Three new House leaders gain perks in Washington
New House leaders Foley Gephardt and Gray receive pay raises and new government car access. They also gain office space and expanded staff funds, with Foley moving to Wrights old digs and Gephardt occupying Coelhos temporarily before Gray settles in.
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UPI
House of Representatives
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Richard Gephardt
Missouri
William Gray
Pennsylvania
Foley
Gephardt
Jim Wright
Texas
Gray
Tony Coelho
California
Robert Michel
Illinois
Newt Gingrich
Georgia
House
Capitol
Wright
Coelho
Gray’s
Tions Subcommittee
Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
Democratic Caucus
Michel
Gingrich
Facade plans loom for Greek's House of Gold renovatio
Greek's House of Gold owner DeVasil outlines a 20 000 to 30 000 facelift for 368 E. Washington St. The project includes brick cleaning and a 10 to 20 foot front expansion for the jewelry store, with future lounge renovations at the rear. The effort, aided by the city facade program, aims to revitalize the lower East Side and spur further restoration by 1990.
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Washington St
DeVasil
DeCaprio
Clark
DeVasile
Lower East Side
Desco
Jefferson Street
Connerly’s
North Mercer Street
Pat’s
E. Washington St
John Karatinos
McEntire & Clarke
Robert del Signore
American Lung Association
North Street
Larry Verone
Pearson Brick Co
McBride-Shannon Insurance Co
N. Mill St
Six year old dies during Make A Wish trip to Disney World
Courtney Dye, the Southwest Texas Leukemia Society poster child, died in Orlando four days after arriving for a Make A Wish trip to Disney World. She contracted a fever and later required a life support system. Funeral services were planned for Sunset Funeral Home as her parents marked their wedding anniversary.
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UPI
Courtney Dye
Walt Disney World
Mickey Mouse
Southwest Texas
Leukemia Society
Florida
Orlando
Courtney
Thais Dye
the Light
Make
Sunset Funeral Home
Robin
Myron
Butch
House advances auto insurance and mortgage regulation package
Harrisburg lawmakers move to finish a wide auto insurance reform package with discounts for anti theft and passive restraints, tighter premium explanations, fraud crackdown, and breast cancer screening coverage for women 50 plus. Also on the House calendar a mortgage banker licensing bill. In the Senate anti drug measures advance, including a boot camp plan for juvenile offenders.
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Pennsylvania
House
Robert P. Casey
Robert O’donnell
Anthony Barbush
O’donnell
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Barbush
Insurance Commissioner
Appropriations Committee
MacNett
Hobo killer executed in Nevada
A killer who murdered a hobo for a wallet a watch and some wine was executed by lethal injection at Nevada State Prison in Carson City at 2:06 a.m. local time. William P. Thompson 51 weighed 300 pounds and received extra drug dosage after being placed in the gas chamber style setup. Thompson did not acknowledge witnesses as 11 witnesses and 14 reporters observed the process. Nevada’s latest execution since 1985 places him as the 112th in the United States and third in Nevada since 1976.
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Nev
UPI
William P. Thompson
Nevada
Thompson
United States
Courtney Swain
D-Reno
Matthew Callister
Las Vegas
Teen Wounds Father Then Kills Two at Ice Cream Store
In Amherst New Hampshire a 17 year old boy stabbed his father Richard Powell 46 at home and then killed Barbara Hoag 17 of Amherst and Charles Moore 46 of Lyndeboro with a high powered rifle at Farfar's ice cream store. He killed himself during a standoff with police. Authorities ruled the case murder death by own action.
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UPI
John Arnold
Stephen Powell
Richard
Farfar’s
Barbara Hoag
Charles Moore
Lyndeborot
Powell
Tors
Moore
HUD audit questions developer in 1980s subsidy case
An 800 page HUD inspector general audit found Dennis Penman of Amherst applied for a federal housing subsidy before owning a housing project and later received a guaranteed subsidy for an Amherst apartment complex in 1985. The audit spurred Justice Department and Congressional probes into HUD program abuses while Kemp vows full prosecutions.
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Amherst
N.Y
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ronald Reagan
Erie County
Dennis Penman
Buffalo
HUD
Regional Pothole Patches and Road Work Across Butler County
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation crews patch potholes on Pa 18 South in North Beaver Township and perform shoulder work on Honey Creek Road and Alternate Pa 551. Pipe replacement occurs on Pa 65 in Wayne Township and Harmony Baptist Road in Shenango Township. Joints seal on the US 422 Bypass in Union and Taylor townships. Mowing and grading planned along various local roads. A teenage driver, 15, died in a one vehicle crash on Pa 138 near West Sunbury. 17-year-old driver in stable condition at Butler Memorial Hospital. Weather service notes a wet June with heavy rainfall. state to recover welfare overpayments per audits.
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
North Beaver Township
Honey Creek Road
Wayne Township
Harmony Baptist Road
Shenango Township
Union
Taylor Townships
Mountville Road
Perry Township
New Beaver Borough
Turkey Hill Road
Mt. Air Road
Concord Township
Butler County
Joshua Dean King
Hilliards RD
Fred M. Schrecengost
Karns City
Schrecengost
Butler Memorial Hospital
Pa. 138
West Sunbury
Correction Clarification Photos in New Castle News
Machinery that prepares photographs for reproduction is not operating properly causing lines in images. Repairs are planned this week to restore normal quality by Wednesday edition. For corrections or clarifications contact Bob Vosburg 654-6651 between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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New Castle News
Bob Vosburg
News rates and delivery terms for Lawrence County and beyond
The notice lists home delivery at 1.50 weekly and 0.35 single issue. Mail rates in Lawrence County are 6.50 for 25 days, 36.50 for 150 days, 70 for 300 days. Rates for other U S areas are 8.75 for 25 days, 49.75 for 150 days, 97.50 for 300 days. Foreign rates on request. Postmaster address changes to News Co New Castle Pa 16103.
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Lawrence County
U.S
News Co
P.O
New Castle
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