County weighs overhauling bridge maintenance with towns
County officials plan to ask the state for a study of seven county bridges under the Federal Highway Safety Program. Boroughs and townships may take over maintenance if financial support from liquid fuel funds is clarified. The board also funded radio equipment for the Lawrence County Firemen and hired staff for the Lark Workshop and domestic relations office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commission
Charles Dlugokowski
State Department of Transportation
Frank A. Vitril
New Castle
Shumaker
Larry D. Worth
Lawrence County Volunteer Fireman's Association
Fireman's Association
Lark Workshop
Ronald Colonna
39Th St
Beaver Falls
Community Mental
Joseph A. Book
Lawrence County Fireman's Association
Wayne Township
Train Derailment Site Inspected By Officials In Big Beaver
County Engineer John Zabetakis and Department of Environmental Resources officials inspected the Penn Central derailment site near the Little Beaver River in Big Beaver Township. The derailment last weekend spilled debris into the river and prompted ongoing cleanup checks, with further site visits planned next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zabetakis
Department of Environmental Resources
Penn Central
Little Beaver River
Big Beaver Township
Frank A. Vitril
Zabetakis
Vitril
RD 2 girl treated after accident
Lorraine Veronesi a 17 year old passenger in a Parkstown Corners car was treated for scalp bruise and a thigh cut at St Francis Hospital and released. Latitia J Shelar a 15 year old cyclist on Wood Street near the vocational school was treated for elbow and knee scrapes and a forehead cut at Jameson Memorial Hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Veronesi
Covert Road RD 2
St. Francis Hospital
Parkstown Corners
Latitia J. Shelar
E. Washington St
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Wood Street
Lawrence County Vocational Technical School
Vitril urges closer government cooperation in face of money woes
Local official Vitril laments mutual hostility among borough township and county leaders toward federal and state programs. He proposes closer ties with Harrisburg and Washington, citing logistical and political barriers, and endorses revived meetings with State Senator Thomas Andrews to address state county issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Robbins
Frank A. Vitril
Vitril
Harrisburg
Washington
Lawrence County
Hugh Scott
Scott
Washington, D.C
Thomas Andrews
Three County Firms Seek Variances on Pollution Order
Three Lawrence County firms faced a Meadville public hearing on temporary variances with the Department of Environmental Resources filed last September. Medusa Cement Co Shenango China Co Carbon Limestone Co and supporters outlined schedules to install abatement equipment with completion hoped for 1975 1974 and by year end respectively. Officials expect decisions on petitions within weeks with no anticipated rejections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Meadville
Department of Environmental Resources
DER
Shenango China Company
Interpace Corp
Carbon Limestone Co
Mahoning Township
Medusa Cement Co
Wampum
Richard Zinn
Robert Everhart
Medusa
Lawrence J. Masotti
Shenango China Co
Manthey
Carbon Limestone
Zinn
Drowning Victim Raymond Ryhal Found Dead
Deputy Coroner rules Ryhal accidently drowned at a private Muddy Creek quarry near Ellwood City with divers, boats, and rescue units from Butler and Lawrence counties assisting. He vanished about midnight, body recovered at 5:50 p m after about 18 hours, no autopsy performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portersville
Butler County
William Besser
Raymond Ryhal
Ellwood City
Muddy Creek
Ryhal
Butler
Lawrence County
Kerry Coal Co
Harmony
Slippery Rock
Unionville
Evans City
New Castle
Union Township
Neshannock Township
Bessemer Borough
Shenango Township
North Beaver Township
Commission clears move to courthouse annex office
The county commissioners approved relocating the district attorney to a Milton Street house as part of a courthouse annex expansion funded by federal revenue sharing. The move frees space for the consolidation of county programs and shifts the child welfare department to Court Street, with the commission occupying both floors of the annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Attorney
Child Welfare Department
District Attorney's
Milton Street
Court Street
Thomas A. Shumaker
Shumaker
Donald Williams
Williams
Ade
Quate
Frank A. Vitril
Omer
Vitril
Butler County Man Faces Theft Charge
Ellwood City resident William D. Pounds, 20, of Slippery Rock Road 2, is jailed on burglary charges after a burglary at the McDowell Hotel on Lawrence Avenue. Pounds was arraigned before District Magistrate Wayne E. Shaffer and bond set at 2500 cash or 5000 property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
William D. Pounds
Slippery Rock RD 2
Lawrence County
Pounds
McDowell Hotel
Lawrence Avenue
Wayne E. Shaffer
Scout District Consolidation Cleared in Moraine Trails Council
The Moraine Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America approved merging the Mahoning- Kuskuski district and the Connoquennessing district in Lawrence County into a single district. John Polovina of Ellport was named chairman. The committee will announce additional chairpersons and committee members for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moraine Trails Council
Boy Scouts of America
Lawrence County
Mahoning- Kuskuski
John Polovina
Ellport
J. Edward Ellison
Burglars Hit Music Center In Early Morning Break-In
State police investigate a burglary at Chuck Farone Music Center 1600 Wilmington Ave Call's Plaza Neshannock Township. Two males in an unidentified vehicle broke a front window between 1 and 1 20 am and stole one instrument worth 70 dollars. Window damage cited at 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Farone
Wilmington Ave
Call's Plaza
Neshannock Township
Kenneth Street
Highland Avenue
Ellwood City Band Rehearsal Plans Moose Hall
Ellwood City Community Band will rehearse Monday at Moose Hall Lawrence Avenue at 7 p.m. Musicians from local high school bands are urged to attend. Director Val Rocco expects summer concerts starting Friday July 6 and every other Friday thereafter in front of the municipal building, sponsored by the Musicians Performance Trust Fund Local 545 and the Ellwood City Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Moose Hall
Lawrence Avenue
Val Rocco
Musicians Performance Trust Fund
Local Musicians Union 545
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