New Castle Y plans major recreation facility for Lawrence County
The New Castle community Y aims to raise over two million dollars to build a multimillion dollar indoor outdoor sports complex. Campaign chair Bob Preston kicks off with a $100000 gift through Preston Auto Group. Groundbreaking could occur next year as the Y renovates its 20 W. Washington St. site and expands beyond downtown.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Dan Harris
Harris
Bob Preston
Preston
Iick
Meeting of allies in Hanoi echoes through years
Lawrence County native Robert H. Shumaker, a 1951 Wilmington Area High School graduate and Vietnam War fighter pilot held as a POW 1965 to 1973, recalls friendship with Republican presidential candidate John McCain formed in a Hanoi prison cell. Shumaker notes shared values and honor as core ties.
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Lawrence County
John McCain
Robert H. Shumaker
Wilmington Area
Shumaker
Hanoi Hilton
McCain
John
Hanoi
Super Tuesday origins shaping modern presidential primaries
The piece traces Super Tuesday from its 1980 Southern strategy roots under President Jimmy Carter through its expansion to 1988. It notes the initial use of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama primaries to blunt Edward Kennedy, the rise of a multi-state March primaries event, and later shifts that made the day a national barometer for Democratic electability.
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Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Carter
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
New Hampshire
United States
Stephen Hess
Brookings Institution
Rhode Island
Hawaii
Nevada
Oklahoma
Washington
Dent Walter Mondale
Gary Hart
Colorado
Hart
Mondale
Ronald Reagan
House
Tom Murphy
Texas
Bob Slagle
Virginia
Chuck Robb
South
al Gore
Starvation sentencing delayed for McLaren and Strayer couple
Mandy McLaren and James Strayer, both charged in the starvation death of their 8 month old son, had sentencing postponed to 9 a.m. April 12. They pleaded guilty to third degree murder and endangering a child. The twins and another child are in foster care. Attorneys sought more time to present mitigating information for the judge.
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Mandy Sue McLaren
New Castle
James Edward Strayer
E. Wallace Ave
Dominick Motto
James Edward Strayer Jr
Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
Motto
Annette M. Hutchison
McLaren
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Kent
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Ellwood City
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Wampum
Olive B. Mason
Mitchell Road
Adelaide
Australia
Roma Mitchell
Supreme Court
Mitchell
South Australia
Kevin Covert
Robert Morris Colonials
Central Connecticut State
New Castle News
Lawrence County Historical Society Sports Hall of
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