Normandy Invasion veteran recalls training and 40 year return
Neshannock Township resident Ralph Russo receives France's thanks for his role in the Normandy invasion. Patterson, later in the Battle of the Bulge, learned to shoot a .50 caliber machine gun via balloon targets and a large model airplane, then returned to Normandy in 1984 for a 40 year celebration. A 1941 Newcastle High School grad, he worked as a stock boy at Jack Gerson's jewelry store.
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Neshannock Township
Ralph Russo
France
Normandy
Patterson
Army
New Castle High School
Jack Gerson
Mill and
East Wash
Pat Patterson recalls bitter cold on D-Day Utah Beach
J Robert Patterson, 91, a combat machine gunner with the 474th Automatic Weapon Halftrack unit, remembers the brutal cold on June 6, 1944. He recalls beach chaos, heavy bombardment, and the need for winter gear as Utah Beach, part of the Normandy invasion, faced relatively lighter American casualties. He notes the Normandy countryside, dead livestock, and silk parachutes left on beaches used by French women for wedding dresses.
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J. Robert
Pat” Patterson
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Patterson
474Th
Utah Beach
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Omaha Beach
Normandy
France
Cold Water Challenge sweeps area firefighters for charity
Area firefighters join a viral Polar Plunge style fundraiser called The Cold Water Challenge. A firefighter is doused then tags five more, each must donate to charity or face a larger penalty. Pulaski Township No 2 station saw Assistant Chief Jim Kuhn drenched after being challenged by Fire Chief Dave Leasure. Kuhn donated to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. water was about 45 degrees. Assistant Chief Willie Breetz also took the plunge.
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Pulaski Township
Jim Kuhn
Britanie Breetz
Willie Breetz
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New Bedford
Pulaski
Dave Leasure
Kuhn
National
Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Hale funding amounts released in Lawrence County
Lawrence County government expects about 70 000 more in Marcellus Shale impact fees in 2013 than the prior year. The state Public Utility Commission released statewide allocations this week. Lawrence County is due 2013 impact fees 2013 legacy funds totaling 201 308 and 86 120 19 respectively. Local governments receive funds based on wells drilled the previous year.
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Lawrence County
State Public Utility Commission
Jim Gagliano
Dan Vogler
Pulaski
Classified D1 D6 Puzzles D4 Horoscope D2 Life B1 B4 Comics C4
A compact page segment highlights classified items and puzzles with brief notes on horoscopes life sections and comic scraps. Readers find small ads and entertainment snippets interspersed with light, humorous cartoons and opinion cues.
Student disarms gunman at Seattle campus. one dead
A lone gunman armed with a shotgun opened fire at a small Seattle university building. He fatally wounded one person and injured three others before a student subdued him with pepper spray as he tried to reload. Seattle police identified the student as the passerby who intervened.
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Seattle
Seattle University
Obituaries: William Manolis and Leslie A. Taylor
William Manolis aged 85 from Neshannock Township and Leslie A. Taylor aged 58 of Nesbit Road are listed in the obituaries on page A3.
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William Manolis
Neshannock Township
Leslie A. Taylor
Nesbit Road
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