Death toll climbs in Tenerife crash two more victims die
The Tenerife disaster death toll reaches 577 as two more victims perish including a survivor on a US bound mercy flight. Spanish troops clear wreckage at Los Rodeos while investigators focus on control tower tape and lack of takeoff clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Spain
UPI
United States
Los Rodeos
Pan American World Airways
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Canary Islands
U.S. Air Force
Maguire Afb
N.J
U.S
Mervin Water
Pan Am
Isabelle
Santa Cruz
Bill Walthrop
F.A. van Rysen
FBI reports 1976 violent crime down 5 percent nationwide
In 1976 violent crime fell 5 percent for the first time since 1960, while overall serious crime held steady from 1975. Murders and robberies dropped 10 percent, aggravated assaults 1 percent, and burglaries 5 percent, with motor vehicle thefts down 6 percent. Robberies rose in New York but fell elsewhere. larcenies and thefts rose 5 percent overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
FBI
New York
Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Shapp unveils five part plan to aid city and schools
Gov Milton Shapp outlined a five part program to help Philadelphia meet current needs and extend aid to other strained Pennsylvania districts. The plan would fund a Public School Finance Assistance Authority by bonds, boosting education aid by about 150 million dollars next year. It includes an urban district relief grant and a targeted aid program for poorer districts, plus expanded property tax relief for seniors and disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
API
Milton J. Shapp
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Shapp
Federal rules stall search for doctors in New Castle
The Lawrence County Medical Society faces slow progress as the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act curbs foreign trained physicians. Canadian doctors show initial promise but entry is halted by the new two part board exam requirement, leaving the area with a critical doctor shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Karlovits
Lawrence County Medical Society
Howard Shaffer
Medical Society
New Castle
Health Professions Educational Assistance Act
U.S
National Board of Medical Examiners
The
Shaffer
Congress
HEW
Laurel girl dies pinned under stone
A 13 year old girl, Maureen V Augustine of Portersville RD 2, was killed when a bridge abutment collapsed on Fox Road yester day. She was pronounced dead at St Francis Hospital after the one foot thick abutment fell about 6 20 p m. Her friend Brenda Michaels, 15, also of Portersville RD 2, witnessed the incident and rushed to get help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slippery Rock Township
Fox Road
Maureen V. Augustine
Portersville RD 2
St. Francis Hospital
Brenda Michaels
Maureen
Brenda
City approves sewer rate increase to 34 dollars yearly
City Council boosted sewer charges four to one to 34 dollars annually and 8.50 quarterly for up to 3 300 cubic feet, with 27 cents per 100 cubic feet for higher use. Opponent DeCarbo criticizes budget limits and advocates City Hall move to save 4 500 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Sanitation Authority
William G. Tallman
Roger M. DeCarbo
DeCarbo
City Hall
Hill View workers drop strike threat after failed talks
Hill View Manor negotiations with the county ended without a strike after union leaders withdrew the threat. About 75 workers across nursing and support roles were involved, with patients moved to private facilities and county hospitals during the dispute. The major issue was contract length, with county negotiator Audino noting no agreement on that point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill View Manor
Atty
Richard J. Audino
Jack Morgan
Nursing Home
Carl DiGennaro
DiGennaro
Youngstown
Carmen Puhl
John A. Meehan Jr
Audino
Township girl struck by truck injures 12-year-old Heather Bessell
A 12-year-old Slippery Rock Township girl Heather Bessell was injured when her father backing a pickup truck did not see her. She was treated at St Francis Hospital for facial neck and abdomen bruises and then transferred to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Police report the accident occurred about two-tenths of a mile north of Princeton McConnells Mill Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slippery Rock Township
Heather Bessell
Portersville RD 2
Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
St. Francis Hospital
St. Francis
Larry J. Bessell
Princeton-McConnells Mill
ICC to study abandon plan major issue for teachers
News Digest recaps a range of items including an ICC study of abandoning a plan, concerns raised by teachers, a note on political profit by three senators, and March 30 1977 obituaries and weather data for the Great Lakes region with temperatures across major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ICC
Great Lakes
North Atlantic States
Atlanta
Boston
Chicgo
Dallas
Denver
Duluth
Houston
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Maimi
New Orleans
New York
Phoenix
Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Texas
Thomas White
Jameson Memorial Hospital
White
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Laurel
Maureen Augustine
Hill View
News Digest
News Index
Portersville
Leo G. Wolf
Washington St
Charles R. Peacock
Harriet A. Jenkins Whenry
Mercer RD
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!