Desegregation clash hits New Castle schools
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission charged New Castle Area School District with racially imbalanced elementary schools after a 11 percent black enrollment at West Side. A May hearing debated plan adequacy, busing costs, and possible court action.
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Harold Gwin
New Castle
Pennsylvania State Human Relations Commission
New Castle Area
West Side
Human Relations Commission
HRC
Chester
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Human Relations Act
Senate
Integration Debates Shape New Castle School Plan
As district officials faced a federal desegregation order, the New Castle school board formed a nine member Integration Commission led by Theodore Ostrowski to study remedies. They proposed closing West Side and North Street schools and boosting minority staffing, but public opposition and threats stalled action.
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HRC
New Castle
Theodore Ostrowski
Integration Commission
West Side
North Street
BCC
NAACP
West Side Pta
Croton
PTA
Lawmakers approve pay hike for top state officials
The Pennsylvania House passed a bill creating a Commonwealth Compensation Commission to set annual pay increases for lawmakers and top state officials. The 106 to 83 vote, with 68 Democrats and 38 Republicans, would trigger automatic raises after 60 days unless rejected. The plan faces Senate and governor action.
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Harrisburg
UPI
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General Assembly
Senate
House
Irvis
Sev
Eral
Rev McCormick Leaves New Castle for Albany Pastoral Post
The Rev. Bert E. McCormick, pastor since 1967, will become senior pastor of the First Church in Albany New York in September. He comes from the First Presbyterian Church of Poughkeepsie and will move with his wife Birgit and their three children. The Albany church, part of the Dutch Reformed denomination founded in 1642, has 22 employees and airs sermons on WABY.
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Bert E. McCormick
First Presbyterian Church
First
Albany
N.Y
Upstate New York
McCormick
New Castle
Poughkeepsie
United States
First Church of Albany
England
WABY
Marshall University
Princeton Theological Seminary
University of Oxford
St. Luke
Edward D. Knuchell
Birgit
Committee to study integration in New Castle schools
The New Castle Human Relations Commission designates its Education Committee to study housing and school redistricting for better integration. They plan to present suggestions to the school board and may invite redevelopment and housing authorities to discuss balanced public housing areas. The panel also welcomes two new members and notes a resignation.
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New Castle
Commission
John Kennedy
Thomas Cubellis
Evelyn Ward
Allen Foster
Stolen cash from Mazzocco service station in Shenango Twp
State police report $800 stolen in a daylight robbery at the Mazzocco service station 2608 New Butler Road Shenango Township. Manager Anthony J. Mazzocco told troopers the cash was taken from a metal display box between 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
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Mazzocco
New Butler Road
Shenango Township
Anthony J. Mazzocco
Senate approves draft bill amendment on exemptions for fallen soldiers
The Senate voted 58 to 9 to add an exemption rider to the two year draft extension bill allowing sons in families with an immediate casualty to qualify. Sen. Stennis opposed the amendment after guiding the bill through 17 roll calls. The discussion followed a busy legislative day in Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Pittsburgh Printers Strike Pauses City Newspapers
A four week old typographical union work stoppage halts Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Press in a Scripps Howard effort. ITU 7 leader John Feigel and 400 members press for terms while Press Co offers about 52 dollars weekly raise over two years.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Pittsburgh Press Co
Morning Post-Gazette
Scripps-Howard Owned
Press Co
John Feigel
ITU 7
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