Shafer moves to abolish Pennsylvania Internal Affairs Dept
Governor Shafer's administration backs a bill to dissolve the 9 year old Internal Affairs Department on Jan 19, 1971. Function transfer to other agencies would follow, with Tabor retainment issues and Senate confirmation uncertain amid partisan opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
UPI
Raymond P. Shafer
State Internal Affairs Department
House
State Government Committee
John K. Tabor
Lee A. Donaldson Jr
Allegheny
United Press International
Tabor
Internal Affairs Department
Health and Public Welfare
U.S. Senate
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Fineman
Obituary notices from New Castle region list several deaths
A series of obituaries from New Castle and surrounding areas lists Elsie Walls, Joseph Babovsky, Francis Stanley, Mrs Ralph Baker, William McKim, and Charles Fishlock among the deceased. Details include birthplaces, spouses, children, and funeral arrangements with dates, times, and locations across local homes and churches. The notices note wartime service, business roles, and affiliations with churches and veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph C. Baker
Riverview Ave
McKeesport
Sara Rowena Baird
Montefiore Hospital
Pittsburgh
Hillsville
Ira
Mary Ferguson Baird
New Castle
Baker
First Methodist Church of
Richard
Phoebe Jane) Nylander
Don
Clara Gail) Winklevoss
Charles
Rowena Ann) Shick
West Mifflin
Claude
Gail) Moore
Finney
Jenny Linde St
Funeral Home
Oak Park Cemetery
City Approves Pigeon and Starling Control Ordinance
City council adopted an ordinance allowing property owners to destroy unowned pigeons or starlings on their property using humane methods. A $1 monthly license from the police chief permits shooting, with No 7 15 shot or smaller. The measure targets business districts after hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Lawrence County Regional Planning Commission
John E. Blackson
Robert E. Jamison
State Department of Highways
Jamison
Charles F. Klingensmith
6Th St
Richard E. Conti
Vine St
Susan Jordan Benefit Fund Reaches One Thousand Five Hundred
Laurel community reports the Susan Jordan Benefit Fund has surpassed $1500 as donations from locals and distant states arrive. A kickoff show at Laurel High School supports brain surgery aftercare for Susan 17, a graduating student, with daily treatments at Youngstown Northside Hospital. Send donations to The Susan Jordan Benefit Fund Laurel High School New Castle. Washington notes the federal government mails about one billion letters yearly at a cost of 1.5 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Jordan
Laurel High School
New York State
Laurel
Charles Jordan
Susan
Youngstown
Northside Hospital
New Castle
Coordination stressed for redevelopment area relocation
Maurice Kelsey urged cooperation between the state Department of Community Affairs and local groups like CHARGE Inc and the Redevelopment Authority. At a Western Region II meeting in the YM YWCA, he stressed understanding community needs and coordinating agency lists to aid relocation in redevelopment zones. Morton Coleman, Pittsburgh, spoke on organization structure as Sid ney Lockley, head of the local authority, outlined plans. About 75 renewal officials from western Pennsylvania and West Virginia attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Regionai Community Organization Assn
William Patterson
New Castle
State Department of Community Affairs
Charge, Inc
Redevelopment Authority
Maurice Kelsey
Region Five
Pittsburgh
Western Region II Community Organization Assn
Ym-Ywca
Sidney L. Lockley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Internal Affairs Dept
Senate
Justice Department
William C. Sennett
Herbert Fineman
Dphila
New Castle News Photo
Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Office
ASC
Lawrence County
Elsie M. E. Walls
Elsie May Etter Walls
Thorpe St
Ned Anderson
Beckford St
William F
Margaret McCaskey Etter
Jay Earl Walls
Lawrence County Court House
New Castle City Building
Civilian Defense Control Center
Walls
Grace Methodist Church
Epworth Methodist Church
Fred
Virginia) Vanatten
Ned
Evell) Anderson
Louis
Merrill
Cincinnati
Mary Mott
Montebello
Calif
Frederick Etter
Cranston
R.I
John Etter
Hobart
Ind
Joseph Babovsky
Cormier Ave
Bronx
N.Y
John
Mary Pavlov Babovsky
Victoria Adams
New York
Michael
Stephen
Noga Funeral
S. Mill and
E. Reynolds
St. Mary Church
St. Joseph the Worker Church
Francis M. Stanley
Chestnut St
St. Francis Hospital
Andrew and
Martha Stanley
Elsie Jane Duffy Stanley
Shenango Ceramics Inc
Stanley
Earl
Arthur
Gerald
Harold
Lynn
Gladys) Gilkey
Phoenix, Ariz
Andrew
Violet Detrick
Mont Stanley
Edward A. DeCarbo
S. Mill
E. Sutton Streets
Mervin Schwab
Croton
William Elmer McKim
Main St
Wampum
Ellwood City
Kathryn Wolfe McKim
Wilbert C. McKim
Geraldine Sarver
National Tube Division
U.S. Steel Corp
Cynthia Sue
Jill Marie
Irene) Bable
Braden (Verne) Bookamer
Erie
Wilbert C
Harold J. Marshall
Robert Laing
First Methodist Church
Locust Grove Cemetery
Charles B. Fishlock
Sharon
Ridge Way
Sharon General Hospital
Harriet Fishlock
Leona Kelly
Westinghouse Corp
Fishlock
Mary of Sharon
William
Harry
Leo A. Hanley
S. Irvine Ave
Virgil Hershberger
Brookville
Houston, Tex
Earth
Mars
ARF
Wilmington Ave
A&p
Rocky
Golden Dawn Mkt
W. Washington St
Cod
Haddock
Council
Washington
Jesse N
Kerr
N. Mill St
Thomas F. Gilliland
Illinois
Brentwood Dr
Palatine
Til
Wallace Ave
Sherman Hospital
Elgin
Ill
Transfer
Helen Dalrymple Gilliland
Lucille Sample
Gilliand
United Presbyterian Church
Maxine G
C. W. Olson
Lyndhurst
Ohio
T. G.elizabeth
George Cunningham
W. Middlesex
Haywood Cemetery
Kresge’s
ACA Victor
Wilmington TV
S. Market Street
Wilmington
New Castle Uniform Center
Croton Avenue
Wilmington Road
Maitland Lane
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