District recovers expense money from board members
The Union Area School District has recovered all funds sought from current and former board members for allegedly improper expenses. The district pursued 244 for entertainment tickets and conference fees plus 127.20 from Best Western for room cost differences. Auditor General recommendations prompted actions. letters were sent asking for repayment. Some papers cited in an Auditor General letter were deemed not public documents under the Right to Know Act.
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Union Area
John Junkin
Carlyle James
Taxpayers United For Fairness
Best Western
State Auditor General’s
James
Michele DeSera
Office of the Auditor General
Cheney given committee approval
The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously endorsed Rep. Dick Cheney to be secretary of defense, 20-0, after rejecting former Sen. John Tower. Cheney, 48, could take over at the Pentagon immediately once the full Senate votes after a two week recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rep
Dick Cheney
R-Wyo
John Tower
Cheney
Senate
Chamber
Tower
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Nunn
John Warner
Virginia
FBI
James Exon
D-Neb
Armed Services Committee
Exon
George Mitchell
Bush
Mitchell
U.S
Pentagon
House
Republican
Gerald Ford
White House
Escapee from county jail turns himself in
One of five men who escaped from the Lawrence County Jail Saturday afternoon is back in custody. William Lanigan, 33, of 1301 Croton Ave, was arrested about 9 a.m. yesterday after contacting city police and arranging to turn himself in. He was arraigned before District Justice Ernest M. Crawford Jr. on an escape charge, with bond set at 25,000. Lanigan was transferred to Beaver County Jail for safekeeping. Terrance Sanchez, 38, remains at large and is considered dangerous. The other three inmates Frank Mikulski, 19, Rex Knight, 29, and Paul Ayersman, 23, were arrested about 90 minutes after escaping, in a wooded area southeast of the jail. The escape was detected at about 2 p.m. Saturday when a metal door in the exercise yard was found open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
William Lanigan
Croton Ave
Ernest M. Crawford Jr
Lanigan
Beaver County
George Sigler
Joseph F. Gregg
Terrance Sanchez
Frank E. Mikulski
Rex Knight
Paul Ayersman
Man Injured in Shenango Township Industrial Accident
A 19 year old Bri an Tanner suffered a crushed left arm in an incident at West Penn Metal Printing Inc on Old Butler Road in Shenango Township. He was flown to Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh by Life Flight and listed in fair condition. Company VP William Lewis withheld details.
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Shenango Township
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Brian Tanner
Life Flight
New Castle
Tanner
West Penn Metal Printing Inc
Old Butler Road
William Lewis
New Castle district freezes wages for 11 officials
Eleven administrators in the New Castle Area School District will receive no salary or benefits increase this year as the board approved a freeze by a 5-2 vote. The action, debated after two failed motions, affects principals, assistant principals, a district psychologist, and the director of federal programs with salaries listed. The board says the move is an official compensation plan. the solicitor says it is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle Area
Angelo A. Papa Jr
Elaine Withrow
Ronald Alexander
Sam Flora
Pat George
Chris Kiriakou
George Gabriel
Mabel Paige
Frank Dattilo
Amen Hassen
Charles Gibbons
Angelo Perrotta
Samuel Ascione
Vincent Mariotti
James Dailey
Papa
Motto
Jeffrey Scrim
New Castle Federation of Teachers) Union
Bomb warning issued before Pan Am 103 disaster
London based Pan Am World Airways and British officials disclosed a December warning about a possible terrorist attack that arrived after the Lockerbie bombing. The warning cited a radio cassette player packed with Semtex found by West German police, while Pan Am 103 exploded over Lockerbie killing 270 aboard and 11 on the ground. The incident followed an earlier Transport Department alert to British airlines on November 22. A Labour MP accused the government of a coverup as details emerged.
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London
UPI
Pan American World Airways
British Transport Department
Frankfurt
West Germany
Pan Am
British Airlines
Toshiba
Alan Rook
Alan Tucker
Heathrow Airport
Deaths: Bertoncello, Felix, Kelland, Zabloudil aged 70s to 103
Death notices list John J. Bertoncello 70 of Slippery Rock Earland Felix 70 of Ellwood City Ann Kelland 103 of Wynnewood Pennsylvania and Harriet Zabloudil 65 of Burlington Iowa with dates March 16 1989 and locations.
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John J. Bertoncello
Slippery Rock
Earland Felix
Ellwood City
Ann Kelland
Wynnewood
Harriet Zabloudil
Burlington
Iowa
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Oliver Pirkkala
City Fire Department
E. Falls St
Mary G. Thomas
James Shaffie
Joseph V. Bullano
Domenic J. Ionta
Auditor General’s Office
Junkin
Bullano
Ionta
Benjamin Jones
Carol Shaffer
Gary Kwolek
Marian J. DeRobertis
David Dean
Isabelle Bartley
Sonta
Nick) DeRosa
Eugene) DeCaprio
Scrim
David Richards
Joseph A. Martin Jr
Jeff Kreindler
New York
Transport
Labor
John Prescott
FAA
The
Transport Department
United States
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