Conflicts of Interest Doomed New Castle Council Tenure
Our Opinion notes Nick Majorano resigned from New Castle City Council over conflicts of interest. The piece argues public service requires completing terms and urges addressing ethics openly. It critiques fellow members DeBlasio and Elisco, warns of divisive replacement battles, and calls for a fresh, progressive council to advance zoning and other community priorities.
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New Castle
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Richard DeBlasio
Mark Elisco
Pennsylvania Ethics Commission
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Patricia May
Robert Bullano
May
Bullano
Council
New heat warning system from National Weather Service
Public officials and most Americans will welcome a new heat forecast system from the National Weather Service. It will report averaged day night heat index and identify when 95F and 80 percent humidity feel like 136F. The tool aims to mobilize health staff to aid at risk individuals during severe heat periods.
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Weather Service
Toledo Blade
Korea War Anniversary Speech Honors Veterans
President Clinton spoke in Washington at a ceremony marking the start of the Korean War. He praised the men and women who fought in the conflict, calling it a hard brutal war and honoring their heroism.
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Washington
Vieques island residents endure resumed Navy shelling
Sandra Reyes describes her home trembling as the U S Navy restarts shelling near Vieques Island while a separate audit cites New York as best prepared yet revealing gaps in bioterror readiness tied to a 1999 West Nile outbreak.
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Sandra Reyes
Puerto Rico
Vieques Island
U.S. Navy
New York
Charles Schumer
Fine line between fate and reckless driving lessons
A young man drinking with friends drives home on a quiet street. He hits two girls with his car but saves one by a foot. He later reflects on Anthony Sanchez who killed a motorcyclist while drunk, remorseful and chastened. The piece ends with a professor urging drivers to avoid drinking and driving.
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Thony Sanchez
Sanchez
Anthony Sanchez
Paul Campos
University of Color
Execution debate over Graham case highlights doubts and verdict
In May 1981 Gary Graham mauled a spree of over 20 violent crimes, including four shootings and ten robberies. Witness Bernadine Skillern identified him as the killer of Bobby Lambert, yet defense and critics debate innocence, with opponents invoking broader capital punishment arguments and questions about eyewitness reliability.
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Pointblank Range
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Lambert
Houston
Bernadine Skillern
Houston Public Schools
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Texas Monthly
Gregory Curtis
Skillern
Ron Mack
Dick Burr
NAACP
Jesse Jackson
New York Times
Universal Press Syndicate
Two anonymous angels praised for aid to Pittsburgh man
Readers’ letters salute two unidentified Good Samaritans who helped Bernard Passaretti after he fell on May 26 near Pennsylvania Avenue on the South Side. He later died June 4 after a stroke. The note asks the community to share thoughts in The News.
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Pittsburgh
New Castle News
New Castle
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