PTL bankruptcy raises constitutional issue over church state
PTL leaders filed for Chapter 11 protection amid claims of chaotic mismanagement by Jim Bakker. Jerry Falwell said the ministry remains under government oversight but expected no negative consequences. PTL assets stand at about 175 million with debts near 71 million as executives pledged to protect jobs and continue Heritage USA while courts weigh potential church practice interference.
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Fort Mill
S.C
UPI
PTL
Jim Bakker
Jerry Falwell
Lynchburg
Tammy
California
Jerry Nims
Peo
Ple
Harry Hargrave
Bakker
Norman Roy Grutman
Hargrave
Heritage USA
Charlotte
N.C
Stuart Hirshfield
New York
American Bar Association
Jail-A-Thon fundraiser aims to raise $10,000 in Lawrence County
Theresa Mercurio of the Lawrence County American Cancer Society says this year's Jail-A-Thon runs Wednesday and Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm at Al Sweet Motor Sales Inc. A $20 fee allows a boss or friend to be arrested and jailed with mug shots and mock charges to drum up bail. Last year grossed $25,000. this year targets $10,000 with local merchants, volunteers, and about a dozen on the jail committee helping run the event and collect donations.
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Theresa Mercurio
Lawrence County
American Cancer Society
al Sweet Motor Sales Inc
Wilmington Ave
The
Cancer Society
American Cancer
Greg Sweet
al Sweet Motor Sales
Neshannock Township
James Reed
Lou Pomerico
Ellie Bogue
City fights delinquent taxes and property takeovers in New Castle
The Lawrence County Tax Claim Bureau has seized 332 properties in New Castle since 1980 over delinquent taxes. City Council discussed escalating property takeovers and relief from a county sale of free and clear properties on July 2. A pending lawsuit over demolition costs and tax liens shapes how costs are shared among the county, school district, and municipality.
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Lawrence County Tax Claim Bureau
New Castle
George Howley
County Tax Claim Bureau
Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas
Elizabeth Verterano
Lawrence County
Robert Foht
Lawrence County Commissioners
Tax Claim Bureau
Foht
Johnson Bronze Co
Scout campaign takes hard line billboard drives anti drug message
The Boy Scouts of America distribute thousands of booklets titled Drugs: A Deadly Game to Moraine Trials Council youth in Butler Ohio. Lawrence County District Executive Dale Williams says the material targets youths aged seven to twenty to refuse drugs and urge peers to do the same.
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Highland Avenue
Taylor Street
Boy Scouts of America
BSA
Moraine Trials Council
Butler
Lawrence County
Dale Williams
Community Calendar Highlights At Local Arts and Service Centers
The Hoyt Institute closes tomorrow and Monday. Government meetings include Wilmington Area School Board Monday at 8 p.m. and library events at New Castle Public Library Monday 9 a.m. The Veterans Outreach rep visits Tuesday 1 to 3 p.m. at 102 Margaret St. Also listed are job seeker discussions, a Monday AIDS clinic 4–6 p.m., embroidery guild Monday 10 a.m.–2 p.m., library board meeting 8:30 p.m. Monday, Parents Anonymous 6:30–8:30 p.m., AA and AL ANON meetings, Overeaters Anonymous 7:30 p.m., and open hours for the Joseph A. Clavelli History Center Wednesdays and Sundays 1–4 p.m.
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Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts
E. Leasure Ave
Wilmington Area
F.D. Campbell Memorial Library of
Bessemer
Parents Anonymous
Human Services Center
W. North St
Alcoholics Anonymous
St. Francis Hospital
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Wilmington Road
Bokassa sentenced to death by Bangui court
Former Central African Republic leader Jean-Bedel Bokassa, 65, faces death on embezzlement and complicity in killings after a Bangui court convicted him Friday. He was accused of ordering murders including 59 schoolchildren and of embezzling about 43 million dollars, with a $1 million restitution and seizure of property ordered. Bokassa, who ruled for 13 years until a 1979 coup, fled to France before returning to be jailed.
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Bangui
Central African Republic
UPI
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Bokassa
France
Andre Kolingba
Joseph Mokoa
Europe
Indochina
Berengo Palace
Neshannock Honors Thompson For 24 Years Of Service
John E. Cater, chairman, presented former planning commission member R. Kay Thompson with an award for 24 years of service. The meeting also covered weed and grass enforcement, penalties up to 300 dollars or 90 days in jail, and township budget actions including property appraisal, summer help hires, and fund transfers to cover bills.
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John E. Cater
Neshannock
Township Planning Commission
R. Kay Thompson
Cater
Robert L. Zedaker
Industrial Appraisal Co
Pittsburgh
Proclamation Declares National Flag Day in New Castle
Mayor Dale Yoho proclaims tomorrow National Flag Day urging residents to fly flags and renew the Pledge of Allegiance to honor citizenship and freedom. He notes the flag's origins with 13 colonists and its evolution to a 50 state nation and cites congressional actions in 1877 1949 and 1945 alongside the Pledge’s official adoption.
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Dale Yoho
New Castle
Yoho
United States
Congress
America
Westminster College offers a word processing workshop
A word processing workshop is offered by Westminster College's office of continuing education from 6 to 9 30 p m Monday through Wednesday in the McGill Library microlaboratory. Dr Robert E Con way teaches basic concepts with hands on immersion including creating and editing documents centering bold face and cut and paste.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Office of Continuing Education
McGill
Robert E. Conway
Nancy C. Wright
West Hall 9
Correction notice for Mohawk awards omissions
Correction clarifies two names omitted in a Mohawk Junior-Senior High School awards story. Seventh-grader Diane Greghorn and 11th-grader Heather Patton each received an Academic Boosters honor roll award. Call Ler Kolasinski at 654-6651 with questions between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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Mohawk
Diane Greghorn
Heather Patton
Ler Kolasinski
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Partners In Progress
Partners
Patrick Media
Al-Anon
Overeaters Anonymous
Joseph A. Clavelli
N. Jefferson St
Thompson
Youngstown, Ohio
Western Reserve Care System
Professional Employees Association
WRCS
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Mahoning
West Washington Streets
Dick Stringer
Penndot
Greentree
Stringer
Lottery
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Lotto
Ween
Ohio
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