Dorothy Sims 77 of New Castle dies after June 26 illness
Dorothy L. Sims longtime Lawrence County child welfare employee dies in St. Francis Hospital after a June 26, 2000 admission. Born July 23, 1922 in Chase City Virginia she lived at 219 N Beaver St. Survived by daughter Rebecca Sims and three sons John Vincent Jason Sims plus eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Service 11 a.m. Friday at New Castle Revival Center with Rev. Virginia Bright officiating. Burial at Parkside Cemetery.
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Dorothy L. Sims
N. Beaver St
Lawrence County
St. Francis Hospital
Chase City
Clarence and
Jeannette Barnes Elam
George W. Sims
New Castle Revival Center
S. Mill St
Virginia Bright
Parkside Cemetery
Richard Wimer, 68, of Harmony dies at home
Richard V. Wimer, 68, of 556 Perry Highway Harmony, died June 27 2000 at home. Born July 6 1931 in Ellwood City, he was a Bilbco Manufacturing machinist for 28 years retired 1996. Army Korean War veteran, he enjoyed restoring John Deere tractors and belonged to Portersville Steam Engine Association. Survived by wife Bernadean Patsy English Wimer four sons Scott Thomas Steven and Todd Wimer four grandchildren two sisters one brother. Visitation private. Private funeral 11 a.m. tomorrow Turner Funeral Home Ellwood City. Rev Peggy Suhr Barkley officiating. Burial Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery with Veterans Honor Guard rites.
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Richard V. Wimer
Perry Highway
Harmony
Ellwood City
Clyde W
Lillian A. Bleakney Wimer
Bernadean
Patsy” English
Wimer
Bilbco Manufacturing Corp
Zelienople
John Deere
Portersville Steam Engine Association
Zion Lutheran Church
Middle Lancaster
Scott Wimer
Thomas L. Wimer
Steven L. Wimer
Todd W. Wimer
Portersville
Regina Turner
Carole Starr
Volant
J. Philip Wimner
Turner Funeral Home
Sixth St
Peggy Suhr-Barkley
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
Veterans Honor Guard
Jessie Cory 89 Orchard Manor resident dies in Grove City
Jessie L. Cory, 89, of Orchard Manor Nursing Home Grove City died June 27 2000. Born July 28 1910 in Union City Pa she married Philip Addison Cory in 1931. She worked as a hand decorator for Mayor China Beaver Falls and was active in Plain Grove Presbyterian Church and Plain Grove Grange. Survived by two daughters two sons a sister 12 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Funeral details set at Smith Funeral Home Slippery Rock with burial at Plain Grove Township South Plain Grove Cemetery memorials to Plain Grove Presbyterian Church.
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Plain Grove Township
Jessie L. Cory
Orchard Manor
Grove City
Union City
Thomas George
Minnie May Moorhead Higley
Philip Addison Cory
Cory
China
Beaver Falls
Marjorie Connell
Roberta Connell
Slippery Rock
Philip Thomas Cory
Meadville
James A. Cory
Mildred Anna Acheson
Beaver
Robert E. Winters
Leo Higley
Charles Perry
Smith Funeral
New Castle St
Herbert Goetz
Plain Grove Presbyterian Church
T. Duane Stewart
Worth Township
South Plain Grove
Shore erosion will wipe out homes
FEMA projects that one quarter of homes within 500 feet of U S coastlines and Great Lakes will be erased by erosion in 60 years. Atlantic and Gulf coasts face 60 percent of losses. 338000 structures are at risk. Annual coastal property costs average about 530 million dollars. FEMA director James Witt called the findings far more alarming than expected.
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Washington
U.S
Great Lakes
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
FEMA
James Witt
Lynn Smaha
American Heart Association
John G. Canto
University of Alabama At Birmingham
Mother offers reward for return of daughter's memorial marker
Marilyn Brunswick of New Castle reports a vandal struck her daughter's memorial at Atlantic Avenue. A 3-foot Tweety bird and a cloud sign were broken and removed between June 1 and 24, prompting a $100 reward for the return of the missing pieces and the arrest of the responsible party. Police seek information.
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NEW Castle News
Marilyn Brunswick
New Castle
Atlantic Avenue
Brunswick
Summer Dawn Brunswick
Lawrence County
Summer
LaGrotta questions federal approval for pipeline plan
State Rep. Frank LaGrotta questions whether Independence Pipeline Co. met federal rules to build a natural gas line through Lawrence and Butler counties. He vows continued opposition despite a Monday filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission claiming 38 percent of agreements. The FERC order lists more than 90 requirements.
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Frank LaGrotta
Independence Pipeline Co
Lawrence
Butler
LaGrotta
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Commission
ANA Pipeline Co
Independence
One Third Of Heart Attack Victims Experience No Chest Pain
A study of 434 877 heart attack victims found about one third arrived at hospitals without chest pain. Women, nonwhites, those over 75 and with prior heart failure, stroke or diabetes were most at risk, delaying care and increasing death risk.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Mag
Bear spotted near Old Princeton Road in Shenango Township
Shenango Township police report residents observed a bear in the area of Old Princeton Road. Call Shenango Police at 658-6095 or the Pennsylvania Game Commission if sighted.
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Shenango
Old Princeton Road
Shenango Township
Confidence dips as consumers brace for slower growth
The Conference Board reported June consumer confidence at 138.8, down from 144.7 in May, with rising interest rates and gasoline prices eroding optimism. The index remains near record highs but signals softer growth ahead, while economists monitor home and retail data for signs of a slowing economy.
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New York
U.S
Conference Board
Wall Street
Lynn Franco
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Leonard’s Steam
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USA
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Hermitage
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E. Washington ST
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