Beached pilot whales to be released back to sea
In a 150 mile voyage aboard the Albatross IV from Cape Cod to Georges Bank, three two year old male pilot calves nicknamed Notch Tag and Baby will be returned to a pod. The effort aims to test returning rehabilitated whales to their natural habitat and track their progress for months.
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Boston
UPI
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Cape Cod
Notch
Tag
New England Aquarium
Aquarium
John Prescott
Sharon Dean
Aquarium Conservation
Georges Bank
Girl brings song of peace on Moscow visit
A 12 year old Wisconsin girl Sherry Lynn Biedrzycki travels to Moscow with five other children for a two week goodwill tour. She wrote the song We Can Walk in Peace which Gor bachev heard after receiving a cassette in 1985. Her aims are to promote international harmony and peace. She will perform with Russian pen pal Katya Smirnova and meet Soviet youths in Moscow Leningrad and Yerevan. Seattle Goodwill Games funds cover airfare and art contest posters.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Sherry Lynn Biedrzycki
St. Francis
Thomas
Judith
Moscow
Wisconsin
Russia
Sherry
Mitchell International Airport
Kremlin
Gorbachev
Samantha Smith
Maine
Yuri Andropov
Samantha
Radio Moscow
Katya Smirnova
Gorky Park
Katya
Judith Biedrzycki
Leningrad
Yerevan
Armenia
Seattle
Reagan actively pursuing a Supreme Court nominee
Washington US President Reagan is very actively engaged in selecting a new Supreme Court justice after Justice Powell announced his resignation. Attorney General Meese says the pick will occur within a week or two and will not be based on ideological litmus tests, aiming for a strict constructionist who will uphold the Constitution and laws as passed by Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
Supreme Court
Edwin Meese
Lewis Powell
Meese
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Powell
ABC
David Brinkley
White House
Howard Baker
Federal Appeals Court
Robert Bork
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Baker
GOP
Tennessee
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Biden
Judiciary Committee
Virginia
Senate
Angola frees U.S. pilot Longo amid diplomatic gestures
Angolan news agency Angop says American pilot Joseph Longo, shot down April 21 over Cunene, is released to a U.S. delegation and will fly home tomorrow. U.S. lawmakers praised the move while Angolan officials discuss future ties, with broader tensions involving South Africa, UNITA, and Cuba.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Angola
United States
Joseph Frank Longo
Greensburg
U.S
Angop
Longo
Howard Wolpe
D-Mich
Wolpe
Mickey Leland
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
Cunene
South Africa
UNITA
Ongiva
Iran warns gulf could become deadly combat zone if US ships escort
Iran's Revolutionary Guards naval commander Hossein Alai warns the Persian Gulf could turn into a deadly combat zone if the United States deploys warships to escort vessels near the Iran Iraq border. He cites U S statements as a declaration of war and says Iran has contingency plans to launch destructive blows. Iranian forces conduct maneuvers near the Strait of Hormuz as Iraq jets bomb Sardasht.
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Revolutionary Guards
Persian Gulf
United States
Iran-Iraq
Hossein Alai
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
U.S
Gulf
Alai
IRNA
Shatt al Arab
Abu Musa
Strait of Hormuz
Tehran
Mir Hossein Musavi
Kayhan
Saudi Arabia
County unions announce talks to renegotiate contracts
AFSCME representing about 50 county employees notified Lawrence County commissioners of intent to bargain a new contract before the Dec 31 expiration of current three year accords. Local 964 plans to follow, representing roughly 1,600 workers at the courthouse jail and Hill View Manor. Negotiator roles and wage requests are undecided, with proposals likely to include pay hikes and benefits changes.
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Lawrence County
Ed Scurry
American Federation of State
Afscme
Roger M. DeCarbo
Bruce Campbell
Pittsburgh
DeCarbo
Scurry
Croton Reunion Plans Set for Aug 2 at El Rio Beach
The Croton Reunion Committee led by Chairman Frank J Banfield and Co Chair Mary Cook invites Croton residents past and present to a 1 p.m. August 2 gathering at El Rio Beach. Coral's will provide music, a clown will mingle with children, and bocce and horseshoe games are planned. Hot dogs snacks coffee and drinks will be served. For more information call Mary Cook or Pat Kennedy.
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Croton
Frank J. Banfield
Mary Cook
el Rio Beach
Coral’s
Pat Kennedy
Firefighter hurt in roof collapse at vacant Jeannette plant
A Jeannette firefighter suffered a leg injury when the roof collapsed during a morning blaze at the old Jeannette Sheet Glass building. William Blumentritt, 24, was treated and released from Jeannette Memorial Hospital after falling through the roof. The two-story, vacant site caught fire around 5:45 a.m. and state police investigate the blaze’s cause.
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Jeannette
UPI
William Blumentritt
Jeannette Memorial Hospital
Richard Colling
Colling
Man Arrested For Pot Plants In Backyard
A New Kensington area man, Larry Robert Sieff aged 32 of Upper Burrell Township near Pittsburgh, was arrested after a police helicopter crew sighted a marijuana crop behind his home. Police found 81 marijuana plants in his backyard, arraigned before District Justice Buddy Cipolla and released on 3400 dollars bail pending a preliminary hearing.
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New Kensington, Pa
UPI
New Kensington
Larry Robert Sieff
Upper Burrell Township
Pittsburgh
Sieff
Buddy Cipolla
120 year old St Joseph Parish to close in Pittsburgh
The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will close the 120 year old St Joseph Parish in Manchester tomorrow due to small parish numbers church repairs and parish debt. St Joseph Parish was founded in 1867.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Catholic Diocese of
St. Joseph
Manchester
St. Joseph Parish
Correction clarification on Jefferson Street tracks notice
Gertrude Tizak who voiced concern over the condition of the Jefferson Street railroad tracks to New Castle City Council lives at 110 W Miller St Her address was incorrect in Saturdays paper If you have a correction or clarification call Len Kolasinski executive editor at 654-6651 between 830 am and 3 pm
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Gertrude Tizak
New Castle
Len Kolasinski
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