State board grants 538 new pensions in Pennsylvania
The State Employees Retirement Board awarded 538 pensions, with the top 51 totaling over 12 million in lifetime value. McIntosh led the 51 former officials, and top death benefits reached 398,665. Several former lawmakers and judges joined in, as the fund shows rising retiree costs and adjustments since 1974 allowing withdrawal of personal contributions.
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Harrisburg
UPI
State Employees Retirement Board
Milton J. Shapp
Charles P. McIntosh
McIntosh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Northampton County
Clinton B. Palmer
Palmer
House
Clarks Summit State Hospital
Thomas F. Sullivan
Allegheny County
Harry A. Englehart
Dcambria
Luzerne County
Richard L Bigelow
Bigelow
Bucks County
John J. Bodley
Bodley
John B. Conly
The
Public Utility Commission
PUC
William J. Yevitz
Pennsylvania
Wayne Oscar appearance and lasting impact on cinema
The article recalls John Wayne's April Oscar moment drawing an emotional ovation while presenting best picture. It notes his box office prominence, his Seven decades of iconic Westerns, and his 1970 True Grit win. It covers his lung cancer surgery in 1964, cancer battle disclosures, 1978 mitral valve replacement, and a 1998 intestinal obstruction operation. It also traces his Iowa birth, California upbringing, Ford friendship, rise from The Big Trail to Stagecoach, and marriages to Saenz, Baur, and Palette with their children.
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Wayne
Bataan
Red River
Green Berets
Rooster Cogburn
Duke
the Jima
American Cancer Society
U.S
Joseph Young
Baltimore
John Wayne
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Ucla Medical Center
Marion Michael Morrison
Winterset
Iowa
California
Fox Film Corp
John Ford
Republic Studios
Ford
Stagecoach
Josephine Saenz
Michael
Toni
Patrick
Melinda
Ezperanza Baur
Pilar Palette
Aissa
John Ethan
Marisa
Deaths of three notable local residents in 1979
The item reports the deaths of Cecil Glen Adams 82 and his wife Rebecca J Wimner Adams 81 from a June 10 fire near Volant, with details on births, prior professions, and survivors. Also noted are memorial plans for Mrs Cossette Fignilli Lowery and Mrs Nellie G Cramer Troxell, with funeral home arrangements, service times, and burial plans, plus requests for memorials to local fire departments and church funds.
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Cecil Glen Adams
Volant RD
Rebecca J. Wimner Adams
Karns City
T Luther
Martha Gilfillan Adams
Samuel
Ernest
Isabel Dickson
Adams
Lawrence County
Gilbert J
Annie Martin Wimner Jr
St. Peters Reformed Church
Fairview
Robert A. Myers
N. Jefferson St
Ronald Schlenker
Bear Creek
Petrolia
Hickory Township
Scott Township
Volant
Cossette Fignilli Lowery
Court St
Rosswell Memorial Hospital
Buffalo
Edward A
Donald G DeCarbo
South Mill
East Sutton Streets
Nellie G. Cramer Troxell
Young St
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Juniata County
Frederick and
Margaret McMullin Cramer
Troxell
Maitland Lane Free
Paul Troxell
Gary
Helen Jacobs
Shippensburg
Dorothy Underwood
Baltimore
Mary Kerstetter
Bedford
Paul Troxell Jr
Korea
Harry L. Girts
Graceland Cemetery
Maitland Lane Free Methodist Church
Burglary Report Highlights Sporting Goods Store Loss
Burglars stole five fishing outfits four spinning reels and five fishing rods from Don Mooney Sporting Goods at 204 Emery St between Sunday and yesterday. An electric drill was taken, and police noted a break in at Chambers Motor Co office 125 W Grant St with a west side window broken and an adding machine removed. Between June 4 and yesterday a tape deck and scanner were stolen from Edward Brewster at 236 N Walnut St after porch window entry. A break in at 226 Pearson St the former New Castle Battery left tools and three fire extinguishers missing. Steve Heath’s home at 204 W Lincoln Ave was looted yesterday from 7 pm to 10:04 pm with a transistor radio a watch and $10 in cash taken.
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Don Mooney Sporting Goods
Emery St
Chambers Motor Co
W. Grant St
New Castle Battery
Pearson St
Vito Lucidore
Bellaire Drive
Steve Heath
Lincoln Ave
City man faces cruelty charge over starving animals
Domenick Stoga of 1417 E Washington St is accused of leaving dogs and rabbits to starve in a vacant house on North Crawford Ave. Five or six rabbits and at least two dogs died. Humane Society agents found the decomposed remains. Stoga, a mill worker, is free on 5000 dollars bond and due for a hearing before District Justice Hanna on June 20.
