Election charges filed against two Lawrence County figures
Lawrence County Democratic Chairman Peter A. Vessella and Charles S. Cook were charged yesterday with election code violations over anonymous mailings in the 1987 Democratic primary. The state attorney general’s office will prosecute after a referral from the district attorney due to a conflict of interest. The two fliers attacked incumbent Vern L. Eppinger and City Council member Elizabeth M. Verterano distributed prior to the May 1987 primary. Eppinger lost the primary. Verterano later won a commissioner nomination and the seat in the general election.
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Lawrence County
Peter A. Vessella
Charles S. Cook
State Attorney General’s Office
David Rishel
Attorney General’s Office
William M. Panella
Vern L. Eppinger
Elizabeth M. Verterano
Cook
Loraine Ave
Eppinger
Verterano
Panamanian vote branded fraudulent by opposition and observers
In Panama City the opposition claims Sun election results were fraudulent as Gen. Noriega backed COLINA leads Endara, while U.S. observers and Carter authorities urge condemnation and possible action. Official figures show COLINA 64.2 percent, Endara 31.6 percent, Nico sia 4.2 percent amid delayed release and questioned tally sheets.
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Panama
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U.S
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Guillermo Ford
Guillermo Endara
Bush
National Liberation Coalition
Colina
Endara
Hildebrand Nicosia
Carter
Washington
Noriega
United States
Missing Funds Probed in Lawrence County Prothonotary Office
The district attorney's office investigates missing funds in the Lawrence County prothonotary's office and a separate probe into time sheet discrepancies by the former voter registration director. Controller Foht reported a $238.50 shortage across 39 transactions from 1987 to 1989, with restitution and one employee resigning. The commission referred the time sheet case to the attorney general due to possible prosecutions and because the director’s daughter is an assistant district attorney.
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Lawrence County Prothonotary’s Office
State Attorney General
Robert E. Foht
Commissioners
Panella
Foht
Helen Morgan
Foct
Clara Kosciuszko
Verterano
Kosciuszko
Attorney General’s Office
Expressway span design completed for Pa. 60 bridge project
Lawrence County Planning Commission heard an update from Harvey Haack state deputy secretary of transportation on the Mahoning River bridge at Covert's Crossing in Union Township. The 1,700 foot four lane span marks the first segment of the missing 15.5 mile Beaver Valley Expressway section linking Union Township to Chippewa Township in Beaver County as environmental issues are resolved.
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Union Township
Lawrence County Planning Commission
Harvey Haack
Haack
Mahoning River
Covert
Chippewa Township
Beaver County
Bridge project contracts eyed for summer update
Turnpike Commission engineers say the bridge construction is to be contracted this summer after earlier notes that late summer start. Delays arose from erosion and sedimentation control plan snags, now being resolved by URS Co engineers of Akron Ohio. The remaining five highway sections in Lawrence and Beaver counties face 1990 contracting with design 65 70 75 percent complete. full project aims for 1992 completion linking Union Township to Chippewa Township in Beaver County to Interstate 80 at Mercer and Pittsburgh International Airport.
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Akron
Ohio
Lawrence
Beaver Counties
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Chippewa Township
Beaver County
Mercer County
Greater
Pittsburgh International Airport
Pilot surrenders after wild Boston plane attack
Alfred Hunter, 42, a postal worker from Ipswich, stole a light Cessna, fired on the city with an assault rifle, and skimmed rooftops over Boston for about two hours before landing at Logan International Airport at 1 16 a m. He surrendered to authorities and faces murder and multiple state and federal charges after the incident.
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Ipswich
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Peabody
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Logan
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Phil Orlandella
Massachusetts Port Authority
Orlandella
Continential Airlines
Escapee Sanchez arrested in Erie
Lawrence County Jail escapee Terrance Sanchez was captured in Erie by police after a tip. He was found hiding under a blanket in a basement with two Erie men, Timothy Wilson and Eddie Davis, arrested for hindering apprehension. Sanchez to be returned to Lawrence County. location decision pending by Warden Joseph F. Gregg.
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Erie
Terrance Sanchez
Timothy Wilson
Eddie Davis
Wilson
Davis
Sanchez
Joseph F. Gregg
Gregg
Frank E. Mikulski
Rex Knight
Paul Ayersman
Fred Bartley
William Brothers
West Virginia workers win first Super 7 prize in PA drawing
Lionel Herndon John Gardner and James Evans Jr all of Morgantown WV collected 84762.24 checks for the first of 14 winners in Pennsylvania's 115.6 million Super 7 lottery. The three, maintenance workers, said they will keep their jobs and plan to relax with the winnings, married 17 years with two children.
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UPI
West Virginia University
Pennsylvania
Lionel Herndon
John Gardner
James Evans Jr
Morgantown
W.va
Herndons
Connie Herndon
University Health Associates
Gardner
Evans
Obituary Notices for Esther Eakin and John Meehan
Obituary notices list Esther M Eakin 89 of RDG, Esther Hamilton 91 of Lake Park Florida, John A Meehan 71 of Ellwood City and Mary Ann Tkach 57 of Golden Hill Home with dates in May 1989. The brief record names four individuals and their age and residence.
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Esther M. Eakin
RDG
Esther Hamilton
Lake Park
Fla
John A. Meehan
Ellwood City
Mary Ann Tkach
Golden Hill Home
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