New Castle Board OKs McGill Sale to Church for 50000
The New Castle Area School Board approved the sale of the former Arthur McGill Elementary School and grounds to Clen Moore Presbyterian Church for 50000. The church submitted the sole bid, which the board unanimously accepted. The church has not fixed a final use, weighing options from church activities to housing or community projects, with tearing down the building as a last resort.
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Arthur McGill
Clen Moore Presbyterian Church
New Castle Area
A. DeWitt Morrow
McGill
New Castle
Gorachev deploys troops to quell Tajik Moslem uprising
MOSCOW UPI reports President Mikhail Gorbachev sent paratroopers to Dushanbe to quell a second Moslem uprising within a month. Rioters attacked the Tadzhik capital demanding disbanding of the KGB and expulsion of Armenians and Russians. Tass and Interfax reported casualties and troop reinforcements as unrest spread from Baku.
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Moscow
UPI
Mikhail Gorbachev
Dushanbe
Soviet Union
Tadzhik
KGB Security Agency
Tadzhikistan
Radio Moscow
Interfax
Tass
Soviet Interior Ministry
Gorbachev
Tadzhik Communist Party
Central Committee
Azerbaijan
Baku
Bush seeks joint plan to fight drugs with four nations
President Bush arrives in Barranquilla for a four nation summit with Colombia, Bolivia, Peru on a program to coordinate anti narcotics efforts. He cites U.S. gains in reducing cocaine demand and says the talks aim for a broad flexible framework guiding future actions. The meeting is held under heavy security amid cartel threats.
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Cartagena
Colombia
UPI
Bush
Barranquilla
Air Force One
U.S. Marine
Virgilio Barco
Jaime Paz Zamora
Alan Garcia
Barco
United States
Andrews Air Force Base
Administration
William Bennett
James Baker
Brent Scowcroft
White House
John Sununu
Dan Quayle
Washington
Peru
Bolivia
United Action
Slippery Rock wrestlers charged in campus clash
Two Slip pery Rock University wrestlers Brad Lee Holbay and Christopher Scott Perry were charged with ethnic intimidation and harassment after a weekend racially charged incident near the Keister Apartment complex. Perry faces an additional simple assault charge. Both men were arraigned and released on $1,000 bail with a preliminary hearing set for February 23. There were no injuries reported.
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Slippery Rock University
Brad Lee Holbay
Johnstown
Patterson Hall
Slippery Rock
Christopher Scott Perry
Waverly
N.Y
Elm Street
Robert L. Watson
Perry
Keister
Watson
County to receive state grants for drug program
Lawrence County is among 14 counties awarded grants totaling 1.8 million dollars from PENNFREE to aid over 500 families affected by drug or alcohol use contributing to child abuse. Lawrence County gets 55,000 dollars for 30 families, with funds to support counseling, treatment, and shelter services via Community Alternatives.
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Lawrence County
Robert P. Casey
General Assembly
Brenda Brown
Lawrence County Children’s Services
Community Alternatives
Lehigh
Lycoming
Montgomery
Northumberland
Philadelphia
Neshannock and New Castle Near Sewer Pact
Neshannock Township supervisors and New Castle officials report near a comprehensive agreement over sewer operation and costs. They plan to deed ownership of the East Bank trunk line to the city Sanitation Authority, with maintenance and bills shared proportionally, enabling future growth and line monitoring to proceed.
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Neshannock Township
New Castle
Richard Christofer
Neshannock
East Bank
Mahoningtown
City Sanitation Authority
Michael Baker
Sanitation
Christofer
Deaths of Harold Aiken Frances Arnold Hazel Biddle
Obituary brief lists deaths on February 15 1990 for Harold V Aiken 81 Apollo Pa Frances Arnold 85 Brentwood Md Hazel V Biddle 83 Ellwood City Edwin A Johnson 64 Prescott Ariz A Wesley Mann Jr 74 San Diego Elizabeth Vanassa 85 217 N Scott St This funeral notice provides ages and hometowns for the six individuals.
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Harold V. Aiken
Apollo
Frances Arnold
Brentwood
Hazel V. Biddle
Ellwood City
Edwin A. Johnson
Prescott, Ariz
A. Wesley Mann Jr
San Diego
Elizabeth Vanassa
N. Scott St
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Mamadaez Navzhuvanov
Charles McKinnon
Wilkinsburg
College Garden
Keister Road
Roger Scott
North Braddock
Dwight Greer
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