Downtown merchants press for patrol after vandalism surge
Downtown merchants meet with Police Chief William McCallion to demand an extra night patrol to curb window breakings. They note juvenile involvement, urge stiffer fines and a $300 reward for identifying vandals, with losses estimated around $5,000 since year start.
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William McCallion
Downtown Merchants Association
Greater New Castle Association
Rogan
McCallion
Sam Friedman
Temple Shop
Mercer County
Lawrence County
Larry Perelman
Perelman
East Washington Street
City Eyes Cable TV Sale To Cablentertainment Partners
The city weighs approving a sale of its cable franchise to Cablentertainment Inc in a deal with Lawrence Cablevision. Council will hear public views at the June 14 meeting as deregulation and rate increases are discussed. Cablentertainment operates in Pulaski Va Zanesville Ohio Rochester Pa and serves eight Beaver County towns via Rochester. Lawrence Cablevision under Action CATV Inc faces a 10 year franchise dating to 1976 with recent rate increase history.
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New Castle
Council
Lawrence Cablevision
Augustine Leone Jr
Federal Communications Commission
Cablentertainment
Pulaski
Zanesville
Ohio
Rochester
Beaver County
Action Catv, Inc
William Randles
News Digest: Business Classified Page Highlights
Digest notes a business classified page labeled Wy 16 with sections 44 45 46 47 and entries for CEO Pedecinas 43 NRE ees 55 unde tee pads FeMale Foc and 9 10 il Theaters.
Death Record Western Pennsylvania Weather Not a Person
Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the low 60s. Thursday will be partly sunny, warm, and humid with a chance of thundershowers. High in the mid 80s and a 20 percent rain chance tonight, 30 percent Thursday. Wind variable under 12 mph tonight.
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Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock board rejects dorm fee hike for next year
Slippery Rock State College trustees decline an $18 room rate increase proposed by acting President Lawrence Park, leaving a $147,461 dorm and food service deficit to carry into next year and likely growing by about $100,000. Trustee Leo Stepanian criticized SRSC’s approach while EDIN, CALIFORNIA and CLARION comparison mentions place SRSC ranks seventh among 14 state colleges for room and board costs.
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Slippery Rock
Slippery Rock State College
Lawrence Park
Leo Stepanian
Steve Hulbert
Indiana University of Pa
Stepanian
SRSC
Indiana
California
Clarion
Edinboro
Pope John Paul II crowd violence in Czestochowa tour
Security men beat a priest and pelted bystanders and photographers during the pope’s Czestochowa visit in Poland. Uniformed militiamen battled crowds as the motorcade rode through city streets, with miners massing in Upper Silesia to demand access. The pope prayed before the Black Madonna and planned to return to Krakow.
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Barry James
Czestochowa
Poland
UPI
Pope John Paul II
United Press International
Mal Langsdon
Czestochowas
Holy Family
Newsweek Magazine
Silesia
John Paul
Krakow
Karol Wojtyla
St. Peter
Upper Silesia
Kazimery Switon
Upper
Karl Chandler Dies at 62 in Edinburg Area
Karl H Chandler 62 of Edinburg RD 1 former Lawrence County Director of Veterans Affairs and voter registrar died at 4 40 pm yesterday at Jameson Memorial Hospital after an extended illness He retired in September 1978 after 16 years in the veterans director and voter registrar post Remembered by coworkers for compassion and his caring nature Chief Lee Chandler page 3.
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Karl H Chandler
Edinburg RD
Lawrence County
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Chandler
Lee Chandler
Expressway Toll Plan Weighs Turnpike In Beaver County
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission considering a feasibility study to make a 16 mile Beaver Valley Expressway segment part of the turnpike. Gov Thornburgh interest noted. Survey results from Mercer Lawrence and Beaver counties show strong support for tolling funded by users, not taxes. Attendees included state lawmakers and local officials.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Harrisburg
Beaver Valley Expressway Association
Richard E. Rentz Sr
Expressway Association
Govrick Thornburgh
Mary Webber
Greater
Pittsburgh International
Mercer Lawrence
Beaver Counties
Mercer County
Lawrence County
Beaver County
Chambers of Commerce
Peter Mortensen
First National Bank
James Rugh Jr
James Rugh
Normandy D-Day anniversary honors fallen Rangers at Pointe du Hoc
At Pointe du Hoc in France, Gen Omar Bradley praised dead Allied soldiers during the 35th anniversary ceremony of the Normandy invasion. Rangers 2nd and 5th battalions scaled 100 foot cliffs under fire to silence German guns, a mission costly with many killed or wounded.
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Pointe DU Hoc
France
UPI
Omar Bradley
Normandy
Europe
Ranger
Omaha
Utah
James E. Rudder
Army
Bradley
Pechakek
John W Donaldson
Omaha Beach
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Edinburg
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Ellwood City
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