Attorney general to the big decision
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania will decide if the next attorney general is elected or appointed The Senate and House debate a bill granting broad powers including statewide grand jury access to investigate state corruption The outcome may hinge on Thornburghs forthcoming appointment and Democratic strategy in the 1980 election
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Harrisburg
UPI
Richard Thornburgh
Pennsylvania
Govenor
Thornburgh
Assembly
Senate
Henry Hager
Baycoming
Hager
Strike by FASH intensifies across Pennsylvania
United Press International reports a sharp escalation as FASH strikes hit steel haulers. One truck was shot at and four more damaged by bricks from overpasses on Pennsylvania highways. An Ohio slowdown and a group of independent truckers joining the strike were noted. State Police said three pickups forced a steel hauler off the road near a western Pennsylvania fabricating plant.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
Fraternal Association of Steel
Ohio
Stee
Deadly winter storm claims ten lives across plains
A major snow storm dumping up to three feet across the Rockies drifts into the Plains killing at least ten people. Victims include a 12 year old boy in Arizona, a Sierra Vista man, a light airplane crash victim in Wyoming, and a Boy Scout in Southern California. Rescues and frostbite cases accompany the storm as authorities warn of spreading snow and freezing rain across Nebraska, the Dakotas, Minnesota, and the upper Great Lakes.
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United Press International
Rockies
Arizona
Smith Mesa
Sierra Vista
Ariz
Wyom
Ing
Wyoming
Utah
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Westminster Boy Scout Troop
Dark Canyon
Mt. San Jacinto
California
Buckeye
National Guard
Phoenix
News Digest Weather Congress May Be Miserly
County report surveys local mood around town with sections on weather and public affairs. Rams Steelers items reflect a cautious, mixed reception to national security and policing debates.
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Rams
Steelers
Obituary notices and weather highlights from the News Index
An index page obituary list for multiple residents including Anna Fecenko Vanasky Christine Cangey Spencer Alvin Sonny Kulkin Jennie Cobb Lebo Frank DuBois Sr Albert J Cross Olga L Tsivitse Valis Anthony Passalinqua Jr Darrell Phillips Nelson L Ralston Rev Charles P Durbin Mary A Rotunno Ruffo Robert F Muse along with a Western Pennsylvania weather briefing and park statistics for Shenango River and Moraine State Park The forecast notes snow in the central Rockies changing to rain in parts of the Great Plains and cooler rain chances in the Pittsburgh area with temperatures in the 50s and 60s.
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Anna Fecenko Vanasky
Summit St
Christine Cangey Spencer
Montgomery Ave
Alvin
Sonny) Kulkin
Wilmington Road
Jennie Cobb Lebo
Beaver Falls
Frank DuBois Sr
Williams St
Albert J. Cross
State Road
Olga L. Tsivitse Valis
McGrath
Anthony Pass
Central Rockies
Great Plains
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Duluth
Houston
Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Moraine State Park
Names and events quiz in New Castle News
The text previews a Quiz on page 21 asking who is the Treasury secretary, who will own presidential papers under the Presidential Records Act, and which tennis team won this year’s Wightman Cup. It promotes the weekly school-news Quiz and mentions Lottery Saturday’s number.
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Treasury
U.S
Treasury Secretary
New Castle
Coffin Said to Hold St John the Baptist in Egypt
An Al Ahram reporter said monks at St Makar monastery in the Natroun Valley northwest of Cairo showed him a coffin believed to contain the remains of St John the Baptist. Experts from Columbia University doubted the find, noting no authoritative evidence supports the claim.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
St. John the Baptist
Jesus Christ
Salome
al Ahram
John
Jesus
Christ
Mark
Nazareth
Galilee
Jordan
St. Makar
A.D
Natroun Valley
United States
Morton Smith
Columbia University
New York
Theodore Gaster
Columbia
John the Baptist
Palestine
Alexandria
Jordan Valley
Herod Antipas
Matthew
Herod
Herodias
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Wendell Ball
CLIF
Neshannock High
Barb Veri
Lori Smith
Lancers
Leechburg
Neshannock
Dave Breen
News Digest
News Index
Public Notice
Mary A. Rotunno Ruffo
Sharpsville
Robert F. Muse
Dayton
St. John’s
University
Barnard College
West Bank
Gaster
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