Quiet strikes mark New Castle labor scene in 1969
Editorial notes three local plants W R Grace City Welding and Consolidated Glass on strike involving about 250 workers and warns of a possible fall teachers’ walkout affecting thousands. It recalls a 24 year Toledo Labor-Management-Citizens Committee as a model for mediation and suggests reactivating a local board to ease disputes and protect the town’s economic welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
W. R. Grace Co
City Welding & Manufacturing Co
Consolidated Glass Corp
New Castle Area
Rexnord Inc
Ellwood City
Lawrence County
Carl A. Ciatella Jr
Toledo Labor-Management-Citizens Committee
Pittsburgh
Toledo
Watergate like payola scandal rocks music industry
Editorial reports a widening payola scandal in the music business implicating Columbia Records executives Clive Davis and Larry Wynshaw with alleged misuse of funds amid a federal probe. It notes the industry’s multi billion dollar scale, the historians of prior payola cases, and possible Congressional act revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Clayton Thomas
Clive J. Davis
Columbia Records
Larry Wynshaw
Forbes Magazine
ITT
Harold Geneen
America
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Bowling ball cocaine find shocks Camilla readers
A South American man was stopped in New York customs with a bowling ball containing cocaine hidden inside a finger hole. Inspectors uncovered the drug, prompting praise for the Customs Service. Anxious observers expect legal action against the accused peddler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camilla
Enterprise
South America
Columbia
Customs
New York
Customs Service
To the Point Compassion and Kindness Are Expensive Gifts
A brief reflective note asserts that true compassion and kindness cost more than money, highlighting the value of humane actions over material wealth in daily life.
Byrd survey asks Virginia readers nine political questions
A newspaper asks readers to weigh in on Byrd's Direct From Washington poll topics. Questions cover wage and price controls, government trust, auto pollution standards, troop levels in Western Europe, Cambodia bombing funding, Canal Zone sovereignty, campaign finance caps, a national consumer protection agency, no fault auto insurance, and limits on undeclared war without Congress approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Virginia
Congress
Senator Byrd
Washington
Consumer Protection Agency
Residents urged to oppose Wilmington Road zoning change
Dr and Mrs George W Moore and Mr and Mrs William Pascae appeal to neighbors to attend Friday 7 30 p m hearing at the Neshannock Municipal Building to urge the Board of Supervisors to reject a proposal to rezone a Wilmington Road strip from residential to apartment office citing sewage drainage and traffic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Neshannock Township
Wilmington Road
Sunset Drive
Chapin Road
Uns
Neshannock
George W. Moore
William Pascae
Thoughts on Madness Faith and Genius Across Time
A reflective meditation on dissent and sanity, comparing historical figures and ideas. It questions zealots, gendered interpretations of sacred texts, and the distortions of virtue in war. The piece cites Lincoln, biblical debates, Beethoven, Verdi, Mozart, and the pace of talent to argue for balancing intelligence and sense.
New Castle News Careay And Editorial Staff Listed
The New Castle News provides home delivery and mailing rates for Lawrence County and surrounding areas. The piece lists editors, officers, and staff including Publisher Jessie Treadwell and Managing Editor Dae M8 Warthulie with department heads and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Theme
Lawrence County
Ime Nsa
Public concerns on schools and faith in The News
A reader voices worry that public schools waste tax money and brainwash children to deny God. The letter asserts God’s eternal existence as core, Trinity as Father Son and Holy Spirit, and calls for reverence for religious teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha and Omega
Teaching children Word and moral reform in New Castle
Gladys Hindsman of Now Castile urges reform in New Castle and vicinity. She decries vice such as alcohol and immorality, calls for teaching children reading writing arithmetic and manners, better grooming, and tax spending on guidance counselors and sane asylums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sodom
Gomorrah
New Castle
Gladys Hindsman
Castile
Legislation targets housing fraud and blockbusting practices
A five bill package in the State House aims to curb housing and credit fraud, require sellers to disclose defects, and create an escrow fund for new homes. It targets discriminatory blockbusting, protects buyers from hidden defects, and penalizes dubious builder conduct to shield politically powerless consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Fy-Bynight Conlonelor
Suildes
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United States
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Len Kolasinski
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Mozart
NEW Castle News
Pushshed
North Metwee Street
Mason Denison
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