Fire destroys two story house in Neshannock Township
A fire reported at 7 30 p m Saturday night destroyed the two story home of Mr and Mrs Walter Trott Jr on Old Plank Road in Neshannock Township. Fire officials call it started in a vacuum cleaner and burned quickly gutting the five room dwelling while outside walls remained standing. The Trott family of seven lost everything and now stays in a small trailer as neighbors provide clothing while seeking a new home.
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Walter Trott Jr
Old Plank Road
Neshannock Township
John DiCola
Trott
Winter Avenue
Jewelry theft at Century Jewelry nets $8709 in rings
Century Jewelry on Wilmington Road reports an afternoon heist netting 34 diamond rings worth 8709. Two white men about 30 fled. one drove a dark blue older model car, the other fled on foot. Store manager Wayne Kirby chased them. state police alerted.
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Century House
Wilmington Road
Wayne Kirby
Kirby
Wilmington
Hazelcroft
Carter visits Jordan amid Fort Wayne shooting probe
President Carter met Vernon Jordan at Parkview Memorial Hospital and renewed belief in an assassination attempt. Investigators searched a crude campsite a quarter mile from the sniper site as they pursue an interview with Martha Coleman, the Urban League witness who drove Jordan after the ambush.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
UPI
Carter
Vernon Jordan
Camp David
Jordan
Parkview Memorial Hospital
National Urban League
Martha Coleman
Coleman
Urban League
Interstate 69
Marriott Inn
Wayne Davis
FBI
Indiana
Troops move to quell uprisings at Fort Chaffee Refugee Center
At Fort Chaffee Arkansas a force from Fort Sill Oklahoma totalling 300 soldiers was sent to the refugee relocation center with 1100 more expected to follow to restore order among Cuban refugees. Aide Gene Eidenberg said non lethal force would be used to keep refugees on base. National Guardsmen will patrol the base until reinforcements arrive. Thirty five identified troublemakers will be removed along with a further hundred to be identified. Injuries included gunshots stabbings and burns. Fire damaged several base buildings as residents of nearby Fort Smith and Barling gathered outside the base. Police reported six arrests for disorderly conduct. Authorities said most of 18000 refugees had been returned to quarters with others awaiting processing or transportation. The riot followed an attempted escape and a rock throwing clash at the main gate.
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Fort Chaffee
Ark
UPI
Fort Sill
Okla
Gene Eidenberg
Eidenberg
Chaffee
Fort Smith and
Barling
United States
Doyle Wesson
Carter voices concern over racial violence and hostages
President Carter warned of possible racial violence and said the administration would take very severe steps if hostages stand trial. He spoke after visiting wounded civil rights leader Vernon Jordan and gave two TV interviews while urging Iran and North Korea to act calmly.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Vernon Jordan
Iran
United States
North Korea
South Korea
Lee Carter
Primaries draw little interest on Super Tuesday
United Press International reports Tuesday marks the final and largest primary day of 1980 with 17 contests in nine states. Reagan holds an uncontested path to the nomination while Carter would need 28 delegates to clinch the Democratic win. Democrats vote in eight states including California and New Jersey with Republicans also voting in Mississippi.
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United Press International
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Kennedy
California
New Jersey
Ohio
West Virginia
South Dakota
Rhode Island
New Mexico
Montana
Mississippi
Weather map and graduation notes headline summary
Fragmentary digest lists weather map content and graduation challenges. Mentions Berra arrival note and potential figures like Romo and NI on topics. Obscured final details.
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Onones
Berra
Deaths and Weather Report From Western Pennsylvania
Obituaries list Joseph Biro 67 Ellwood City Paul Korby 21 Lowellville RD 2 Mrs Aniela Wojtowicz 86 44 High St John Jack Soupart 75 907 Fulkerson St Mrs Dorothy Allshouse 83 Golden Hill Nursing Home Vera Steckman 85 Ellwood City Albert Ostrowski 69 1436 Sunny Ave Frank Pelto 92 Bessemer Grace Nunley 61 Youngstown Blanche Stimple 86 517 W Washington St Clarence Allison 81 Ellwood City William Kildoo Sr 58 Grove City William Allsopp Plum Borough Weather forecast warm humid with thunderstorms likely through Tuesday highs around 80, tonight mid 60s, 80 percent rain tonight and Tuesday. Weather statistics for May 31-June 1 show 85 high 52 low. Moraine Park temp 62 with light breeze and .47 inch rain attendance counts.
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Joseph Biro
Ellwood City
Paul J. Korby
Lowellville
Aniela Wojtowicz
High St. John
Speedy driver tied four decades wins in Indy 500
In this week’s Quiz on page 15 of the New Castle News readers meet the first driver to compete in the Indianapolis 500 in four decades and the only driver to win four times. It also asks whether Egyptian voters approved a referendum to allow President Sadat an unlimited term and if Quebec voters backed secession.
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Anwar Sadat
Quebec
Canada
New Castle
Court Upheld Busing Law Across District Lines
The Supreme Court upheld Pennsylvania’s 1972 busing statute, dismissing a challenge and keeping free transportation for private school pupils within or up to ten miles beyond the McKeesport Area School District. The ruling found no religious purpose and affirmed coverage for kindergarten through high school students.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
McKeesport Area
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Coal cars derail near Mahoningtown on 90-car freight run
Thirteen loaded coal cars derailed opposite Consolidated Pipe Co in Mahoningtown yesterday at 5 p.m. A 90 car train running from Phillipston Clarion County to Ashtabula Ohio along the Pennsylvania Lake Erie line blocked tracks as crews from Hutcher Emergency Service Mercer Division and Conrail worked since 1 a.m. By 9 a.m. four of six upset cars were upright. No delays reported by Conrail main office with tracks to be cleared by 2 p.m. Cause under investigation.
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Consolidated Pipe Co
Mahoningtown
Ashtabula
Ohio
Phillipston
Clarion County
New Castle
Hutcher Emergency Service
Mercer Division
Conrail
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