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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1981
Page
2
G and G Paving and Excavating of Hillsville was the apparent low bidder this week for removing trees and brush from a runway area at New Castle Airport. The bid of 2880 dollars was awarded pending city engineer approval. The trees and brush obstruct aircraft and the area measures 500 by 4000 feet.
The Quaker State Oil Refining Corp recalls Deluxe 10W-40 and Super Blend 10W-30 due to a pour point depressant defect making them thick in cold weather. Supplies shipped from St. Marys West Virginia Congo West Virginia and Farmers Valley Pennsylvania between November 13 and December 23 are pulled from the market until tested. Complaints, mainly from Nebraska South Dakota and Wisconsin areas, total fewer than 50 and include engine damage. The recall targets the northern tier only and is not nationwide.
A fire in Terrace Village caused an estimated $10,000 damage Wednesday after a child, likely one of Ginger Robinson’s two youngsters ages 3 and 5, played with a cigarette lighter and ignited bed clothes in a bedroom. No injuries were reported. Battalion Chief William Schafer confirmed the occupant’s account.
Sidney Brinkley 21 faces murder charges in 1979 strangling of University of Pittsburgh coed Monica Renee Jones 18. Defense seeks suppression of a police statement and change of venue due to local and Philadelphia publicity, with pretrial motions ahead.
Acting coroner Joshua Perper reported a 16 percent drop in homicides in Allegheny County for 1980 with 92 killings, down from 119 in 1979. He noted other big cities like Philadelphia rose by over 10 percent and Dade County, Florida grew by more than 100 percent.
Wall Street plummeted after Joseph Granville urged investors to sell, delivering one of the market’s worst days. The Dow fell 23.80 to 980.89 as record volumes surged on the New York Stock Exchange, with parallel drops on the American Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
Pittsburgh TV announcer Nick Perry and official Edward Plevel were bound over for trial in Dauphin County after a two day hearing. WTAE stagehand Joseph Bock testified Perry organized a $1.2 million scheme and recruited others including Fred Luman and a security official, later identified as Plevel. Bock described weighting ping pong balls and burning them after the April 24 drawing. Authorities reported $426,500 in April 24 Daily Number tickets recovered and $224,018 in cash winnings, with additional cash and tickets turned in by others such as Luman and Maragos.
Washington UPI William M De Lancey chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute urged Congress to pass a stretch-out bill allowing steel firms up to three extra years to meet federal clean air standards The measure would enable the EPA to grant extensions to plants that reinvest savings into renovations De Lancey cited broad consensus among EPA the Justice Department environmental groups United Steelworkers and the steel industry as a reason for early action The bill proposed by senators Heinz Glenn Lugar and Randolph was first floated last year with supporters warning that delaying passage could force $3 6 billion in extra air and water quality spending over four years to meet impending deadlines
The EPA announced consent decrees with Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp limiting air and water pollution at Cleveland and Youngstown operations with final compliance by 1982 for air and three years for water. Similar decrees target Pittsburgh and Hammond, Indiana plants. Up to 350 million dollars may be spent. Public comment period opens for 30 days.
David Henry Barnett, once the CIA's highest ranking mole, was sentenced to 18 years for selling U.S. intelligence to the Soviet Union. Judge Kaufman warned the penalty deters others, noting Barnett admitted guilt and cooperated with prosecutors.
Internationally famed South African sculptor Giovanni Schoeman age 40, his partner Cornelius Moll 41, a Ventura chiropractor, and Kimberly Roberts 27 who lived with Schoeman in Barker Pass were found shot to death in an apparent triple execution style slaying near Santa Barbara. Police found the bodies after a motorist reported a late night discovery on Highway 154 in the Santa Ynez valley. Actor-director Sylvester Stallone, a friend of Schoeman, said he was thunderstruck by the killings.
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