Welfare's new image shifts to services beyond cash aid
A public series from the Lawrence County Board of Assistance outlines five new service sections including employment, family, homemaker, and tenant relations. It details eligibility rules for general assistance, aid to the disabled, medical assistance, and programs for the elderly and dependent children, emphasizing services for both recipients and non-recipients.
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Mike Pauline
Lawrence
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Board of Assistance
Pennsylvania
Manson and three women found guilty of Tate LaBianca murders
JURY convicts Charles Manson and three female followers of first degree murder in seven Tate LaBianca slayings. The trial moves to a penalty phase with possible death sentences at San Quentin. Linda Kasabian testified as key witness.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charles Manson
San Quentin
Manson
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
Jesus Christ
Sharon Tate
Lena LaBianca
Rosemary
Susan Atkins
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Miss van Houten
LaBianca
Jury verdicts in high profile case leave supporters hopeful
Attorneys called the verdicts disappointing yet unsurprising after the venue motion loss. If death sentences are handed in the penalty phase they will appeal to the California Supreme Court. life sentences will also be appealed. Jurors appeared somber as Foreman Herman Tubick, a Rose Hills Cemetery mortician, smiled at Bugliosi and assistants after a year and a half since the slayings.
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Los Angeles
Sam Sheppard
Cleveland
Rose Hills Cemetery
Bugliosi
City bus drivers approve one year contract raise
Daniel H. Treloar Jr. of the New Castle Area Transit Authority says Division 89 of the Amalgamated Transit Union will sign a new one year pact. The raise lifts drivers’ hourly pay from 2.95 to 3.16 dollars. mechanics and office staff also receive increases.
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Daniel H. Treloar Jr
New Castle Area
Ellwood electric workers off sick amid union dispute
All six Electric Department workers in Ellwood City called in sick for a second day, fueling tension with the union over overtime and callouts after a New Year’s pole accident. Borough officials say there is no alarm and seven days of sick leave remain. service continues.
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Ellwood City
Electric Department
William F. Bell
Beechwood Blvd
Dale Beeler
Beeler
Electric Committee
Wallace Lorde
Lorde
Cold Wave Brings Snow Flurries in Western Pennsylvania
Weather bulletin warns of a cold wave tonight through Wednesday in western Pennsylvania with cloudy windy conditions and showers. Eastern areas may turn colder late today with highs in the 30s to low 40s. Tonight stays windy and colder with snow flurries and lows near 10 to the teens. Wednesday remains windy and cold with more snow flurries and highs in the low teens. Lake Erie will see storm warnings with gusty westerly winds 40 to 60 knots and snow squalls.
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Pennsylvania
Haif
Lake Erie
Arctic
New Castle
Pennsylvania Power Co
Canada
International Falls
Minn
Great Lakes
Appalachians
North Pacific Coast
Rockies
Middle Atlantic States
Louisiana
Florida
Gulf Coast
Texas
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Boulder
Colo
Venus 7 Lands on Venus Inoperable? Noted in Tass Report
The Tass broadcast announced Venus 7 landed in operating condition on Venus last December 15 and sent data from the surface. It said surface temperature near 887 degrees Fahrenheit and atmospheric pressure about 90 times Earth’s, confirming no life as known on Earth.
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Moscow
UPI
Venus 7
Venus
Tass
Central Asia
Earth
Economy kicks off Report for 1971 outlook
Lawrence County Review in New Castle News opens its yearend 1971 series with the Economy section. The first of five daily parts covers business industry labor production agriculture and the outlook for 1971.
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Lawrence County Review
New Castle News
Obituary Notices for Blanton Purdy and Brown
The notices report the deaths of William G. Blanton age 71 of 515 Newell Ave Dr Mary M. Purdy age 80 of New Wilmington and Charles Brown age 86 of 4 E Long Ave with dates in January 1971.
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William G. Blanton
Newell Ave
Mary M. Purdy
New Wilmington
Charles Brown
E. Long Ave
Lawrence County Population Falls 5,591 in Decade Report
Official census figures released by Gov. Milton J. Shapp show Lawrence County losing 5,591 people over the last decade, reducing its population to 107,374. Among area counties, Butler gained 13,302 to reach 127,941, Mercer fell 344 to 127,175, and Beaver rose by 1,470 to 208,418.
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Lawrence County
Milton J. Shapp
Beaver
Butler
Mercer
Almanac Readers Brace for Blizzard Across Regions
Almanac readers noted a blizzard in Lawrence County with 60 mph winds. The storm caused minor damage, limb falls, and light snow. higher winds and storms affected the Upper Great Lakes and central U.S. Temperatures plummeted in Minnesota and Colorado. A fatal two car crash occurred on the Ohio Turnpike near Ravenna, killing Lazaro Martinez.
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Old Farmer's Almanac
Lawrence County
Almanac
Ravenna
Ohio
UPI
Lazaro Martinez
Aurora
Ill
Portage County
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