Pennsylvania Students Flee to Colleges in Other States
UPI reports thousands of Pennsylvania graduates proceed to earn degrees in West Virginia New York Ohio Maryland North Carolina and beyond. State outmigration rose to new highs as federal data show 1975 to 1978 losses expanding from 10 000 to 27 000 while college census data for fall anticipate further increases amid rising high school dropouts and shrinking college age numbers.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Ohio
Maryland
North Carolina
Education Department
Higher Education Assistance Agency
New Jersey
Delaware
Veterans Is $800 Pheaa
Contiguous
Robert Scanlon
Pheaa Board
PHEAA
Kenneth R. Reeder
Warren Ringler
Sewage backup on North Hill causes odor and cost estimates
North Hill sewage largely fails to reach Mahoningtown treatment, pooling at Park Avenue and North Mercer Street on Mooney Bros property. City engineer Rozzi cites a broken trunk line as the cause and warns a TV camera will locate the fault. Repair could cost 50 000 to 100 000 dollars, with deep 40 foot lines and no current funds.
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North Hill
Mahoningtown
Park Avenue
North Mercer Street
Mooney Bros City
Alphonse Rozzi
Mooney Bros
Roza
Weather and notices from June 5 1979
Western Pennsylvania forecast calls for variable clouds with showers or a thunderstorm tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight in the upper 50s, high Wednesday in the upper 70s, with 40 percent tonight and 30 percent Wednesday rain chances. Morain e State Park reports 72 degrees at 11 a.m. with west winds, 0.19 inches rain and attendance of 4,629 on Monday. Miss Cathy A. Miller listed as resident of 344 Smithfield St.
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Cathy A. Miller
Smithfield St
Pennsylvania
Moraine State Park
Lobbies split over school bill in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg two major education lobbies oppose each other over a bill requiring local districts to furlough teachers by seniority. After lengthy debate the House postponed a vote. The Pennsylvania State Education Association backs the bill while the Pennsylvania School Boards Association denounces it as a mockery of quality education. Amendments were proposed to add routes and bus requirements, with Rep. Freind aiming to water down the measure.
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Harrisburg
UPL
House
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Stephen Freind
Delaware
Transportation Department
Train strikes disabled truck in Wampum
A truck driven by Terry L Sicard, 26, of Wampum, went out of control on Clyde Street and was left disabled on railroad tracks around 10:30 p.m. The train struck the right front side after Sicard abandoned the vehicle. he escaped injury.
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Wampum
Terry L Sicard
Sicard
Clyde Street
Arson twice hits CETA office in Frew Building
A well dressed white male with a husky build is sought after two fires damaged the Lawrence County CETA Services office in the Frew Building Kennedy Square. Fire crews from 5 25 p m found multiple records burned and papers scattered. The office housed payroll files and other documents. Evidence was sent to the state police crime lab near Erie.
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Lawrence County
Ceta Services
Jack Kosier
CETA
Frew
Kennedy Square
Kosier
Roland Wise
State Police
Erie
Lawrence County Council of Community Centers
Neighborhood Legal Services
City vows crackdown on overdue parking tickets
New Castle authorities pursue late payments after taking over ticketing Jan 1. A woman with 45 overdue tickets, the year’s extreme case, owes $900. The parking authority cites new followups and magistrate arrests for large unpaid counts, with April tickets totaling 2,149 and about 600 excused at the clock.
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New Castle
Buzz
Hanna
Authority
Jack Butz
Butz
Security tightens as massive crowd greets pope in Poland
Polish authorities raise security to the highest level since the pope's arrival as about a million pilgrims chant love for John Paul II. Militiamen and army trucks guard Jasna Gora while the pontiff holds a quiet mass for Polish nuns and plans a workers mass in Czestochowa. The pope signals a pan Slavic religious revival, touching on church state battles and even the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Czestochowa
Poland
UPI
John Paul I
Tulltop Jasna Gora
John Paul
Warsaw
Vatican
Good Sisters of
Rome
Lower Silesia
Czechoslovak
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Moscow
Krakow
John Paul II
Jasma Gora
Court upholds veterans' laws from Supremes decision
The Supreme Court upheld veterans preference laws 7 to 2, ruling Massachusetts state civil service law grants absolute preference to qualified veterans over other applicants and strengthening such laws nationwide despite dissent.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Tax office to mail delinquent 1977 tax notices
The Lawrence County Tax Claim Bureau will mail delinquent notices for 1977 taxes to property owners. Director Al Presnar warns that paying before June 15 avoids extra costs already spent last year. Once notices go out, preparation for sales commences and the extra charges will be added.
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Lawrence County Tax Claim Bureau
al Presnar
Presnar
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CLIF
Jack Kosior
News Digest
News Index
Ralph K. Jamison
N. Crawford
Onie M. Limrick Shaffer
Harding St
Florrie Davies
W. Sheridan Ave
Maria Coccia Gentile Miller
Ellwood City Regis
Aaron Condron
Kittanning RD
Shenango River
Lane
Howard E. Hanna
Barry James
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