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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1980
Page
1
Carol Young is named the county's new court administrator announced by President Judge Glenn McCracken. Former secretary-assistant to retired Phillip Wimner, Young will assign court times, notify attorneys, prepare trial lists, maintain criminal and civil case records, oversee payrolls, and coordinate adult and juvenile probation activities.
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight in the low 60s. High Tuesday in the mid 80s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent tonight and 40 percent Tuesday. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph. Also includes statistics for the 24-hour period ending June 22 with highs to 85 and lows to 48 and Shenango River stage at 5.71 feet.
Obituaries list multiple individuals with ages and locations including Houtzdale Mr W Shaw 77 428 E Fairmont Ave Charles Eppinger 67 New Bedford Milton Dunsmore 64 2305 Wilmington Rd Mary Zakucia 26 months Struthers infant Mary O Black 82 Lannview Ave Ellwood City Charles Perkins 45 Lancaster Pa and Prof Thrush 80 death noted.
Lottery Saturday’s number and a quiz on page 17 highlight news. The Golden Bear, among four to win the U S Open four times, is identified. An automaker weighs recalls due to a transmission issue. Billy Sims set rookie pay records with an NFL team.
President Carter, finishing two days of allied summit talks in Venice, says the United States will not send Olympic athletes to Moscow this summer. He calls the Soviet pledge to withdraw troops from Afghanistan a, possibly aimed at the boycott, and says the decision to stay away is irrevocable. He notes a private, productive meeting with Valery Giscard d Estaing and attends Mass at St Eufemia, where supporters chant Corragio. Carter heads to Belgrade for a two day state visit to Yugoslavia, then Spain and Portugal.
Soviet Union plans to pull back slightly under an armored division about 10,000 troops from Afghanistan. Western leaders questioned timing at the Venice summit while noting the withdrawal concerns a protracted guerrilla war and may signal partial action toward a total pullout.
Five Palestinian students were shot and wounded by Israeli troops during a campus protest at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. Hamad Ata Akeel, 22, was in serious condition with fractures. Police ringed the campus as troops fired into the crowd after confrontations over the death of Taghrid el-Butma in Bethlehem.
Harrisburg officials require PennDOT to fix the Wettick Bridge in Taylor Township and set one way traffic at two nearby underpasses where Pa 168 crosses rail lines. Southbound traffic uses the underpasses, northbound routes over the Wettick Bridge and through West Pittsburgh.
Alvin Lee King III, 45, in combat gear and armed with four guns, opened fire at First Baptist Church during Sunday service. Five people died including a 78-year-old woman and a 7-year-old girl. King wounded two others before shooting himself near the fire station. He was later moved to a hospital and faces four murder charges as investigators press the case.
Senate Democrats move an agency shop bill to win union support for unemployment compensation legislation. The measure would authorize public employee unions to collect dues from all workers in a bargaining unit, regardless of union membership, potentially adding 3.4 million dollars annually to state employee dues. Local costs are unclear, but may rise.
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