Shapp and Thornburgh clash over lottery probe
Governor Thornburgh and former Governor Shapp exchange sharp claims over the Daily Number lottery fix probe. Shapp accuses cover up while Thornburgh aides defend law enforcement prudence and the integrity of the investigation amid past FBI scrutiny of Philbin and Shapp-era officials.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Dick Thornburgh
Milton Shapp
Thornburgh
Shapp
Ross
Philbin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. moves to deport alleged Nazi war criminal Pasker
The Justice Department opened deportation for 79-year-old Mike Pasker of Santa Monica alleging his role in killings of about 120 Jews and others between 1941 and 1944. A separate suit seeks to revoke citizenship of Arnolds Trucis of Philadelphia for serving in Latvian Security Service and abusing Jewish civilians.
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Washington
UPI
California
Philadelphia
Justice Department
Mike Pasker
Mecys Paskevicius
Santa Monica
Calif
Los Angeles
United States
Parker
Europe
Pasker
Department
U.S. District Court
Trucis
Carter set to attend Venice summit amid Western security talks
President Carter will fly to Italy for an eight day European swing ending with a seven nation Venice summit. He will discuss Afghanistan Iran Middle East East West relations and the hostage crisis with France Germany Britain Italy Canada Japan present. First lady Rosalynn Carter and Amy accompany him as 240 reporters follow the trip. The summit starts at the Cini Foundation on a Venetian island.
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Helen Thomas
UPI
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Portugal
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Vatican
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Persian Gulf
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Iran
U.S
Cini Foundation
Venetian
United States
France
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Japan
Demonstrators wounded as South Africa marks Soweto anniversary
Police fired shotguns injuring 35 blacks and tear gas the crowd while riot squads used hard-line methods to enforce the ban on commemorations. In Soweto youths were shot, and Bloemfontein saw non whites wounded as black students attacked government facilities amid nationwide protests.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Soweto
Cape Town
Soveto
Bloemfontein
Mike Geldenhuys
Jury Selection Under Way In Ku Klux Klan Trial
In Greensboro a locked Guilford County courtroom hosts jury selection for six Klansmen and Nazis charged in felonious rioting and the deaths of five Communist Workers Party members during a November shootout. Five potential jurors were seated, with more to be screened as security remains tight around the courthouse.
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Greensboro
N.C
UPI
Guilford County
Communist Workers Party
CWP
James M. Long
Lava dome forms in Mount St Helens crater
USGS scientists confirm a 650 foot by 130 foot lava dome within Mount St Helens crater ending the major eruption’s first phase but warn future activity remains unpredictable. Dome risks lateral blasts toward the crater rim and may complicate safety and funding for ongoing monitoring.
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Vancouver
Wash
UPI
Mount St. Helens
Pete Rowley
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Donal Mullineaux
Mation
Rowley
Mulineaux
Neshannock Story Hour at Elementary Library Tomorrow
The Neshannock Elementary School library hosts a primary story hour tomorrow from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. for Book Trek Adventure with Many Moons. The library opens 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. for book circulation for all students.
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Neshannock
Mariane Hess
DOE seeks bids to extract uranium waste at Canonsburg
The Department of Energy invites private firms to bid for removing 4500 tons of uranium waste buried in a lagoon at Canonsburg Industrial Park in Washington County. The work is part of a nationwide program with 24 other dumps. Bids due July 14. The waste was buried in 1965 with Atomic Energy Commission consent.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Department of Energy
Canonsburg
DOE
Federal Register
Washington County
Atomic Energy Commission
Hammerill to appeal Erie harassment ruling in court
Hammerill Paper Co will file an appeal in Common Pleas Court this week challenging a ruling by the Erie Human Relations Commission finding that Mary Fiolek was sexually harassed by her supervisor and that the company did not do enough to stop it. The HRC ordered reinstatement to a job equal to the one she quit in February 1979.
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Erie, Pa
UPI
Hammerill Paper Co
Common Pleas
Erie Human Relations Commission
Mary Fiolek
Erie
Hammerill
Human Relations Commission
State Unemployment Compensation Board
Unemployment Compensation Appeal Board
HRC
Fiolek
Grove City College names dorm for Mary Ethel Pew
Grove City College officials announce a $100,000 unrestricted gift to the New Dorm campaign and name the women’s residence hall in memory of trustee Mary Ethel Pew. The 250-bed dorm is to open in September 1981, marking a Pew family naming tradition at the campus.
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Grove City
Grove City College
GCC
Albert A. Hopeman, Jr
Mary Ethel Pew
Board of Trustees
Pew
Mary Anderson Pew
Joseph Newton Pew
J. Howard Pew
J. Howard
Class of 1954 Presents Dictionary to New Castle High Library
New Castle High School class of 1954 donated Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians to the school library in memory of the teachers of 1952 to 1954. The gift, chosen by the library, was authorized by classmates in a questionnaire before the 25th reunion held in November. Norma Tavolier Paytas chairs the reunion committee.
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New Castle High School
Baker
Norma Tavolier Paytas
Marriage Enrichment Weekend at Westminster College
The Rev Judson C McConnell and Peggy Edmonds McConnell with Westminster College Alumni Association offer a marriage enrichment weekend July 18 20. McConnell has led chapel duties since 1959 and Mrs McConnell works in career planning. Topics include communication problem solving sexual expectations divorce and remarriage roles and family development. Open to all interested couples. information from Westminster College or alumni affairs office.
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New Wilmington
Judson C. McConnell
Peggy Edmonds McConnell
Westminster College
McConnell
Westminster
McConnells
Guilty Plea in Girard Shooting Case
Charles Kuziak 23 of Girard has pleaded guilty to criminal homicide in the March 3 shooting of Richard Halm. He faces a degree of guilt hearing later this month before Judge William Pratt and remains held without bond in Erie County jail.
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Erie, Pa
UPI
Charles Kuziak
Girard
Erie County
Richard Halm
Kuziak
William Pratt
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