1980 collegians show signs of spirit besides me first
The 1980 graduates reveal shifts in priorities beyond self-interest with acts of symbolism and pride. At Virginia, yellow ribbons honored Iran hostages. Temple grads applauded families. some pursued degrees later in life, marching in parades. Yale sees protest through pink and green balloons and banners calling for women’s rights, no nukes, and divestment from South Africa.
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Patricia McCormack
UPI
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Quiet Collegians
God
University of Virginia
Iran
Bern
Yale University
New Haven
Yale
South Africa
Utility excavations become city target
City engineer David Kite enforces a 1970 ordinance to curb dangerous street excavations by utility firms Western Pennsylvania Water Co and Columbia Gas Co adjust to stricter rules raising costs. Kite has shifted from date-based records to street-by-street tracking through May 31. See EXCAVATIONS, page 3.
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David Kite
Kite
Western Pennsylvania Water Co
Columbia Gas Co
John Orlando
New Castle District
The
Water Company
Arthur Towne
Columbia Gas
New Castle Plans First Summer School in a Decade
Ne Ca district launches six week summer sessions for students who failed world cultures US history or English. Registration runs Monday to Wednesday from 9 am to 3 pm with a $55 tuition. Guidance counselor Louise Panella cites loss of a regional partner school and uncertainty of others summer plans. John Wilson of Big Beaver Falls Area HS notes rising costs halted cross district makeup classes this year.
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New Castle High School
Louise Panella
New Castle
U.S
Wilson
Allegheny County
Lawrence County
Two-Car Crash Injures Ten Near Falls Bypass
Ten people are injured after a two car crash at the Falls Street Bypass and Lowry Street intersection. Richard Lee Brown, 25, and Valerie Irving, 20, drive the colliding vehicles. Irving faced a reckless driving citation for brake failure. Several passengers and others in Brown's car were treated. two were admitted. Names and ages of the injured include Benita Brown, Kevin Basham, Mandell Irving, Blanquito Irving, Thelma Irving, Corray Irving, and Theresa McFarland among others.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Lowry Street
Falls Street
Richard Lee Brown
Beach St
Valerie Irving
Wright St
Youngstown
Theresa McFarland
Benita Brown
Kevin Basham
Fulkerson St
City man killed as car hits poles on East Side
Charles William Monico, 25, of 309 East Northview Avenue, died when his car left East Washington Street, swerved to avoid a blinker horse over a manhole, struck a sidewalk, then hit two utility poles. The right lane remained closed about 200 feet before the scene.
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Charles William Monico
E. Northview Ave
East Washington Street
Monico
Butler Avenue
Congress kills Carter gas fee veto fight seems certain
The House approved Senate language killing President Carter's dime-a-gallon gasoline fee and sent it to the White House, where a veto is anticipated. Leaders warned OPEC may raise oil prices within 60 to 90 days, while debate on override motions continued amid bipartisan denouncements of the fee.
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Washington
Carter
O'Neill
House
Senate
Sen
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Weather Update for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a chance of thundershowers and warmer Friday. Low tonight mid-50s. High Friday in the low 80s. Rain chances 10 percent tonight and 30 percent Friday. Also includes June 4 weather statistics with high 72 and low 47, no precipitation, Shenango River stage 5.86 feet, and Moraine State Park temperature 62 at 11 a.m. with east wind 6 mph and 4,002 attendees on Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Upi
Shenango River
Moraine State Park
Mercer brothers recaptured after jail escape
Two escapees from Mercer County Jail, Robert Dosch aged 27 and Timothy Dosch aged 23, were recaptured six hours after their escape. State police found them about 8:30 p.m. hiding in woods near the jail, likely slipping through a fence break by the exercise yard. The brothers, extradited from Omaha, Nebraska, were awaiting trial on armed robbery and auto theft charges.
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Mercer, Pa
UPI
Robert Dosch
Timothy
Mercer County
Volant
Lawrence County
Nifedipine Shows Promise For Angina Patients In U S Study
A UPI report notes 127 patients with Prinzmetal's angina treated with nifedipine, an experimental drug, showing 63 percent elimination of attacks and a 50 percent reduction in weekly pain episodes. Averaged results: 87 percent fewer attacks. 16 to two per week. Harvard official Dr. James E. Muller explains the drug dilates coronary arteries while FDA licensing is pending.
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Boston
UPI
Europe
U.S
New England Journal of Medicine
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
James E. Muller
Harvard School of Public Health
Muller
United States
FDA
Keswoman
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