Normalize benefit cited for retarded workshop discussed
A seminar at the YM-YWCA discusses normalization for mentally retarded persons, stressing home-community reintegration, early intervention, and the need for acceptance. Sara Bibza of HSC outlines causes, normalization goals, and the balance with state facilities while local groups outline services and a planned Living Arrangement program in Lawrence County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Lowry
Ita
Alice Bibza
Hunan Services Center
Ym-Vywca
Lawrence County
Bibza
Kathleen Sheven
Dorothy Lindblom
Human Services Center
Radcliff
Grave City
HSC
Richard Rutey
Lark Workshop For the Handicapped, Inc
Ratey
Norman Moses
Pennsylvania Association For Rettarded Citizens
PARC
Ym-Ywca
HSC Los Mare
Probers urge action to close Farview State Hospital
A special Senate committee urges Farview State Hospital in Wayne County be closed within a year, to align with new maximum security facilities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The interim report cites murders and abuse probes, outlines 25 recommendations, and notes a pending vote on the committee’s renewal and possible later legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrisburg
UPD
Senate
Farview State Hospital
Wayne County
Farview
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Farvew
Suench
Muench
Welfare Department
Special Prosecutor’s
Wayne Pay District Attorney’s
Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
Robert Mellon
D-Lackawanna
County mulls tax collector post for Ellwood area
Lawrence County commissioners weigh appointing a deputy tax collector in Ellwood City area with treasurer Cecil Potter name approval by the commission and surety bond. County solicitors ruling says legal, but appointment not taseable. Also report funding restore for drug and alcohol program adds 4,883 for 1976-77. dissent on Morgan promotion. radio channel licensing for fire departments. manpower advisory council names. American Party meeting space approved. telephone system update requested by Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Frank Verterana
Verterino
Cecil Potter
Okay
Potter
Elwood
Frank DiLeo
John A. Meehan Jr
Thomas A. Shumaker
Frank A. Vitril
Meehan
Vitril
Jack Morgan
Lawtence County
Shumakers
aLeenan
Sid Morgan
Carmen Pahl
Shumaker
Morgan
Morgen
Firea Ycruiteer
Federal Commnutivations Commission
William Rowe
Taylor Township
Ose
Mercer
Butler Counlies
Rowe
Ee Rowe
Lawrence County Firemens' and Fire Chief’s Association
Colt
Nod Com
County Manpower Program
Jean Montgomery
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Doyle Love
Stanley Balin
Ellwood Cit Camellsman
Joseph Corbin
Rev
F. Dickson Marshall
City Rescue Mission
American Party of
Lawrence County
Manly
John Greer
Wotit
Bell Telephone Co
Kidnap Suspect Extradited In Anne Ryan Case
Gacy Casey, 20, of Youngstown, extradited to Pennsylvania to face kidnapping charges for the Nov. 19 abduction of Anne Ryan from the Towne Mail. Casey, arraigned in Lawrence County Jail on $25,000 bond, faces a Thursday hearing. accomplice Anglo Satterelli, 20, of Boardman, also implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gacy Casey
Youngstown
New Castle
Anne Ryan
Casey
Ernest Jenkins
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Howard
Hanna
Anglo Satterelli
Boardman
Miss Ryan
Rutledge Lane
Satterelli
Fire youth official urged firing of state commissioner
Commissioner Frank A. Vitril urged Gov. Milford and three state lawmakers to remove Jerome Miller, head of the Pennsylvania Department of Children and Youth, accusing him of supporting people who break the laws amid a dispute over a county employee’s suspended case. Vitril cited a test week statement in defense of Prochaska, who is suing for reinstatement and back pay. He also urged a boycott call against violent TV programs led by Rev. Donald F. E. Wildman, claiming widespread church and civic backing. Vitril proposed reallocating Bicentennial funds and noted local plans to aid a derelict railroad station and veteran care delays at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oiessomer
Frank A. Witril
Jerome Miller
Miller
Prochaska
John F. Henderson
John Fediaczko
Henderson
Fediaczka
Willis
Donald FE. Wildman
Southhaven
Mass
Wildman
Vitril
County Bicentennial Commission
Enange Olion
Lackawanna
Lawrence County
Rich avoid taxes as IRS cites shelter use and deductions
Treasury and IRS analyses show 162 persons earning 200000 or more paid no income tax in 1973 while about 6000 wealthy individuals used provisions to slice taxable income to an effective 20 percent rate matching a family of five earning 11000 with standard deduction. The reports note incomes exclude interest from savings accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Opi
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Service
Treasury
Mohawk Area School Board revises May primary referendum