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East Washington Street
Howard Hanna
Domenick Stoga
E. Washington St
Stoga
Crawford Avenue
Humane Society
Jim Hooks
The
Hooks
Hanna
Center to hold diabetes testing at East Side Croton
The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation will conduct urinalysis testing for diabetes at the East Side Croton Community Center Saturday. The testing runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Participants should bring a sample of their first morning urine.
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The
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
East Side-Croton Community Center
Bessemer Borough Approves Park Ordinance
The Bessemer Borough Council passed an ordinance to provide maintain and improve public parks and playgrounds in the borough. A copy of the ordinance book will be available at the F D Campbell Memorial Library. Residents are reminded of an ordinance requiring house numbers on all houses.
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Bessemer
F D. Campbell Memorial Library
Man held in child's death in Pittsburgh
Clement Turner, 25, was charged with criminal homicide in the death of his girlfriend's 21 month old son Irwin Liggins. The child, son of Barbara Miklos, 17, was pronounced dead on arrival at Shadyside Hospital.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Clement Turner
Irwin Liggins
Barbara Miklos
Shadyside Hospital
Paramedic Service Discussion Set by County EMS Council
Lawrence County Emergency Medical Services Council will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the YMCA to explain paramedic service components. Dr Joseph Fortuna of Beaver County Medical Center will discuss starting operating and benefits of the service. A Q A session will follow. Local physicians nurses and EMTS invited.
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Lawrence County Emergency Medical Services Council
YMCA
Joseph Fortuna
Beaver County Medical Center
Man Completes Channel Flight In Gossamer Albatross
California bicyclist Bryan Allen, 26, completed the first manpowered flight across the English Channel in under three hours. He piloted the Gossamer Albatross, a featherweight craft resembling a glider with bicycle-like wings, from England to a Calais area beach in France. Spectators and reporters over 300 strong cheered as he touched down.
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Cap Gris Nez
France
UPI
California
England
Bryan Allen
Allen
Calais
Arson Strikes Vacant Green Street House
Police and fire units responded to an arson fire at a vacant Green Street dwelling. A flammable liquid was poured in two spots to start the blaze. Fire crews arrived around 6 28 pm and noted the shambles condition, recommending demolition, with a City Code Enforcement Bureau sign stating it is unfit for habitation.
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Green Street
City Code Enforcement Bureau
Philadelphia students exceed national norms on reading and math
Philadelphia school pupils showed all time highs in reading and math on February tests, despite desegregation turmoil and large teacher transfers and layoffs. Superintendent Michael Marcuse praised gains in middle and upper grades while noting ongoing work to reach national norms.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Michael P. Marcuse
Marcase
Wilmington Area School Board news briefs resignations and hires
The Wilmington Area School Board accepted resignations from Susan Dreier Beverly Shelenberger and William Coombes and will seek replacements in June and July. Gary Verrelli was elected head varsity football coach with assistants Mitcheltree Turner and Kennedy. one post remains open. The district approved a summer recreation program across five schools and Brueggeman was named to the Pennsylvania School Board Association, with Jean Lawrence named as a parent rep. The board also noted two used school vans up for bid.
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Wilmington Area
Susan Dreier
Beverly Shelenberger
Wiliam Coombes
Louis V Brueggeman
Gary Verrelli
Robert Mitcheltree
David Turner
Terry Kennedy
Brueggeman
Pennsylvania School Board Association
Jean Lawrence
Hershey
Area Agency on Aging seeks reports of boarding home issues
The Area Agency on Aging requests information about cases of boarding home problems including poor resident care or substandard living conditions. Anyone with knowledge should contact Myra Wolcott, administrator, at 208 Mercer St. The agency operates under Catholic Social Service of Lawrence County.
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Area Agency On Aging
Myra Wolcott
Mercer St
Catholic Social Service
Lawrence County
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New Castle
State Board
Wayne Temposed
Cecil G. Adams
Rebecca J. Adams
Mrs. Cossette Lowery
Nellie C. Troxell
Sporting Goods
Edward Brewster
Walnut St
Wilmington
Del
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Lexington
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
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North City Plaza
Bessemer Okays Park Ordinance
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Butz Flowers
Sunshiner
FTD
Wilmington Rd
Towne Mall
First Federal Plaza
J.N. Kerr
N. Mill ST
Warner
KODAK
Warner's
Strauss New Castle
William G. I
Westgate Plaza
State Farm Life Insurance Company
Bloomington
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