Blind student earns diploma at New Castle High
Anthony J. Signoriello, blind since age seven, graduates from New Castle High School among seeing peers. He reads Braille and uses a state-hired reader, plans college study in communications or rehabilitation counseling, and dreams of a future as a broadcaster. He cherishes life, nature, and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J. Signorfelio
Anthony
Albert Russo
New Castle High School
New Castle News
Judi Young News
Anthony J. Signoriello
James Signoriello
E. Wabash Ave
Western Pennsylvania School For the Blind
Pittsburgh
School of Hard Knocks
Donald Morabito
Morabito
Viet Cong rockets shell Da Nang in major assault
Forty five rockets and mortar rounds pounded Da Nang injuring none major but sinking a seagoing Vietnamese tanker and causing fires. The barrage marked one of the fiercest attacks on a population center since February as 43 other cities faced shelling and US Marines fought near Tay Ninh and Khe Sanh. The Da Nang strike followed bombs in the city that wounded civilians. My Tho and Hoi An also suffered casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
da Nang
South Vietnam
da Nang River
Ment
My Tho
Mekong
Hoi An
Khe Sanh
Tay Ninh
U.S
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Red China accused of planning war
Competition among well trained horses highlights the New Castle Jaycees Charity Horse Show which opened last night. Jaycees President Richard S. Cunningham spent part of yesterday riding a motorcycle across the Lawrence County Farm Show grounds coordinating feeds and assistance via walkie talkies. Exhibitors share breed knowledge while preparations and displays unfold under tents as stalls fill and horses arrive.
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Mike Matis
New Castle
Jaycees
Richard S. Cunningham
Lawrence County
Obituary notices listing six local residents dated June 7 1989
Frank W. Stimple 67 of 233 West Pittsburg Road Anna Yakowicz 74 of 1032 North Liberty Street John Newton Rodgers 87 of 4315 Wilmington Road Mrs Peart Schutte Upperman 72 of Ellwood City Henry C. Hempel 71 of 360 Neshannock Avenue memorialized in a local notices roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Stimple
West Pittsburg Rd
Anna Yakowicz
N. Liberty St
John Newton Rodgers
Wilmington Rd
Peart Schutte Upperman
Ellwood City
Henry C. Hempel
Neshannock Ave
Brezhnev accuses Red China of plotting against Soviets
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev charged Red China with planning nuclear and conventional war against the Soviet Union. He spoke at the World Conference of Communist Parties, boycotted by Beijing and its allies in the Moscow feud.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Sth
Chinese Communist Party
Brechner
Peking
Senks
Mao Tsetung
Red China
Far East
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Preparatory Commission
St. George's Hall
Kremlin
Mao
Coast Guard leads search for missing RC135 over Bering Sea
Coast Guard coordinates multi-nation hunt for a four engine RC135 missing since Thursday with 19 crew. Japanese reports a possible life raft with four or five men spotted, though U.S. officials say no sighting confirmed. Search covers vast area 700 miles from Soviet coast and 800 miles from Alaska amid rough seas and 30 mph winds. Brezhnev’s Kremlin address dominates another disjointed dispatch from era including Chinese Communist party tensions and Cold War rhetoric. Weather report notes 108 degrees in Buckeye Arizona and 38 in Rhinelander Wisconsin.
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Juneau
Alaska
UPI
Coast Guard
U.S
Bering Sea
Strategic Air Command
Janpanese Maritime Safety Agency
Tokyo
Shemya
Aleutians
Fairbanks
Washington
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Georgy Ordjonskidge
Shigo Maru
U.S. Coast Guard
Agreement Reached on City Teacher Wages
Agreement reached between city teachers and the school board after a six hour arbitration meeting. Details withheld until early next week. binding to arbitration results signed May 26. NCAEA president Keffer cites settlements on salary, one personal leave day, and NCAEA officer leave. $6,500 to $7,000 range previously debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond I. Keffer
New Castle
Ncgaea
Keffer
NCAEA
Pennsylvania State Education Association
John W. Lyon
Robert L. Adams
Bureau of Administrative Leadership
State Department of Public Instruction
Broadcasters Ordered to Halt Discrimination Nationwide
The FCC ordered U S broadcasters to end racial discrimination in hiring in a first of its kind federal action. The rule applies to stations employing five or more people and would require plans for equal opportunity hiring, expanding beyond the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The measure passed 6 to 0 with Commissioner Bartley abstaining and Commissioner Lee dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FCC
Robert T. Bartley
Robert E. Lee
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Nixon adviser group prepares for Midway summit
President Nixon brings in Henry Kissinger William Rogers Melvin Laird and Joint Chiefs chair Earle Wheeler for a pre summit review before meeting South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu on Midway Island. Key aides Henry Cabot Lodge Ellsworth Bunker Creighton Abrams and John McCain join from Saigon and Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
San Clemente
Catlf
Nixon
Hawaii
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
California
Honolulu
Air Force One
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Midway
Thien
Coral
Pacific
P. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Paris
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Gen
Creighton Abrams
Adm
John McCain
Weather in Western Pennsylvania Forecast
Variable cloudiness with feathered showers and thundershowers today and tonight. Night temperatures in the 60s. Lake Erie easterly winds 5 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy today with a chance of more thundershowers tonight and Sunday.
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
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Czechoslovakia
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