Two Butler youths hurt when car overturns in Slippery Rock Twp
David A. Rodgers 17 and John A. Ray 17 of Butler escaped serious injury after their southbound car left Young Road, overturned, and pinned Ray. Both were treated and released from St. Francis Hospital. Rodgers had chest cuts and bruises. Ray suffered ankle burns and left palm abrasions.
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Butler
Slippery Rock Township
David A. Rodgers
Holyoke Road
Young Road
Rodgers
John A. Ray
Sunflower Road
St. Francis Hospital
Funeral directors oppose coroner to medical examiner shift
Allegheny County Funeral Directors' Association opposes a bill to replace the coroner with a medical examiner system citing higher costs reduced service and political controls. The group says the solution is to require the coroner to hire forensic pathologists for medical legal investigation.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Allegheny County Funeral Directors’ Association
Man guilty in buggy case Harris pleads after wreck
Richard John Harris 23 of Volant RD 3 was found guilty by a jury on June 18 of recklessly endangering another after he and a companion and two 14 year old girls tried to strike an Amish buggy driven by Harvey C Hostetler on a Wilmington Township dirt road. The buggy was destroyed and Hostetler escaped unharmed. Police said Harris had been drinking. He had pleaded guilty under a plea deal that would have yielded probation but the judge rejected the terms and set trial.
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Richard John Harris
Volant RD 3
Harris
Harvey C. Hostetler
Wilmington Township
Hostetler
Dennis Best
William R. Ralph
Mesta to Furlough 225 at West Homestead Foundry
Mesta Machine Co plans a two week furlough for 225 of 1100 workers at its West Homestead foundry due to a weak heavy machinery market. Other processes continue normal operations. The New Castle plant faces no cuts.
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West Homestead
UPI
Mesta Machine Co
Allegheny County
Mesta
Albert Lami
New Castle
Carelessness and lightning blamed for western fires
Descriptions blame human carelessness and lightning for massive fires across Arizona and Colorado. The blazes scorched 25,000 acres in Arizona and 11,000 on Colorado's Western Slope, with a Colorado governor banning campfires in woods. Firefighters deployed a helicopter with a suspended torch to drop jellied fuel over 700 acres in the White River National Forest as the largest Colorado forest fire on record expands amid 110 degree heat and gusty winds.
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Arizona
Colorado
White River National Forest
Desert
Videodiscs touted as biggest TV invention since color
A long piece on videodiscs as a major home television advance argues the format could cut school costs and outlast videotape. It notes discs cost 10 to 25 dollars, players about 700, and promises features like two audio tracks, slow motion, and language options, with MCA and Magnavox leading the market and cable competition looming in.
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Richard Vincent
Slippery Rock State College
McGrath Electronics
McGrath
Boston Pops
Magnavox
RCA
Vincent
Atlanta
Mike Staup
Knoxville
HBO
Ralph Peluso
Lawrence Cablevision Inc
Peluso
Cable
New Castle
Bill Fray
Chevrolet
Perelman’s
Heat Wave Blamed for 32 Deaths Across Region
Dallas and surrounding areas tally 32 heat deaths as seven day record highs persist. Most victims elderly on fixed incomes. 6 month old girl among Dallas victims. Oklahoma and Arkansas report three deaths each. Dallas high reaches 108, Wichita Falls 112. Heat drives mall and theater patronage, golf schedules adjust, zoo attendance falls. Poultry in Arkansas suffers $2 million losses. I 40 near Okemah briefly damaged by overheated joints. Weather service notes cooling delay before easing Thursday.
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Dallas
UPI
Vanessa Ernst
Wichita Falls
Dallas Zoo
Zoo
Lora Stone
Arkansas
National Weather Service
Interstate 40
Okemah
Okla
State Highway Patrol
Roberta Hott
Mrs. Hott
Jack Paup
North Texas
State Law Keeps Bingo Ads Illegal Nationwide
The New Castle News and other Pennsylvania outlets cannot advertise bingo via mail despite potential state legalization. Postmaster General Summerfield says federal law, specifically Title 18, Section 1302, bans mailing lottery matter, with bingo considered a lottery, regardless of state borders or the term used. Advertising bingo in any form through the mails remains prohibited, and charity lotteries receive no exemptions.
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U.S
New Castle News
Pennsylvania
Arthur E. Summerfield
United States
Low turnout at Atkinson town meeting in Union Township
US Rep Eugene V Atkinson faced a sparse audience of 15 at his Saturday Union Township session, yet sustained a two hour discussion in the municipal building. He touted energy and transportation measures, praising support from key lawmakers and urging quicker action on Beaver Valley Expressway funding and oil shale potential.
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Eugene V. Atkinson
Union Township
Atkinson
Neshannock Township
Beaver Valley
Captives released unharmed after four days in jungle
Four captives including two American photographers and two European Red Cross workers were freed unharmed after four days held by Vietnamese troops near the Cambodian border. They described warnings to stay away from the border, and said they were treated well during captivity at Nong Chan refugee camp where refugees number about 60,000 after a Vietnamese strike into Thailand.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Red Cross
Robert Ashe
Surrey
England
Cambodia
Los Angeles
George Lienemann
Pierre Perrin
France
Richard Franken
Miami
Nong Chan
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Charles McGrath
Atkinson's
Energy Mobilization Board
OPEC
Charles Morrison
Washington
Morrison
America
White House
Neal Musitano
Bessemer
Isabelle Bartley
U.S. 422
Clif Page
Eugene Atkinson
State Project
Com- 70
St. Joseph
St. Joseph Choir
Zambelli’s
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