Financial turn in New Castle School District edges toward a surplus
New Castle School District reports progress in trimming a near two million dollar deficit. Business manager Thomas DeLorenzo notes the deficit is now around 1.4 million or less as district spending is tightened. The board further cuts expenses by reducing junior high secretaries and reallocating unbudgeted funds to custodial costs, citing enrollment decline and substitute hiring as factors.
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New Castle
Thomas DeLorenzo
Exxon
Universal Bundle Corp
DeLorenzo
Arson Suspected In Multiple New Castle Fires
City and Shenango Township fire crews battled four fires with three seeming arsons over two days. AMMET plant in Ellwood Road suffered extensive damage in a 4 15 am blaze investigated by State Police Fire Marshal Wise and Lex Miller. In town, vacant houses at 209 Walnut, 705 Court, and 617 Superior saw suspicious blazes as 80 firefighters aided by Union and Slippery Rock townships worked through the night. A later fire at 501 Locust St. raised arson questions, with $5 000 damage and stored materials hindering access.
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Shenango Township
American Metallurgical Products Co
Ellwood Road
Roland Wise
Ammet
Wise
Shenango
Union
Slippery Rock
John Gilmore
Gilmore
Lex Miller
Walnut St
Frank Hamilton
Court St
Court Street
Charles McCormick
Aiken Road
Superior St
Bruce and Merrilees Electric Co
Washington St
James Shaffer
Shaffer
Superior Street
Bruce and
Merrilees Electric Co
Howard Bruce
Bruce
Independent stations facing mass closure over gas policy protest
Lawrence County plans a nodal strike with about 40 independent stations to close tomorrow to protest DOE policies and allocation rules. Gov Thornburgh and Congress aim to avert a statewide impact as 80 percent of Pennsylvania stations could close by Friday.
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Lawrence County
Boron
Gastown
Washington
Pennsylvania
Energy Department
O'Leary
Molnar
DOE
Delaware
Paul Critchlow
Thornburgh
Critchlow
Edison Series Spotlight Marks Centen nial of Light
The New Castle News runs a series by historian John T Cunningham on Thomas Alva Edison and the incandescent lamp birthday on October 21 1879. The first article They Called Him Wizard appears on page 24 and traces Edison’s science impact and early myths from 1877. The weekly series continues every Wednesday through its conclusion.
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Thomas Alva Edison
John T. Cunningham
Edison
New Castle
Menlo Park
Thornburgh imposes odd-even gas ration plan in Pa
Governor Thornburgh enacted an odd-even gasoline sales plan effective Thursday to ease a worsening fuel shortage in Pennsylvania. The move, backed by National Guard readiness and a 9 million gallon June reserve distribution, includes fuel delivery to stations open at least six hours weekly and travel restrictions for state workers to curb consumption.
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UPI
Dick Thornburgh
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Thornburgh
Energy Council
Commonwealth
William Scranton III
Washington
Congress
Department of Energy
U.S. Postal Service
County CETA row prompts talk of legal steps
Lawrence County commissioners criticized a New Castle News report on the CETA program and sought to identify the reporter source. They debated legal action against the paper while confirming concerns about funding misuses and prior disputes with the Department of Labor, FBI involvement, and broader probes.
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New Castle
CETA
Frank A. Vital
Frank G. Verterano
Dave Kassel
Kassel
Thomas A. Shumaker
Vitril
Department of Labor
Shumaker
U.S
John A. Meehan
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