Parkers and officer on lover's lane arrest in Trevose
Park police officer Larry J. Mascia, 25, of Levittown, was charged with indecent assault false imprisonment official oppression and criminal coercion after allegedly separating a couple posing as lovers at Washington Crossing State Park and driving the woman to his patrol car for an assault. The incident followed a sting by Pennsylvania State Police investigators posing as a couple in a car at the lovers lane. Mascia was released on bail and faces trial.
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Trevose, Pa
UPI
Larry J. Mascia
Levittown
Washington Crossing State Park
Trevose Barracks
Mascia
Washington Crossing
Pennsylvania
Park
Washington
Delaware River
Trenton
Crunch time at Jubitz as truckers curb work in Portland
Drivers protest rising living costs and fuel shortages at Jubitz Truck Stop in Portland. Police clear two stops while management joins in sympathy. In Norristown Pa a group of high school students showcase a four person pedal powered vehicle as an energy alternative project in the school lot.
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Jubitz
Portland
Oreg
Norristown
UPI
Trucker protest over high fuel costs sweeps several states
Hundreds of long haul truckers blocked roads and fuel pumps across several states on day one of a wildcat action against rising diesel prices and low weight limits. The stoppage featured negotiations with police, limited roadblock disruption, and scattered arrests for trespassing at a Connecticut truck stop while Indiana and Utah incidents drew police attention.
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United Press International
South St Paul
Jim Archer
Colorado Independent Truckers Association
Utah
Washington, DC
Independence Avenue
Departments of Energy and Transportation
Bob Scheffer
Independent Truckers Association
Schieffer
Milford
Conn
West
Plains
Dakotas
June bargains seen in pork turkey and more says Carter aid
Esther Peterson in the National Consumer Buying Alert for June says shoppers can find bargains in pork and turkey as well as bananas and some fish amid inflation. It urges delaying home heating oil and cooling appliance purchases until July sales, notes beef remains in short supply and prices may rise, and predicts turkey and pork supplies rising while tuna is plentiful.
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Washington
UPI
Turkey
Carter
Esther Peterson
Sumer
White House
Con men fail in local bank scam bid
Con artists in town sought $3,500 from a local woman by posing as Citizens National Bank officials claiming computer problems and an embezzle r. She reported the scheme, and the bank alerted others to heightened caution.
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Thomas J. Robinson
Citizens National Bank
Robinson
YDC to trim 28 workers at New Castle center
The Shenango Township Youth Development Center will cut 28 minimum security positions by month end. YDC director Robert Waddington said New Castle YDC remains the state’s largest with 156 minimum security staff after the reduction, which follows a leveling off of the facility’s population to 118 offenders housed in eight cottages.
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Shenango Township
YDC
Robert Waddington
Waddington
New Castle
Richard Thornburgh
Ydcs
County allocates tourist funds to industrial council
County commissioners approved a $9,000 allocation to the Lawrence County Industrial Development Council for tourist promotion and other activities, with plans for audits of the Council and Authority. They noted past funding of $9,500 plus $2,500 for tourist promotion and proposed the Authority cover the shortfall.
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Lawrence County Industrial Development Council
Lawrence County Industrial Development Authority
Thomas A Shumaker
LCIDC
Shumaker
County Industrial Development Authority
Moraine State Park Weather and Attendance Report
Temperature at Moraine State Park reached 72 degrees at 11 a.m. with west winds at 7 mph and .17 inches of rain. Attendance on Wednesday totaled 4,912 visitors.
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Moraine State Park
Death record list for six residents
Death notices announce six individuals with ages and residence details. Annabelle Prinsky Storch, 74, West Palm Beach. Albert Johnson, 76, 414 E Sheridan Ave. Nettie M. Gwin Weitz, 81, Oak Street Bessemer. Joseph B. Carvella, 78, 219 N Beaver St. Sara K. Fogal Thompson, 73, West Middlesex Rd. Myrle M. Greene, 93, St. Petersburg Florida.
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Annabelle Prinsky Storch
West Palm Beach
Fla
Albert Johnson
E. Sheridan Ave
Nettie M. Gwin Weitz
Oak Street
Bessemer
Joseph B. (Pep) Carvella
N. Beaver St
Sara K. Fogal Thompson
West Middlesex RD
Myrle M. Greene
St. Petersburg
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