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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1981
Page
6
Firefighters responded yesterday around 5 30 p m to a basement blaze at Sara and Ray Dutro’s home on Country Club Lane. Hot ashes against a wall near the basement started the fire, damaging floor joists and wiring with an estimated $800 loss.
Births recorded for Jameson Memorial Hospital and Ellwood City Hospital on January 7 1981 and January 8 1981 include several newborn sons and a daughter. Recipients are Charles R Jones Anita Steinbrink Myron Grombacher Monica Monaco Gary A Nocera Bonita Gallagher Rudy Troyer Edna Gear with accompanying residence details and maiden names. An out of town birth occurs in Youngstown Ohio for Donald E Wallace and Susan Wilder.
A fire in Long Branch Borough, Washington County, killed two year old William Lee Roberts II and seriously burned his parents. The blaze gutted the Crow Street home, causing about $20,000 in damage. The parents, William Lee Roberts III and Sharon Roberts, were hospitalized with burns and later listed in stable condition after transfers to Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh. Fire marshal Trooper Walter Anderson investigated the blaze.
President Carter with backing from Ronald Reagan seeks a 22.3 percent raise for high government officials to quell a quiet crisis in the executive and judicial branches. The plan, to be acted within 60 days, would raise Cabinet pay from 69 630 to 84 000 and Congress salaries from 60 662 to 74 000. The Quadrennial Commission had proposed larger increases, but Carter favors a lower package to balance leadership needs with inflation and overall government costs.
Calendar item notes Hoyt Institute events on January 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. last day of the Holiday Exhibit and Sale and an adult painting workshop from 7 to 10 p.m. Organizers list Foster Parents dinner canceled for January 8 at Highland U.P. Church. Sankey Youth Center hosts January 9 girls only overnight 4 to 7 p.m. with boys to be at the center by 9.
The Pentagon in Washington D C was completed and officially opened on January 15 1943. The landmark facility finalizes construction during World War II and centralizes U S defense operations.
In Columbus the new Republican Senate majority moved swiftly as the Judiciary Committee held its second death penalty bill hearing. Law and order measures include mandatory jail terms for certain violent offenses and harsher penalties for assaults on police officers.
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