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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 2002
Page
1
In a show of wide community support, neighbors and volunteers from nearby towns joined forces to rebuild an Amish family's home after a devastating fire. Donations of materials and labor were organized through a local church group and aid funds, with plans to complete repairs before winter.
More than 60 men, Amish and non Amish, arrived at Route 208 Pulaski Township to frame a new house for Rudy and Lizzie Wengerds. By midmorning the basement was dug and framing began as the family mourns five lost children after last Tuesday night fire. Donations of money, food, building supplies, labor and equipment have flowed in from Pennsylvania and other states.
John Corbin, 41, of 421 Line Ave., is jailed without bond on criminal homicide, aggravated assault and roonery charges in Beaver County. He allegedly killed David Kyler, 68, with a claw hammer at Kyler's Beaver Falls home after a dispute over Christmas money. Kyler died just before 11 p.m. Sunday at The Medical Center in Beaver. Mildred Corbin, Kyler’s longtime partner, found him in a dining room pool of blood when she returned from work about 10 p.m. Police said she is Corbin’s mother.
Slippery Rock University announces the ouster of president G Warren Smith by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors. The 10-4 vote ends his tenure after a prior contract non-extension vote, amid stated unsatisfactory performance and ongoing governance concerns.
Friends of Lawrence County poured 12 296.70 to defeat the referendum on government form. The rival Committee to Vote Yes for Better Government spent 2 232.56. Fifty nine percent opposed moving from commission to council manager. Patrick Shea said the committee fought newspaper endorsements and editorials.
In Harrisburg the 1.6 percent cost of living raise increased lawmakers base salaries by 1008 to 64638 as of December 1. The same CPI linked raise applies to top state officials including the governor and cabinet with changes effective January 1. The increases boost lawmakers total pay by at least 250000 for the 253 members, per W Russ Faber.
Athens Georgia AP reports prize winning author Jim Kilgo died Sunday at 61 after a decade long battle with cancer and a week in intensive care. Kilgo wrote Daughter of My People and earned literary recognition for his work.
A Pennsylvania union representing about 1,800 liquor store clerks favors a two year Sunday sale pilot allowing up to 63 stores to open while opposition comes from the western part of the state. The law signed by Gov. Schweiker liberalizes the liquor code, with the Liquor Control Board to choose stores and start dates within 60 days.
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