscow
UPI
Mikhail Gorbachev
James Baker
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Plenum
Soviet Communist Party
Hungary
East Germany
Poland
Romania
Chev
Pravda
Ivan Frolov
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
CBS
Nists
Yuri Afanasiev
Beaver River Bridge Reopens In Wampum Borough
Residents and officials in Wampum Borough celebrate the reopening of the Beaver River Bridge on Pa. 288 after a complete rebuild cost 2.5 million dollars funded 80 percent by federal sources and 20 percent by the state. The two lane concrete deck replaces the 1927 truss bridge, with 3100 daily users and a ceremony featuring PennDOT officials, local leaders, and clergy.
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Wampum
Beaver River
Wayne Township
Ellwood City
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Conn Construction Co
Penndot
Gannett Flemming Environmental Engineers Inc
Wampum Borough
Frank LaGrotta
Leader renews call for death of Rushdie
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei renewed the murder call against Salman Rushdie during Friday prayers in Tehran. The broadcast coincided with Britain's expulsion of nine Iranians and followed a U.S. travel warning of possible attacks, as Tehran seeks to project a more moderate image after Ayatollah Khomeini's death.
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Athens
Greece
UPI
Iran
Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei
Britain
Salman Rushdie
Tehran
Khamenei
Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
Rushdie
U.S
Hezbollah
State Department
Oil spill cleanup balloons as volunteers mop shore
Hundreds of volunteers and cleanup crews combed Newport Beach and Huntington Beach for oil globules from a 300,000 gallon spill aboard the tanker American Trader. Booms ringed the ship as Adm. Paul Yost praised rapid containment while officials urged double hull rules to prevent future spills.
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Newport Beach
Calif
UPI
Exclusive Newport Beach
Huntington Beach
American Trader
Coast Guard
British Petroleum
Adm
Paul Yost
Bush
Yost
Peter Bontadelli
State Department of Fish and Game
Federal grant funds runway repairs at New Castle Airport
The New Castle Airport Authority received a 225000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to improve the taxiway with no local match. U S Sen Arlen Specter and Rep Joseph Kolter announced the grant. Councilwoman Jane Wasilewski urged airport and business leaders to overcome conflicts and push for progress to boost local economic development.
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New Castle
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
Arlen Specter
Joseph Kolter
Jane Wasilewski
Residents split over Wilmington rezoning plan
Councilman Mark Elisco reported a petition of 40 residents and business people favoring rezoning the highway from Wallace Avenue to the city Neshannock line. At a Jan. 23 public hearing residents urged caution, fearing a rush to heavy commercial zoning along Wilmington Avenue could spark future problems and political conflict.
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Wilmington Avenue
Mark Elisco
Wallace Avenue
city-Neshannock Township
Elisco
Council Io
South Side to get post office substation study soon
A study to locate a South Side post office substation is under way and should be completed in two to three weeks. The South Side Merchants Association noted the Peoples Bank of Western Pennsylvania branch on South Side as the most likely substation site.
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South Side
South Side Merchants Association
Peoples Bank of Western Pennsylvania
John Petrarulo
St. Vitus Church
City Redevelopment Authority
Shadyside
Double R Enterprises
Lockley Manufacturing Corp
Petrarulo
Days Inn
James Gabriel
Patricia Moosally
Allied Development Corp
Allied Human Services Association Inc
South Jefferson
South Reynolds Streets
Long Avenue
Joseph’s
Death Record Listings from Local Notices
Death notices list several individuals with ages and addresses including Mrs. Mable Farrow 814 W Washington St Mrs. Grace Fowler 89 Bradenton Florida Miss Mary Ann Ippolito 82 Wampum Rebecca Kinda 107 2508 W State St Mrs. Howard McConnell 67 16 McBride Acres Franklin C McKinley 83 126 Clen Moore Blvd.
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Lyyu
Mable Farrow
Washington St
Grace Fowler
Bradenton
Fla
Mary Ann Ippolito
Wampum
Rebecca Kinda
State St
Howard McConnell
McBride Acres
Franklin C. McKinley
Clen Moore Blvd
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Garacre
Afanasiev
John Rychlicki
Jack Bane
Medusa Cement Co
William McGary
Robert Martin
Wilbur Grove
George Stuparitz
Russell Babcock
Lawrence County
Steve Craig
William Drotleff
Gene Cody
Lincoln High School
Bill Lyons
Western
Europe
Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani
Authority
Wasilewski
Beaver County
Airport Authority
Wilmington
John Casacchia
Jeannie Budzowski
Mary’s
Nicholas Dattilo
St. Vitus Parish
Donna Zwigart
St. Francis Hospital
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