Westminster launches 125 Fund drive for 1976 77
Westminster College in New Castle kicks off the 125 Fund campaign to raise 5.5 million for the Hoyt Science Resources Center and a campus natatorium. The drive includes a kickoff dinner at New Castle Country Club with remarks by industry and college leaders and aims to complete all phases by July 1972.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
New Castle Country Club
Hoyt Science Resources Center
Pittsburgh
Howard C. Collins
Leaf Spring
North American Rockwell Corp
New Castle
Westminster
Lawrence County
Earland I. Carlson
Clara Cockerille
New Castle Area
J. Fred Rentz
the News
Total Special Gifts
Thomas V. Mansell
John R. McCune
Walter C. Shaw Jr
G. C. Murphy Co
Frederick J. Blake Sr
Central National Bank of Cleveland
Frank M. Brettholle
H. J. Heinz Co
Initial Gifts
Glenn B. Reed
Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodenwald, Kyle and Buerger
National
Clyde A. Armstrong
Thorp, Reed and Armstrong
Robert D. Ferguson
Tucker, Burke, Campbell and Arensburg
Foundations
125 Fund
Principals sworn in as superintendents in county move
Four Lawrence County high school supervising principals were sworn in as district superintendents in a Courthouse ceremony. Manford Brockway Mohawk Hubert J. Sherwood Wilmington Clayton L. Houk Union and Anthony Venturella Shenango take three year commissions under a state law ending county offices. Intermediate Units will assume county duties July 1, improving direct district state communication.
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Lawrence County
Manford Brockway
Mohawk
Hubert J. Sherwood
Wilmington
Clayton L. Houk
Union
Anthony Venturella
Shenango
Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV
Phillip R. Phelps
Howard W. Lyon
Pimen Elevated as Patriarch of Moscow and All the Russias
The 60-year-old Russian churchman Pimen was elected by a church council to lead the Russian Orthodox Church as patriarch of Moscow and All the Russias. The ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Velokhovsky Square featured three hours of prayer and a royal procession before about 5,000 guests including Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus.
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Moscow
UPI
Pimen
Makarios
Cyprus
Westminster College 125 Fund Campaign Board Members Named
Campaign members in the New Castle area are listed for the Westminster College 125 Fund. The lineup includes J. Fred Rentz as chairman and section chairs John McKinley Richard Flannery Lauri Laurell Alfred Owens Edward Rea Charles Rhodes John Sant Grover Washabaugh Jr Industry chair James Dunlevy Mrs Dudley Arnold Victor Andrew John Barger J Howard Bruce John Hodge Paul Papenhausen Clyde Whittaker Commercial chair Robert Weingartner William Andrews James Cox Albert Genkinger Howard Kirk John McCoy Gerald Morris Larry Verone Financial chair Robert N Chambers.
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Westminster College
New Castle
J. Fred Rentz
John McKinley
Richard E. Flannery
Lauri G. Laurell
Alfred H. Owens
Edward M. Rea
Charles M. Rhodes
John W. Sant
Grover C. Washabaugh Jr
James F., Dunlevy
Dudley M. Arnold
Victor J. Andrew
John Barger
J. Howard Bruce
John R. Hodge
Paul Papenhausen
Clyde M. Whittaker
Commercial Section
Robert Weingartner
William G. Andrews
James C. Cox
Albert J. Genkinger
Howard M. Kirk
John W. McCoy
Gerald R. Morris
Larry L. Verone
Financial
Robert N. Chambers
Cambodian Wares Near Phnom Penh Escalate With Air Drops
Helicopters air dropped supplies to elite Cambodian troops counter-attacking North Vietnamese forces near Phnom Penh. Cambodian high command claimed over 400 North Vietnamese killed in a week long battle in swamplands 10 miles northeast of the capital, with 120 government casualties. A climactic day saw government troops seize a Communist bunker complex beside a Buddhist pagoda.