Mohawk Area School District alters referendum questions on a planned elementary school. County commissioners approved four separate questions after scrapping a single proposal, prompting criticism from resident Wileil and board member concerns about resident input before voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohawk Area School Board
Mohawk Area
Frank A. Vitril
Wileil
Mohawk
County Board of Flections
Commisssioners
Mohawk Ares School
Monaytk Area School Board
Clarence Boots
Daniel Vrobel
Martha Eichenlaub
Fred Seltzerer
Franklin Kuhn
Russell Margral
Archool Board
Maiician Central
Municipal Ey
Lane in ett Nice idea sold at the lowest price
In Saint Petersburg Florida Robert Counts advertised a station sale posting 500 gallons at ten cents a gallon claiming the lowest price in history. Customers waited up to three hours as Counts faced criticism from shoppers including Leo Luca and Ken Tlusherlake who recalled far cheaper pasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
UPI
Robert
Counts
F Emily Hardware
Boston
Leo Luca
Ken ‘Tlusherlake
Buick
Man Attacks Girlfriend With Axe After Coffee Request
In Seattle a man hit his girlfriend with an ax handle during a morning dispute after asking her to close her eyes to receive a prize. The 14 year old woman and the 60 year old man gave similar accounts. police noted no charges pressed and the ax handle was seized. The woman required stitches and was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Hoth
Ulfleecs
Abrams, Pittsburgh sports editor, dies at 7
Albert Edward Abrams, known sports writer and former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports editor, collapsed from a heart attack Thursday night. He was 74 and died after arriving at Mercy Hospital. Abrams had long guided the paper’s sports coverage and led the Dapper Nan Click charity events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPJ
Albert Edward
al" Abrams
Spits
Sparts
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Abrams
Mercy Hospital
Carlton House Hotel
Prist-Ciarette
Nan Clik
Grass buyers misled in Albany lawn seed scam
Port Washington woman Carole Corba set up ads in Village Voice offering homegrown grass for five dollars per quarter-ounce. Buyers received green lawn peas instead. Attorney General Lefkowitz said the ads violated no law but Corba will refund buyers and pay the state costs of one hundred dollars and forego future grass advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
UPI
Louis Eikowitz
New York City
Village Voice
Carole Corba
Port Washington
Lefkowitz
Lefkowile
Plains button trade offers expose local campaign relics
Concord resident UPL Mal Richards, a state election worker, sought a campaign button from President Carter’s mayoral bid. In a letter to the Plains Voting Board, he offered to trade or buy an Ike or Billy button. A week later he received a Manila envelope with Plains souvenirs including Carter signs, church bumper stickers, records, and related ephemera, plus a gold plated peanut button for five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mal Richards
Plains
Richards
Plains Voting Board of Registrars
Scenic Plains
Z Jame Carter
Plains Baptist
Erie Mayor Opposes Drilling In Lake Erie Water Safety
Erie mayor Louis Tullio warned at a Thursday legislative hearing that natural gas drilling in Lake Erie could endanger the city’s water supply and hurt tourism. He cited risks of gas tanks or accidental air spills and urged caution against lifting drilling restrictions in the Penny Leary waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HIE
UPI
Louis Tullio
Lake Erie
Tullio
Erie
Joint Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee
Milt Shapp
International team aims Makalu climb without oxygen or Sherpas
A 1S-member international team led by John J. Kelly of Spokane Washington plans to scale Makalu in Nepal without oxygen or Sherpa guides. Kelly says a large team and heavy gear hinder progress, aiming for the first unassisted ascent of Makalu. The peak, among the highest, has seen prior frostbite incidents in attempts three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katmandu
Nepal
UPI
Makalu Peak
John J. Kelly
Spokane
Washington
Atakalu
Makela
Farrell mayor pleads innocent in federal case
Francis Petrillo mayor of Farrell Mercer County pleaded innocent to conspiracy extortion and making false statements to a federal grand jury at arraignment before US Magistrate Ila Jeanne Sensenich. A trial date will be set by Federal Judge Maueter Cahill. Petrillo was indicted weeks ago on charges he received money for two companies that worked for the city of Farrell in 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitshukuh
UPD
Francis Petrillo
Farrell
Mercer County
Petrillo
Ila Jeanne Sensenich
Maueter Cahill
Potrillo
Cely
Farell
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Farview State
Alice Bibre
We New Hampshire Howse
Veterans’ Hospital
IRS
Bessemer
Hillsville
Mt. Jackson
New Beaver Borough
Department of Labor and Industry
Mohawk District
New Beaver
North Beaver
Little Beaver
Mahoning
Board
John Seitzer
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