Pittsburgh man and girlfriend swim 20 to 30 miles after boat capsizes
Harvey Thorpe and Inez Farias, both rescued by local fishermen about 600 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro, swam 20 to 30 miles for 18 hours after their boat the Senhor do Bonfim capsized in rough Atlantic seas. Eight others remained aboard the wreck.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
UPI
Pittsburgh
Harvey Thorpe
Inez Farias
Thorpe
Farias
Inez
Caravelas
Alcobaca
City school board weighs consolidation and budget
The New Castle Area School Board faces a growing deficit and eroding tax base as it considers closing two elementary schools to save about 400000 next year. A 177 million spending plan shows a 240000 shortfall after budget talks. A public hearing was held March 18 with action possible in June.
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New Castle
New Castle Area
Thomas Piccione
Board
West Pittsburg
Mahoning
Piccione
Woman Dies After Pa. 18 Car Motorcycle Crash
A Beaver County woman, Wendy Jane Felton, 35, died after a car motorcycle collision on Pa. 18 in New Beaver Borough yesterday afternoon. Her husband, Richard Felton, 34, is in serious condition at Jameson Memorial Hospital. The car driver, Craig Coffey, 16, is in stable condition, with passengers Patricia, 36, and Christina, 8, treated and released. Authorities say Coffey pulled from a private driveway about 300 feet north of Wilson Circle into Felton’s northbound path. The investigation is ongoing.
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Beaver County
New Beaver Borough
Wendy Jane Felton
Fourth St
Freedom
St. Francis Hospital
Richard Felton
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Craig Cof
Fey
Beaver Falls
Ellwood City Hospital
Patricia
Christina
Jameson
Coffey
Wilson Circle
Felton
Northeast homes safest from crime
The 1986 national household crime survey shows 19 percent of Northeast homes affected, 30 percent in the West, and 25 percent in the Midwest and South. Overall about one in four households faced at least one crime category, including rape, robbery, assault, theft, burglary, and motor vehicle theft.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
West
Midwest
Steven
Korea head will accept election in direct vote
President Chun Doo Hwan’s ruling Democratic Justice Party reversed policy amid riots and agreed to direct presidential elections. Roh Tae woo, DJP chair and candidate, said the people’s will demands immediate reform. Protests and prison releases followed as opposition leaders hailed a new era in Korean politics.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPI
Chun Doo Hwan
Roh Tae-woo
Democratic Justice Party
Roh
DJP
Chun
Rob
Kim Dae Jung
Kim Young-sam
Reunification Democratic Party
Family life in U S strong says new survey
A Philip Morris Harris survey finds most American families satisfied with life and doubts the view that half of marriages end in divorce. One in eight marriages founder, 94 percent glad about family relations, 86 percent supportive in crises, 83 percent happy with time with kin. Economic status drives dissatisfaction.
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New York
UPI
Philip Morris
Louis Harris and Associates
United States
U.S
Harris
Death Record June 29 198
Obituary list names incl James Bell 73 Maple Lane RD Anthony Cappolina 73 30 S Round St Alice Fenati 94 Laurel Blvd George Kalifut 73 Stuart Fla Floyd Kennedy 62 Wampum RD Victoria Maslyk 75 1720 Pennsylvania Ave Anthony Mooney 72 409 Taylor St Thomas Riley 87 Covert Road RD 8 Elsie Sterling 79 Jack Rees Nursing Home Fred Stucky 63 Portersville Andrew Salzano 62 1007 Rose Ave Mary Curtis 74 Conneaut Lake PA Rose Kupiec 92 Campbell Ohio
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James Bell
Maple Lane
Anthony S. Cappolina
S. Round St
Alice E. Fenati
Laurel Blvd
George Kalifut
Stuart, Fla
Floyd M. Kennedy
Wampum
Victoria D. Maslyk
Pennsylvania Ave
Anthony Mooney
Taylor St
Thomas E. Riley
Covert Road
Elsie Sterling
Jack Rees
Fred E. Stucky
Portersville
Andrew A. Salzano
Rose Ave
Mary Curtis
Conneaut Lake
Rose Kupiec
Campbell
Ohio
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New Castle News
City School Board
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