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Saigon
UPS
Phnom Penh
High Command
Baltimore priest refuses plea in Kissinger raid case
In federal court Rev. Neil McLaughlin, one of eight indicted in an anti war conspiracy, refused to plead. Judge R Dixon Herman entered an innocent plea for the priest and cut bail from 25000 to 5000, as co defendants likewise declined to answer charges of kidnapping Kissinger and raiding Selective Service offices in three states.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Baltimore
Neil McLaughlin
Henry A. Kissinger
Selective Service
R. Dixon Herman
Hanoi and Viet Cong demand withdrawal and government overthrow
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong said a quick U S troop withdrawal and overthrow of the Saigon government are inseparable prerequisites for peace. Xuan Thuy and Madame Nguyen Thi Binh warned they will not negotiate unless these conditions are met, signaling a hardened negotiating stance.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
United States
Rhodes acted in good faith in Kent State guards ruling
A federal judge ruled Gov. James A. Rhodes acted in good faith when he called out the National Guard, a ground for dismissing suits by parents of three Kent State students seeking 11 million dollars in wrongful death damages. Arthur Krause said the ruling would be appealed.
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Cleveland
UPI
James A. Rhodes
National Guard
Kent State University
US District Court
James C. Connell
Arthur Krause
Pittsburgh
Allison
Communists Kill 48 Americans in Week as Vietnam War Rises
UPI reports that 48 U.S. service members were killed in the last week with 229 wounded, bringing 1971 American battlefield deaths to 1,023. Officials say withdrawals and Vietnamization lower losses overall, though May 21 rocket attack outpost caused 29 deaths in delayed reports.
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Saigon
U.S
Niebuhr Remembered As Leading Protestant Theologian
Relatives and friends gathered in Stockbridge Massachusetts to bid farewell to Reinhold Niebuhr. The widely respected Protestant theologian died Tuesday night, three weeks shy of his 79th birthday. Niebuhr had retired to Yale Hill and was famed as an authority in Protestant philosophy and political thought. Rev Dr Robert W Moss of New York praised him as the outstanding theologian of the nation’s first two centuries.
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Stockbridge
Mass
UPI
Reinhold Niebuhr
Niebuhr
Yale Hill
Robert W. Moss
United Church of Christ of New York
Nixon plan to share revenue faces House defeat
The House rejected a $2.5 billion revenue sharing proposal for manpower training and public service jobs, 204 to 182, in favor of a Democrat-backed $5 billion over five years for about 150,000 public service jobs, delaying the larger program.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Teen in Austin Jail Tearing Blanket Tries Suicide
Amos Margarito, 18, of Austin, was charged with destruction of public property after tearing a blanket in the city jail to use in a hanging attempt. He had earlier faced a loitering charge and gave fictitious names to officers. A jailer found him hanging, he was cut down and later declared in good condition at a hospital.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Amos Margarito
Young Abington student named deputy chairman of state GOP
Mark Ames, 17, a junior at Abington High School, was named deputy chairman of the Massachusetts Republican state committee. He learned of the appointment Wednesday night and called the post special and surprising. He expects a briefing next week to explain powers and duties.
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Boston
UPI
Mark Ames
Republican State Committee
Ames
Abington High School
Passengers view Havana after revolution changes
Seventy passengers aboard a hijacked Pan Am jetliner were detained in Cuba for nearly four days as the city appeared rundown and dilapidated. Pilot Captain George Ashley noted sharp changes since his last visit eleven years earlier. Passengers described shabby buildings and roofs used as pigpens or chicken pens, while hotel executives offered mixed views on life after the revolution.
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Sara Straet
Havana
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Argentina
Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Paris
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Pan American World Airways
United States
Latin America
Heidi Tortura
Nassau
George Ashley
Coral Gables
Stan Weitzman
Los Angeles
State Supreme Court to rule on highway firings
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court hears arguments since May 25 on dismissals of 59 highway workers under Gov. Shapp. The case hinges on patronage powers and union claims of free speech and notice, with DOT pausing further job actions until ruling is issued.
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State Supreme Court
Bell
Commonwealth Court
Milton L. Shapp
Russell Kawa
American Federation of State
State Department of Transportation
Air show grows at New Castle Airport in Union Township
The Castle Flying Club and Castle Aviation Co plan a fly in breakfast and contests at New Castle Airport on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Public breakfast runs 8 to noon with a fee. Awards cover landings, drops, aircraft ages, distances, and weights with CAP support and police help.
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New Castle
Union Township
Louis J. Parillo
Castle Flying Club
Castle Aviation Co
Parillo
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
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Navy
Alma
San Diego
Calif
Tracey
David
Robert
Gravely
Naval Communications
Pimen Heads
News
Malecon
Federal Aviation Agency
Portersville
Dixie Inn
U.S. 19
U.S. 422
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