New Castle Board Approves 3 Mill Tax Increase
The New Castle Area School Board approved a three mill tax hike to fund a $17.5 million budget for 1987 88. Facing a $940 000 shortfall, the board trimmed it to about $240 000 and chose the tax option facing the need to present a balanced budget. The vote was 8 1 with Charles Cook dissenting. The board also authorized consolidation planning for 1988 89 to streamline facilities, expected to close several elementary schools and reallocate grades across buildings while preserving access to programs and services.
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New Castle Area
Charles Cook
Thomas Piccione
John Schultz
Teachers’ Union
Larry DeBlasio
George Washington
Harry W. Lockley
John F. Kennedy
West Side
Croton
Benjamin Franklin
Joseph A. Martin Jr
Martin
Washington
Angelo Papa
Michael Yagersky
Yagersky
New Castle Federation of Teachers
NCFT
Casey Signs Liquor Board Bill to Avert Crisis
Pennsylvania Governor Robert Casey signed into law a bill reauthorizing the Liquor Control Board after lawmakers faced a midnight expiry. The measure, approved 39 10 in the Senate and 155 45 in the House, keeps the LCB intact while shifting enforcement to state police and allowing credit cards and LCB wine shops. critics warn it preserves the Prohibition era system.
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Liquor Control Board
Robert P. Casey
LCB
Casey
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Thomas J. Fee
Drew Castle
Fee
House Liquor Control Committee
Tom
James Manderino
AIDS victim charged in sale of infected blood
Los Angeles prosecutors say Joseph Markowski, the first known person charged for knowingly selling AIDS infected blood, admitted selling his blood to plasma banks up to 23 times for money. He pleaded innocent to attempted murder and related counts, with $1 million bail and July 10 hearing. He also disclosed continuing sex with five customers after his diagnosis.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Joseph Markowski
Ira Reiner
Markowski
Reiner
USW seeks to buy region's 3 B&W plants
McDermott International and the United Steel Workers plan talks to manage a worker takeover of three Tubular Products Division plants in Beaver County. State officials seek Gov. Casey intervention to end a nine month labor dispute that began with a wage and benefit cut proposal.
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Babcock & Wilcox
Beaver County
McDermott International
New Orleans
Illwood City
Harrisburg
Robert Casey
Nsw
B&w
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Gary Bonelli
Dominick Motto
Eugene DeCaprio
Ellie Bogue
Manderino
Judiciary
Stewart Greenleaf
R Montgomery
John Stauffer
Chester
UPI Photo
USW
By Jackie Kunzmann
NEW Castle News
Theodore Stevens Sr
Orlando
Fla
Robert L. Latsko
Grandview Ave
George M. Zikeli
Ellwood City
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