Prison overcrowding prompts monitoring system in Butler
Butler County Prison will add a television monitoring system and seek more cell space after an emergency prison board meeting. Two inmates who briefly escaped in winter seized two employees for hours last Saturday before surrendering and being moved to Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh.
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Butler, Pa
UPI
Butler County
Western Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Butter County
Fire destroys three story warehouse in Connellsville
A spectacular basement fire gutted a three story brick warehouse on Mast Crawford Avenue in downtown Connellsville Fayette County. Firemen contained the blaze after dark while heavy black smoke was seen five miles away. Fireman William Warmuth, 28, was hit by falling brick and treated at a local hospital. The Burns Drug Store used the warehouse for storage and the cause remains undetermined with no damage estimate.
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Connellsville
Fayette County
Mast Crawford Avenue
William Warmuth
Burns Drug Store
Competitive handicap says preferential rates hit middle income families
Walter Conover a vice president of Pennsylvania Power Co and VP of PEA warns that preferential low volume electricity rates could raise bills for middle income households and burden Pennsylvania businesses with a competitive handicap while supporters say the plan helps low income users.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania Electric Association
Walter 5. Conover
Pennsylvania Power Co
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Conover
Boy Killed After Struck by Car in Shenango Township
A seven year old Mercer County boy named Jason Battaglia of West Middlesex was struck by a car on Ba 318 about eight miles west of Mercer in Shenango Township. He apparently stepped into the path of the vehicle and was pronounced dead on arrival at a Farrell hospital.
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UPI
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Shenango Township
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West Middlesex
Farrell
Death investigated in Sharon after man found beaten
The body of 35-year-old Sharon man Dave Corman was found in an apartment Wednesday night. Police said he may have been beaten to death. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death. Corman was pronounced dead at Sharon Generic Hospital.
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UPI
Sharon Mans
Nolice
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Corman
Sharon Generic Hospital
Australian drug bust nets record hashish haul
Federal narcotics agents seized hashish worth 1.25 million pounds transported to Australia aboard a Soviet ship. In Canterbury a raid caught three men and a woman unloading cans from a truck. Customs had trailed the shipment from Darling Harbor where the cans were opened on the Russian freighter. Officials say the Lebanon origin shipment may involve an Australian European narcotics syndicate.
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Australia
UPI
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Sydney
Darling Harbor
Lebanon
Patice
Mail fraud indictment in interstate real estate scheme hits six
A federal grand jury indicted six men from Pittsburgh Cleveland Bedford Heights Ohio and Walton Hills Ohio on mail fraud charges for an interstate real estate scheme. They allegedly took more than 800000 from victims in Florida Arizona New Mexico and Texas as Smith Water Hnese and Co International Broker's Association operations. The group included D R Maclean David Davis Sanford Levin David J Wheasley Angel J Lonardo and Joseph Lonardo.
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Plftsburgh
UPI
Blair Griffith
Florida
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
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Pittsburgh
David Davis
Cleveland
Sanford Levin
David J. Wheasley
Bedford Heights
Ohio
Angel J. Lonardo
Walton
Ford seeks Democratic votes for Michigan showdown
President Ford appeals to crossover Democrats for help against Ronald Reagan in Michigan next week. Nebraska victory by George Wallace hackers and talk of Jimmy Carter’s momentum stir Democratic chatter as Udall, Brown, and Wallace campaign in major states. Ford and other candidates frame the race as a test of cross-party support.
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Reopening JFK Probe Debated by Senate Panel
Senator Frank Church arrived in Washington for a closed session of the Intelligence Committee to decide whether to pursue a new inquiry into President Kennedy's assassination. The panel will vote on appointing another committee to review new leads and information, with some members wary it is warranted. Church argued for renewed scrutiny question after years of debate over the Warren Commission's findings.
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New Castle teachers may avoid layoffs after 12 withdrawals
With 12 staff withdrawals and retirements, layoffs for New Castle teachers appear less likely as the district faces a 2.2 million deficit. The board approved resignations and various leaves, studied budget cuts, borrowed 1.5 million to cover operations, and set terms for future staffing and finances.
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New Castle Area
Schoul Ber
Hussell L. Borchler
Martha Wise
Nancy Fee
Janet Patterson
Isabel Gengerangers
Mildred Roux
Martha Baldauf
Chester Harris
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Carolyn Park
Constance Allen
Linda Hermann
Edna Woodring
Ida Cartwright
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Josephine Wray
Ceil Pazzo
Robert Cowher
Arthur Aichill and
Kennedy
Victims rights broadened as Pennsylvania amends rape bill
Harrisburg UPI The Pennsylvania House passed amendments to a rape bill to strengthen victims rights and curb defense tactics. The measure, sent to Gov Shapp, tightens rules on admitting past sexual history of victims and sets stricter statutory rape ages, while allowing married couples to file rape charges under separation rules.
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UPI
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Mion J. Shapp
Scholarships Created From City Native Miss Henderson Gift
New Castle High students aiming for Thomas Jefferson University may receive scholarships funded by the 85 year old city native Florence Henderson. The $35,000 estate gift will be placed with the university as trustee and used for Philadelphia university scholarships. Henderson, daughter of Matthias and Jacy Bower Henderson, was a former vice president at Lawrence Savings & Trust Co and director at Citizens Bank.
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Lawrence County
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