Fires damage county homes over weekend
Fires damaged three county homes during the weekend. A trailer owned by Dorothy Bron of New Castle was destroyed and a nearby home suffered about 15000 in damage. Propane tanks reportedly worsened the blaze discovered at 1 20 a m by Liz’s grandmother. The cause is under investigation.
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Dorothy Bron
New Castle
Liz
Hare
Edinburg
Francis Exposito
Union
Frank Zurasky
High Street
Jack Stoner
Alfred Tavalleri
Cascade St
Toll climbs as holiday road deaths top three hundred
United Press International reports ice glazed roads in the Deep South sparked a string of weekend crashes as New Year’s tally neared 300 in traffic. Fires added over 80 fatalities, with Chicago fires killing several, including four children. A Texas accident claimed four kids drowned in a boatdock mishap. The National Safety Council warned of 450 killings expected. current count shows 308 traffic deaths and 82 fire deaths across states including California Texas and Pennsylvania.
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United Press International
Deep South
National Safety Council
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Penn Power charges denied by company president
Penn Power President Ray E. Semmler rejected state attorney Albert Brandons claim the utility overinvests in generation. He said the assertion Penn Power is overbuilding capacity is unsupported and that the company must continue its building program to meet rising demand from industrial growth and new users.
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Pennsylvania Power Co
Ray E. Semeler
Semmler
United Press International
Penn
Albert Brandon
State Justice Department
Penn Power
Acta
Lawrence County
Hockwell
Pentex
Chicago fires claim 32 lives in 11 days
A Brookfield family perished in a daytime fire as 32 people have died in Chicago area blazes over 11 days. The Fanta family of five children ages 11 to 17 died in their second floor bedrooms. mother Yvonne Fanta, 33, was critically burned. Authorities said the toll includes 12 in Christmas Eve Pilsen blaze and nine in a Near West Side fire.
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Texas
Goodrich
Rubin Munoz
Chicago
UPI
Brookfield
Cook County
Michael Fanta
Theresa
Ronald
Kevin
Michael
Yvonne Fanta
Loyola Commmunity Hospital
Maywood
Edward Gorniak
Iremen
Pilsen
Near Southwest Side
Near West Side
Evanston
Puerto Rico moves to plebiscite for statehood option
Inauguration of Carlos Romero Barcelo as Puerto Rico’s governor centers on poverty and economy. He backs a plebiscite on statehood but avoids timing details. Ford’s New Year’s Eve proposal to admit PR as a state lingers as a point of contention.
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Sar. Juan
Puerto Hico
UPI
Puerto Rico
America
Carlos Romero Barcelo
San
Ford
Congress
Romero Barcelo
Washington
UPL
United States
Spend money to make money City enters computer age
City Treasurer Joseph J. Cozza announces a $12,000 initial computer service investment to boost efficiency and cash management. The plan, initially rented monthly for six months to a year, aims to cut payroll processing from two days to half a day and give instant insight into city accounts.
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Juris K.manka
Joseph J. Cozza
Cora
Cozza
Obituary Notices List From January 3 1977
A list of death notices for multiple individuals with ages and hometowns including Minnie Mutter Ferrell 75 New Castle Pennsylvania Bessie Coates Dunlap 87 Winter Avenue George H. Rosenberg Sr 87 Euclid Avenue Rocco B Leatare 28 Youngstown John C. Davidson 62 McKee-Fording Road Nunziala Nancy Palumbo 72 West Mita Stanley J Gerlach 67 New Wilmington James Iseman 69 New Hrighton Ross H McCullough 78 New Wilmington M Charles Rees 210 AlcCanty Lane Robert Kennedy White 88 Griffin Indiana Lawrence Eldon Grimm 33 Polk Road Ha Mies Kay Thomas 64 Northfield Ohio Laray O Sullivan 77 Youngstown Elmer Wimor 58 Mercer HD 6.
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Minnie Mutter Ferrell
New Caste
Bessie Coates Dunlap
Winter Ave
George H. Rosenberg Sr
Euclid Ave
Rocco B. Leatare
Youngstown
John C. Davidson
McKee-Fording Road
Nunziala
Nancy) Palumbo
West Mita
Stanley J. Gerlach
New Wilmington
James (Rey) Iseman
New Hrighton
Ross H. McCullough
M. Charles Rees
AlcCanty Lane
Robert Kennedy White
Griffin
Ind
Lawrence Eldon Grimm
Polk RD
Mies
Kay, Thomas
Northfield
Ohio
Laray
Sullivan
Woungstown
Elmer i
Wimor
Mercer HD
Weather Digest News Briefs With Cold Snows Forecast
Monday night snow will hit the upper and mid Rockies and parts of the northern and mid Plains while elsewhere should stay mostly fair. Travel advisory in western Pennsylvania calls for 1 to 3 inches of snow today, with lows in the 20s and highs in the 30s, and diminishing snow chances tonight and Tuesday.
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Rockies
Shenango River
New Castle News Quiz Looks at the New Congress
Massachusetts congressman named by Democratic colleagues as next Speaker is highlighted as the quiz topic. The weekly tip explains readers can turn to page 13 for a second look at the question.
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Massachusetts
House
Congress
New Castle News
First 1977 baby born at Ellwood City Hospital
The first baby of 1977 arrived in Lawrence County at Ellwood City Hospital at 1:27 a.m. Christina Jean Kelley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kelley of Harmony, will receive infant goods from area merchants. The last 1976 baby was Paul Carter Boyce at St. Francis Hospital, 9:15 p.m. Dec 31.
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Lawrence County
Ellwood City Hospital
Christina Jean Kelley
Ae William Kelley
Harmony Rostina
Paul Carter Boyce
Paul Boyce
Neshannock Ave
St. Francis Hospital
Larry Johnson
New Galilee RD
Erika Lynn, Sockaci
John Sockaci
Country Club Drive
Ellwood City
St. Francis
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Janie Lynn Gardner
David Gardner
Mercer Road
Jameson
Peter J. Quimby
W. Fairmont Ave
Nicole Marie
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News Index
Cereus
Atisad
News Digest
Harmony
Mrs. William Kelley
Christine Jean
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