Paint and clean up urged to revitalize Ellwood City shops
Ellwood City forms a downtown committee led by Lawrence Rice to study a paint and cleanup plan to restore storefronts, parking, and landscaping without tearing buildings. Costs, phases, and funding sources are discussed, with local contractors and possible student involvement highlighted.
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Linda Thompson News
Ellwood City
Lawrence Rice
General Design Partnership
Greenville
Ill
Rice
Planning Commission
R.J
Denny) Schill
Chamber of Commerce and
Schill
Ellwood
Four die as truck plunges from downtown ramp
In Pittsburgh a tractor-trailer owned by an auto carrier plunged 60 feet onto Second Avenue from the Boulevard of the Allies ramp. The four dead were identified as driver John Griggs and three others from Hartsville and Society Hill South Carolina. one passenger, Deborah Person, was hospitalized in critical condition with burns. The truck carried only the cab. witnesses described a jackknife prior to the plunge.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Allies
Second Avenue
John J. Griggs
Society Hill
S.C
Louis Ray Person
Tina Renee Starling
Hartsville
Robert Heek
Deborah
Mercy Hospital
Floyd Rinker
Duquesne Lithographing Co
Second Ave
City and school argue over federal funds for projects
City officials and New Castle Area School District failed to settle use of a 1.75 million dollar public works grant. They dispute garage and library plans versus a gym addition at Mahoning School with EDA to decide if no agreement is reached.
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New Castle Area
Eugene DeCaprio
New Castle
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Office of
U. S
Gary A. Myers
R-Butler
Mahoning School
Pennsylvania motor vehicle code confuses drivers and police
The new code taking effect at midnight faces confusion from motorists and officers alike. Officials warn of court challenges and stress insufficient manuals and preparation.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
John Green
West Chester
Chester County
Pittsburgh Police
Robert J. Coll
Traffic Laws Are Changing brochure issued by DOT
Harrisburg based Department of Transportation announces a brochure titled Traffic Laws Are Changing. The leaflet explains major highway law changes effective July 1 for drivers and pedestrians, with simple graphics and written requests for copies to Harrisburg Pa 17120.
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Harrisburg
UPI
State Transportation Department
Department of Transportation
Bell rate hike for Pennsylvania telephone service delayed
The Public Utility Commission in Harrisburg suspended for three more months a $139 million Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania rate increase. An initial six month suspension would have expired July 4. Hearings have totaled 32 days with four more set July 5-8. Bell proposed higher average residential and business rates and increased coin box charges and installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
UPI
Public Utility Commission
Bell Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
Commission
Bell
Officials kill plea to back Burns in fight
County commissioners refused to file a friend of the court brief in orthopedic surgeon John T. Burns's contract dispute with New Castle Orthopedic Associates. Burns faces a two year nonpractice clause, an appeal to the state Superior Court, and a $50,000 bond to resume work.
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John T. Burns
New Castle
Common Pleas
Howard W. Lyon
Burns
State Superior Court
Lyon
Frank A. Vitril
Thomas A. Shumaker
Meehan
Shumaker
Ex-banker pleads guilty in Pittsburgh case
Herman J. Israel, 57, former Keystone Bank president, pleaded guilty to two counts of misapplying bank funds. A plea deal requires him to exit banking, divest all bank stock within a year, resign as Keystone Bank vice chairman, and face up to five years and a 5000 dollar fine per count. Israel set up two sham loans totaling 229600 dollars in 1973.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Herman J. Israel
Keystone Bank
Israel
Rockwood Insurance Co
U.S
Blair Griffith
Griffith
Hijacked Gulf VC10 Forced to Qatar lands safely
A Gulf Airlines VC10 with 64 aboard was hijacked on a London to Oman flight after takeoff from Dubai refuel. The jet landed in Doha, Qatar, where the hijacker was captured. 55 passengers and nine crew were aboard. most were British. Passengers included 13 Europeans and 12 Arabs. The hijacker is in custody. his identity and nationality were not disclosed.
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London
APS
Gulf Airlines
Oman
Qatar
Heathrow
Dubai
Doha
Presbyterians delay on ordaining homosexuals until next assembly
The 189th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church voted to continue a study on homosexuality, defeating motions to end the inquiry. Delegates endorsed the majority report of a task force while reaffirming that ordaining an avowed practicing homosexual would be injudicious or improper at present.
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Philadelphia
UPI
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church
189Th
Equitable Gas Co. gets $2.75 million rate rise approved
The Equitable Gas Co. of Pittsburgh wins a 2.75 million annual rate increase from the PUC in a seven county area serving 240 000 customers. The vote was 3 to 1 with Commissioner Robert K. Bloom dissenting. The firm originally sought 10.9 million as part two of a 19.5 million plan to take effect in June 1976. The first 8.6 million increase was granted last June after a prior suspension for PUC review. The seven counties include Allegheny Armstrong Butler Greene Indiana Washington and Westmoreland.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Public Utility Commission
Equitable Gas Co
Pittsburgh
Robert K. Bloom
Equitable
PAC
PUC
Allegheny
Armstrong
Butler
Greene
Indiana
Washington
Westmoreland
Man fined for kiss in Johannesburg elevator
Chrisostome Magubane, 26, was fined 200 rand for kissing the cheek of white woman Miss Amour Loren in a crowded Johannesburg post office elevator. The court heard the kiss insulted her dignity and the judge cited race based law distinctions.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Amour Loren
Chrisostome Magubane
I.J. Luther
Magubane
Miss Loren
Woman pleads guilty in Pittsburgh Manpower fraud case
Elizabeth Holloway, 49, of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty to eight forgery counts six receiving stolen property two tampering with records six theft by deception one conspiracy in a 23 count indictment. Judge Paul Zavarella ordered a presentence report and released her on bond as the first of four defendants to face trial.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Elizabeth Holloway
Burns case raises medical ethics and public interest concerns
The article details contracts for Burns with the Associates, Burns’s income figures, and a dispute over non compete style terms. Shumaker discusses costs for a new doctor and potential start funding. An audience member complains about medical records access while the Associates defend patient records as private but owned by the patient.
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Shumaker
Burns
Associates
Lyon
American Bar Association
American Medical Association
John Augustine
Merline Ave
Augustine
County program mobilizes against state budget cuts
The county drug and alcohol office fights a proposed state budget cut to fiscal 1977-78. Director Frank DiLeo says a $30,000 reduction would be crippling, as the program relies 90 percent on state funds with a 10 percent county match. A Monday visit by Burleigh P. Angle of Western Psychiatric Institute will produce a report within a month.
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Drug and Alcohol
Council On Chemical Abuse
Frank DiLeo
DiLeo
Ralph D. Pratt
New Wilmington
Thomas J. Fee
New Castle
W. Thomas Andrews
R-Lawrence
Council On
Amicus House
State Street
James Howell
Howell
Bureau of Employment Security
Pittsburgh
Burleigh P. Angle
Western Psychiatric Institute
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John Ruff
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Keystone Aaa Automobile Club
Philadelphia Police
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Ridley Park
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Jack Haver
West Penn Aaa
Lynn Rabold
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