Pioneer grocer Anna Call dies after long career in New Castle
Miss a multiple state figure, Anna Caravella Martello Call 83 of 202 E Maitland Lane and Hollywood Fla died at St Francis Hospital after a short illness. She founded Martello's Food Market and Calls Super Market the first self service market in New Castle, later Calls Plaza. Survived by three sons, five grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren. services in New Castle and Hollywood. Burial in Hollywood Memorial Gardens.
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Wilmington Road
New Castle
Neshannock Township
Calls Plaza
Pennsylvania
Call
St. Vitus Church
Nativity Church
Hollywood
Fla
Sisto Martello
Marco Call
Phillip Martello
Samuel Martello
Eugene Martello
Alphonso Caravella
Anthony Caravella
Ellwood City
Bessie L. Smith Blinn
New Brighton
Ridge Road
Ellwood City Hospital
North Sewickley Township
Beaver County
Abraham and
Elizabeth Hazen Smith
American Steel Co
Blinn
North Sewickley United Presbyterian Church
Open Road
Lewis H
Doc) Blinn
James
Lillie) Cable
Wampum
Walter
Jessie) Blinn
Oliver
Mildred) Ai
Dudley Rose
North Sewickley Cemetery
Crime rate climbs in Pennsylvania last year
State Police Commissioner Daniel Dunn reports a 62 percent rise in Pennsylvania crimes in 1978 from 1977 with 370,639 serious crimes and 820,642 total crimes. Murders totaled 717 statewide, with Philadelphia and Allegheny County accounting for many. several counties reported no murders. Three officers were killed in the line of duty during 1978.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Daniel Dunn
Lawrence County
Dunn
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Chester County
Delaware County
Lackawanna
Dauphin Counties
Carbon
Centre
Clarion
Clinton
Forest
Greene
Indiana
Lycoming
McKean
Mifflin
Perry
Potter
Man’s home vandalized in two window incidents
Police said William Reid of 4611 Neshannock Village reported two window strikes this morning. A three foot metal rod was hurled through a living room window and, while officers spoke with Reid, another kitchen window was broken.
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William Reid
Neshannock Village
Reid
City Faces Gasoline Shortfall For Public Works
New Castle faces a gasoline crunch as its June allocation for public works vehicles drops to 78 percent of last year. Business administrator William G. Tallman cited a notice on the city’s monthly bill from Agway, In., noting Agway had warned the supply would be at least as high as last year amid a national average of 92 percent of prior allocations.
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New Castle
William G. Tallman
Agway
Tallman
Woman arrested after car crash
Kein Abraham twenty of 106 N Ray St was charged with police with drunk driving after colliding with a police cruiser at 6am on North Mercer Street. The cruiser had moderate damage to the left rear and Abraham was jailed and cited for driving without a license. Thomas A. Dryfuse twenty two of Wam pum Rd 1 was cited for hit and run after hitting a car on Sutton Street and continuing.
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Kein Abraham
Ray St
Bert Fullwood
Mercer Street
Miss Abraham
Fullwood
Thomas A. Dryfuse
Wampum RD 1
Dryfuse
Sutton Street
Beckford Street
Mine Strike Ends After Local 1269 Walkout
In Cambria County Barnes Tucker Portal 24B shut during the 3 pm shift as about 100 United Mine Workers Local 1269 members walked out over a job bidding dispute. The strike ended shortly before 6 pm and work resumed for the 11 pm shift.
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Nicktown
UPI
Barnes & Tucker Portal
Cambria County
United Mine Workers Local 1269
Ice cream truck holdup tied to arrest in city
An armed man robbed ice cream driver John Blasdell at his home and fled with cash checks and coins. Glenn E. Davis, 20, of 107 Smithfield St, was arrested after police traced a license plate from the getaway car. Blasdell followed the robber to a waiting car, but the suspect fled on foot. Davis was arraigned and jailed. Police also report Thomas R. Blinn, 20, of Chewton, charged with burglarizing the Paramount Cafe in Wampum. Jack Bowker fled the scene.
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Smithfield St
John Blasdell
Madison Ave
Blasdell
Davis
Howard B Hanna
Lawrence County
Thomas R. Blinn
Chewton
Paramount
Wampum
Jack Bowker
Blinn
Victor Short
Bowker
Car Truck Collision Injures Four on Paden Road
A head-on crash on Paden Road in North Beaver Township injured four people and totaled the car and pickup. Blarry Craig of New Galilee collided with Mark E. McConnell of Edinburg while McConnell’s car was northbound and crossed into the opposite lane. Craig, his son James, and daughter Jennifer were hurt and transported to Jameson Hospital along with McConnell who suffered a broken leg. Craig sustained a back injury and Jennifer a broken ankle.
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Beaver Township
Blarry Craig
New Galilee
Mark E. McConnell
Edinburg
McConnell
Craig
Jameson Hospital
James
Jennifer
Chandler Remembered for Service to Lawrence County
Joseph Book, clerk of Lawrence County, recalls Chandler a longtime courthouse official with 26 years at Swift and Co. He led veterans affairs work and community involvement through Masons and religious groups. Born 1916 in Cleveland, Chandler served as deacon elder and treasurer at First Christian Church and held numerous veterans and civic roles. Memorials suggested to Shriner’s Crippled Children’s Hospital or Lawrence County Cancer SocietyUnit. Services set at First Christian Church with arrangements by Robert A. Myers Home for Funerals.
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Gladys I. Blaine Kenehan
Sharpsville Steel Fabricating Co
Kenehan
Croton United Methodist Church
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Betty Lou) Ketterer
Ellwood City
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Johanna Palkovitch
American Cancer Society
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Lawrence County
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Swift and Co
O.N Steele
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Syria Temple AA
Lawrence County Caravan No. 15
Mahoning Valley
Ohio
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Caroline B Bubel Chandler
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Karl H_ill
Sally
Edinburg
Carolyn
Alexandria
Betty Queen
Tanner-Reynolds Mortuary
Highland Ave
First Christian Church
Lake View Cemetery
Robert A. Myers Home
Jefferson St
Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital
Rates Spark Price Talk Across State Colleges
East Stroudsburg charges 414 for room and 234 for board totaling 1296 for two semesters. Slippery Rock runs its own food service and shares the top board rate with Mansfield and Cheyney. Dr Hulbert notes wage and benefit differences and jockeying among state schools as Millersville raises board to 298 while Slippery Rock drops slightly. An $18 rise signals a 16 percent uptick, below the national 64 percent average for public four year colleges.
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East Stroudsburg
Slippery Rock
Mansfield
Cheyney
Hulbert
Dorms at SRSC Reach Full Capacity with 2,300 Students
Step anian cited a newspaper report claiming the state granted Penn State University a $1 million special fund. He fumed that the state is playing games and questioned the state's duty to educate students as the seven SRSC dorms maintain 100 percent occupancy.
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SRSC
Stepanian
Penn State University
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Butler County
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Dewey Ave
Sharon General Hospital
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Nationwide Insurance
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Columbus, Ohio
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Wilmington Rd
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