County to Receive Liquid Fuels Tax Rebates This Week
Harrisburg reports Lawrence County will get 141171.72 dollars as part of a 13.7 million dollar weekly distribution to Pennsylvania counties. Funds fund local road maintenance and reflect a half cent of the nine cent per gallon tax for December 1978 to May 1979.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence County
Secretary of Revenue
Howard A. Cohen
Pennsylvania
Cohen
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Montgomery
Luzerne
Delaware
Berks
Department of Transportation
Dick Thornburgh
Skylab reentry window narrowed to July 7 17
NORAD revised Skylab reentry forecast after its new broadside orbit. The space station is expected to descend to Earth between July 7 and July 17, with July 12 as the most likely date, as increased atmospheric drag accelerates descent. NASA officials note the craft remains oriented sideways but stable under ground control.
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Washington
UPI
Skylab
Earth
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Orbiting Laboratory
Space Agency
Control Center
Robert Gordon
Houston
Explosion Burns Two Men at Arco Service Station
In Elizabethtown Pennsylvania two men were hospitalized after a late Wednesday fire and explosion at an Arco station. Donald Kreider 23 of Rheems suffered burns over 34 percent of his body and is in critical condition at Crozer Chester Burn Center. Craig Davis 21 of Elizabethtown is in satisfactory condition at Hershey Medical Center. Police say the blast ripped through the station around 10 p.m. and the building was quickly engulfed in flames.
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Elizabethtown
UPI
Arco
Donald Kreider
Rheems
Crozer Chester
Upland
Craig Davis
Hershey Medical Center
City officials review bus service suggestions in New Castle area
City officials will meet next week to review preliminary Poister recommendations from a survey on New Castle area bus service. Poister and Associates will join City Council in a June 28 caucus session to discuss views before the final report is submitted.
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New Castle Area
John Frasso
Need for heating oil outweighs gasoline
Washington reports that the Energy Department prioritizes expanding middle distillate stocks to prevent heating oil shortages this winter. Acting deputy administrator Douglas Robinson warns refiners to boost output or face allocations, arguing excess crude could be redirected to meet demand and keep heating oil affordable for lower and middle income families despite higher prices.
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Washington
UPI
Energy Department
Douglas Robinson
Department
Economic Regulatory Administration
Robinson
Deaths of the day in Ellwood City and surrounding areas
Obituaries record the June 1979 deaths of Elverta Eppinger Anderson in Sebring Florida and Francis J St Clair Sr in Canfield Ohio, with details on births, marriages, survivors, and funeral arrangements. Also noted are Walter Uber of Mantua and Olive Milsom of Mercer Street, with service plans and burial details.
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Ellwood City
Elverta Eppinger Anderson
Palms Manor
Sebring
Fla
Park Avenue
Harmony
Jesse and
Jeanette Belles Eppinger
Ellwood City Hospital
United Methodist Church of
Russell J. Anderson
Pierce Eppinger
John Eppinger
Cornwell Heights
Howard Eppinger
Industry
Hugh Eppinger
Zelienople
Roy Eppinger
North Port Charlotte
Clara Goehring
James
Levin Eppinger
Turner Funeral Home
Sixth St
C Kenneth Weber
Calvary United Presbyterian Church
Locust Grove Cemetery
Olive Fulkerson Milsom
Mercer St
Tanner-Reynolds
Castle View Memorial Gardens
Dollar seesaws as gold prices fall worldwide
The US dollar fluctuated on world markets with marginal gains in London, Zurich, Brussels, and Milan while easing in Frankfurt and Tokyo. Gold opened unchanged in Zurich at 280 375 dollars an ounce, then slipped by over one dollar to 280 50 in London.
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London
UPI
Zurich
Brussels
Milan
Frankfurt
Tokyo
Arson Suspected In Vacant House Fire At 415 Whippo St
Firefighters battled a deliberate blaze at a vacant frame house owned by Neumac Corp. of Ellwood City on Whippo Street. The fire started in the southeast corner at 3:40 a.m., spread to the second floor and roof, and was brought under control by responding crews.
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Whippo St
The
Neumac Corp
Ellwood City
Sabbath Service At Temple Israel Friday Evening
The regular Sabbath service at Temple Israel located at Highland and Moody avenues will be held at 8 p.m. Friday.
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Temple Israel
Highland and
Moody Avenues
Dentist Dr George McKnight dies after 42 years in Detroit
Dr George McKnight 83 a New Castle native and longtime Detroit dentist died June 6 after an illness at Botsford Hospital Farmington Hills Funeral services were held June 8 at Ted C Sullivan Funeral Home Novi Michigan He left New Castle in 1917 to study at the University of Michigan Dental School graduating 1921. He began practice in Detroit
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Wixom
Mich
Ted C. Sullivan
Grand River
Novi
Geooge McKnight
New Castle
Detroit
Botsford Hospital
Farmington Hills
Michigan
Hospitals praised for joint care plan in Southwestern PA
The Health Systems Agency of Southwestern Pennsylvania commends Jameson Memorial and St Francis hospitals for a joint health care plan. Bernard Erb notes the plan endorses coordinated inter institutional planning to provide needed services and reduce duplication. The joint communique showcases collaborative leadership in regional health care.
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Health Systems Agency of
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Jameson Memorial
St. Francis Hospitals
Bernard Erb
HSA
St Francis Hospitals
Fee appointed to help probe lake pollution
State Rep. Thomas J. Fee of New Castle has been recommended for appointment to a select legislative committee to investigate pollution in Lake Erie. Named by House Democrat leader K Leroy Irvis, he will join nine other legislators on a panel of five House members and five senators to conduct a thorough probe and propose legislative actions to address the issue.
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Neshannock
Shenango
Union
Frasso
Fee
Thomas J. Fee
New Castle
Lake Erie
House
K. Leroy Irvis
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Lawrence Avenue
CLIF
Lawrence and
Beaver Counties
FDIC
Jeinganeee Florist
Wilmington Rd
Charles Blum
Pennsylvania Transportation Assistance Authority
Poister
Twin Coaches
Mrs. Elverta E. Anderson Francis J. St.Clair
Canfield
Ohio
Francis J St. Clair
Callahan Road
Bessemer
South Side Hospital
Youngstown
Braddock
Jackson J
Lucy Martin St Clair
Madison Machine and Welding Co
Collector’s Corner
Ellsworth
St. Clair
Canfield United Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Nord
Daugher
Charlotte Terry
Dayton
Francis Jr
Louemma Kroll
Harold
East Liverpool
David
Herbert
West Brownshville
George
Lane-Williams
N. Broad St
Canfield Village East Cemetery
C. Walter Uber
Slippery Rock
Walter (Caser) Uber
St. James Drive
Mantua
Grove City
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Butler
Fred
Jennie McNeish Uber
Fisher-Fazio Food Corp
Uber
Grove City High School
Charles S
Macedonia
Dale
Sandra) Karm
Richard
Cheryl) Chesnie
Painesville
Edith Sowers
Twyla Hooker
Milwaukee
Ore
Grace Cunningham Smith
New Castle St
E Eugene Ankeny
Slippery Rock United Methodist Church
Slippery Rock Cemetery
Helen Florence Osborn
Robert
George Jr
Janet Helen
Milsom Service
Warner
KODAK
Warner’s Photo Shop
George McKnight
Rey
Wallace Sterling
J. N. Kerr
Jewelers
N. Mill St
DIAL
North City Plaza
Sansabelt
Jaymar
Larry Verone
Room
First Federal Plaza
State Farm
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Illinois
E. Washington St
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