Keller's Department Store in Ellwood City Damaged by Fire
Fire officials investigate a morning blaze at Keller's Department Store on 613 Lawrence Ave Ellwood City top two floors gutted while first floor suffered water and smoke damage. Fire under control by 6 am extinguished by 7 am with state fire marshal to investigate. Benjamin and Stanley Keller partners plan to rebuild and keep staff.
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Ellwood City
Keller’s Department
Lawrence Ave
Wurtemburg-Perry
Franklin
Wayne Townships
Benjamin
Stanley Keller
Harry
Morris
Butler
Benjamin Keller
Israeli officers resign posts over Beirut massacre inquiry
Director of Israeli Military Intelligence Maj. Gen. Yehoshua Sagay resigned in line with Beirut massacre commission recommendations. Brig. Gen. Amos Yaron, chief Infantry and Paratroop Officer, also resigned. Both will stay in the army, with no new posts named.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Yehoshua Sagay
Beirut
Amos Yaron
Yaron
Sabra
Chatila
Sagay
Deaths of Five Residents Include Liverpool and Binghamton Figures
Death notices list Mrs. Karolina B. Cwynar age 91 of Liverpool New York. Wilson M. Eichler 63 of Binghamton New York. Robert Hague 61 of North East Pennsylvania. Mrs. Albert Kalodgy 61 of 14 West Terrace Avenue. Dates shown March 1 1983.
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Karolina B. Cwynar
Liverpool
N.Y
Wilson M. Eichler
Binghamton
Robert Hague
North East
Albert Kalodgy
W. Terrace Ave
Local presidents approve scaled-down steel concessions pact
United Steelworkers local presidents ratified a 41 month concessions contract with steelmakers amid wage cuts and givebacks aimed at reinvesting savings into aging plants. The pact, approved 169 to 63, trims basic pay by about 9 percent and freezes cost of living payments temporarily while preserving jobs.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers
USW Basic Steel Industry Conference
OPEC seeks unified cut to avert Persian Gulf price war
Oil ministers scramble for consensus on a base price cut from 34 to about 30 dollars a barrel to head off a threat by Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Kuwait Qatar and Iraq to slash prices. Venezuela's Calderon Berti leads talks with Kuwait Algeria and Mexico attending.
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Roz Liston
United Press International
OPEC
Persian Gulf
Humberto Calderon Berti
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
Qatar
Iraq
Calderon Berti
Carlos Julio Gonzalez
Berti
Algeria
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Paris
Mexico
Gonzalez
Mallam Yahya Dikko
Nigeria
British National Oil Corp
London
Dan Lundberg
Los Angeles
U.S
Argentina to end rule by military
President Reynaldo Bignone announced elections for October 30, paving the way for the military to relinquish power next January after almost eight years. He said the nation is halfway to democracy and the elections mark a transcendental act toward that goal.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Reynaldo Bignone
Bignone
Three presidents laud Adm Rickover at tribute dinner
Nixon saluted retired Adm H G Rickover with a snappy gesture while Carter called him the finest engineer on earth and Ford credited Rickover with making the U S Navy more secure. The event launched a $10 million Rickover foundation as 150 to 200 guests paid 10000 each and 500 attended a gala dinner. A Navy ceremony later announced a 688 class submarine to be named in Rickover's honor.
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Wesley G. Pippert
Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
H.G. Rickover
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Rickover
U.S
Reagan
Charles Bennett
D-Fla
Navy
John Lehman
Carter
U.S. Navy
Ford
Jon
Adm
Steel contract at a glance with wage cut and recall plan
Three year pact covers 265 000 United Steelworkers at seven major firms including U S Steel Bethlehem Johns and Laughlin National Republic Armco and Inland with $1 25 hourly cut restored in three steps by Feb 1 1986. Industry pledges invest savings to modernize mills and a temporary cost of living freeze plus a retirement incentive bonus up to 4800. Negotiations began last year amid industry losses and a cautious union stance seeking job security and reinvestment of savings.
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Odorcich
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Jones & Laughlin
National
Republic
Armco
Inland
General Motors Corp
USW
Joseph Odorcich
Lloyd McBride
U.S. Steel
J. Bruce Johnston
Firings by judge to be appealed
North Strabane Township supervisors plan to appeal a Washington County judge’s order removing them from office for financial mismanagement. The 24 page decision by Judge John Bell follows a citizen group suit alleging misused funds after layoffs and an audit finding missing cash and a surcharge of $115,529.
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Strabane, Pa
UPI
North Strabane
Washington County
Common Pleas Court
John Bell
Board of Supervisors
Henry J. Hervel
George Anthou
Bell
Anthou
County Clerk of Courts
Hervol
Joseph Sedmak
Michael Kavoulakis
Victor Rubis
James T. Magg
Pittsburgh
al Benedict
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James McGeehan
NSW District 7
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McGeehan
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North Sea
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