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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1976
Page
1
State Health Secretary Leonard Dachman warns of rising venereal disease and calls for better sex education to warn parents and start discussions with children sooner. Bachman emphasizes earlier and clearer guidance as statistics indicate urgent need.
Bachman cites rising venereal disease figures with gonorrhea 29 133 cases in 1974 and syphilis up to 923, urging street sex education. He notes large city totals including Philadelphia and Allegheny and pushes awareness, responsibility, and a statewide hotline via Operation Venus for teens and young adults.
Democratic candidates for the 25th District seat will meet tonight in Lawrence County at 8:30 p.m. The event, hosted by the Democratic Women’s Club of Lawrence County at Widow Carla Americana Society, 211 Division St. Invited are Thomas A. Shamaker and Eugene Yo Atkinson, former congressman Frank M. Clark, and Eugene Pacer, with others including Ghose for state treasurer and auditor general.
HARNSBURG Pennsylvania United Press International report says the House Appropriations Committee approved a 4.2 billion general appropriations bill trimming 47.8 million from Gov. Shapp's February proposal. The plan retains a 0.5 cent cigarette tax increase to balance the books, opposed by most leaders. The Senate version also rejected tax hikes, leaving a conference path with April 27 primaries ahead. The committee kept overall state department increases near 3 percent, with case by case reviews for extra funding.
The film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest wins five major Oscars including Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress Best Director and Best Screenplay. Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher win acting awards. The ceremony marks a historic night with all four leading performers in attendance.
Foreman Chuck Coxik and players’ representatives urged the committee to back a proposal to create a nonprofit organization for ballfield upkeep. They argued the county manpower of three cannot handle mowing and maintenance. The panel will next seek priority lists for a county “crash program” to prepare fields, with leaders checking sites and comparing Pennrities for a schedule.
Pittsburgh United Press International reports Duquesne Light Co says Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport Beaver County is prepared for a full power operating license after extensive federal inspections. A test license was issued January 22 to Duquesne Light, which builds and operates the plant jointly owned with Ohio Edison and Pennsylvania Power Co as part of CADCO.
In San Francisco, three Muslims convicted of violent anti white crimes in late 1873 and early 1874 were given concurrent life terms by Superior Court Judge Joseph Karesh. Defendants Larry Green Jessie Cooks Manic Moore and J G Sinn were 20 to 30 years old at conviction after a year-long trial.
A nine man jury and three women in a Pittsburgh federal court deliberated the fate of an alleged rackets boss and seven former public officials accused of taking payoffs to shield his operations in the Mon Valley. Defendants include John Bazzano Jr and former Clairton officials such as Mayor John Klatz and Police Chief David Gultey.
Michael J. Tiche, 23, of Bogers, Fa, asks U.S. District Judge Jon O. Newman to transfer his retrial for the Sponge Rubber Products Co firebombing from Connecticut. The March 1, 1975 Shelton plant blaze led to a mistrial as jurors could not reach a verdict.
Lawrence County officials report more than 430 PennDOT employees will be laid off to free funds for highway maintenance. Engineers draftsmen surveyors and managers are among the affected, with county allocations slashed from 3 billion to 1.9 billion this year as the funds crisis deepens.
A deadly clash between Arab demonstrators and Israeli troops in Galilee left several Arabs dead and many wounded as a general strike paralyzed the West Bank East Jerusalem and Nazareth. Police said shots were fired after warning attempts to disperse a crowd hurling stones and firebombs. Dozens were arrested and ten police and soldiers were injured in scattered incidents.
State Rep Thomas J Fee of New Castle Conn says construction on the W Washington Street Bridge will resume tomorrow. Brodhead Construction Co the contractor expects completion by Aug 15 after delays from the Shenango River depth. steel laying to begin by then.
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