Nice old man with long criminal record shocks neighborhood
Philadelphia report details Robert McKnight a 70 year old ice cream parlor owner shot two teens after years of quiet life. Police reveal a history including murder and robbery convictions and a famous tunnel escape with bank robber Sutton. He faced murder charges for the Brooks shooting and wounding of Ahmed, with neighbors describing him as a polite man who targeted older men.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Robert McKnight
McKnight
William
Sutton
Anthony Brooks
Samuel Ahmed
Chester
Eastern State Penitentiary
George Leader
Pope urges new ties with enemies over arms race
Pope John Paul II told President Reagan to forge new trust with nations labeled as enemies and to end the super power arms race. The leaders met in Rome during Reagan's 52 hour visit ahead of the economic summit, discussing East West relations and world peace.
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Vatican City
UPI
John Paul II
Reagan
Rome
Vatican
Italy
Papal Library
Francesco Cossiga
Amintore Fanfani
Joaquin Navarro Valls
Pope
White House
Miami
John Paul
United States
Pope and Reagan Clash Over Arms Race Aims 1982
The pope urged President Reagan to pursue constructive negotiations to end the arms race and free resources to ease misery and feed the hungry. Reagan emphasized East West divisions and called for lifting statist shackles hindering developing nations.
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Reagan
McCurdy Faces Trial On Homicide Charge
The South Side case centers on James D. McCurdy 30 of 215 N Mulberry Sr charged with criminal homicide and carrying a firearm without a license. Albert Powell testified he saw McCurdy shoot Leonard Ralph Powell 31 near Division Street after a night at Sheila's bar. McCurdy was arrested at his brother in law’s Shenango Township home earlier the same morning.
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South Side
James D. McCurdy
N. Mulberry Sr
Ernest M. Crawford Jr
McCurdy
Leonard Ralph Powell
Volant RD 2
Division Street
Powell
Albert E
Mercer
Shenango Township
Leonard Powell
Diana Yakubik
NASA names 15 for training as astronauts
NASA announced 15 new astronaut candidates at Johnson Space Center as the agency resumes post Challenger plans. Mae Jemison, first black woman named to train as an astronaut, leads the group alongside nine pilots and eight mission specialists, with civilians and military officers represented. The class will begin a year of training August 17, increasing flight status to 97, while Sally Ride plans to resign, and a Coast Guard officer becomes the first from that service to join NASA.
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Challenger
Jemison
NASA
Los Angeles
Astronaut Office
Space Agency
William Pailes
Air Force Ma
Jor
Johnson Space Center
Jan Dozier
Huntsville
Ala
Ride
Cmdr
Bruce E. Melnick
Traverse City
Mich
Coast Guard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
Thomas D. Akers
Niceville
Fla
Andrew M. Allen
Hollywood
Navy
Kenneth D. Bowersox
Ridgecrest
Calif
Curtis L. Brown Jr
Kevin P. Chilton
Shalimar
C. Michael Foale
Seabrook
Texas
Nine steel towns face financial ruin warn CMU study
A Carnegie Mellon University economics professor warned nine western Pennsylvania steel towns will need tax increases, service cuts, and intermunicipal consolidation to avoid deficits in 1989. If action fails, payrolls pensions and debt payments could be threatened, endangering local governments. Towns cited include Braddock Hills Clairton Duquesne Homestead Munhall Swissvale West Elizabeth West Homestead and Whitaker.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Carnegie Mellon University
Western Pennsylvania
Robert Strauss
Straus
Steel Valley Council of Governments
Custer
Braddock Hills
Clairton
Duquesne
Homestead
Munhall
Swissvale
West Elizabeth
West Homestead
Whitaker
Death Records for Six Residents Listed in City
On June 6, 1987 six local deaths are reported: Mrs. Bernard Ballas aged 62 of 2314 S Jefferson St. John R. Biddle aged 92 of West Pittsburg. William A. Krebs aged 72 of Ellwood City. Joseph C. Mitzel aged 61 of New Middletown Ohio. Marion H. Morosky aged 77 of 761 Addis St. and Jerry R. Hamill aged 21 of Youngstown.
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Bernard Ballas
S. Jefferson St
John R. Biddle
West Pittsburg
William A. Krebs
Ellwood City
Joseph C. Mitzel
New Middletown
Ohio
Marion H. Morosky
Addis St
Jerry R. Hamill
Youngstown
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Bernadette Lighter
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Point Pleasant
U.S
Leonard R. Powell
George Freed
Bill Lyons
News Index
Church
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Cuicse
Csaib Actien Dearen
Aten Ee
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