Municipal budget strains from loss of revenue sharing funds
Municipalities in Lawrence County face tight budgets as federal revenue sharing disappears. Shenango Township cannot pave roads or buy equipment. Union Township trims police and services and preserves bus and LEOC funding from the general fund. Tax rates stay, but loans for road work and a new truck tighten finances as towns plan for potential service cuts and future tax impacts.
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Lawrence County
Congress
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
Pennsylvania
PSATS
Kenneth Greider
Greider
Shenango Township
Union Township
Norma Hammers
Lawrence
Reagan faces pressure to dismiss top aides over Iran arms deal
Washington reports Republicans urge White House shifts as anger mounts over Iran arms sales. Dole and Durenberger push for changes while Meese and Clark call for Regan Poindexter and Shultz ousters. Kissinger notes diplomacy clash, and Californians hint at replacements including Lewis Weinberger Kirkpatrick.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
Iran
Senate
Robert Dole
Kansas
Richard Nixon
David Durenberger
R-Minn
White House
Roman Popadiuk
Washington Post
California
Edwin Meese
William Clark
Donald Regan
John Poindexter
George Shultz
Dole
CBS
Regan
the Post
Patrick Buchanan
Nancy Reagan
Poindexter
Shultz
Henry Kissinger
Aquino fires Enrile as fresh start for Aquino government
President Corazon Aquino dismissed Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile in a surprise move and demanded resignation of all Cabinet members except Enrile, as she reshapes the government after ousting Marcos. Armed Forces chief Gen. Fidel Ramos reported an aborted coup plot and kept troops on red alert while Aquino named Gen. Rafael Ileto as new defense chief and urged a timely end to peace talks with rebels.
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Manila
Philippines
UPT
Corazon Aquino
Juan Ponce Enrile
Armed Forces
Fidel Ramos
Ferdinand Marcos
Washington
State Department
Anita Stockman
Aquino
Enrile
People
Rafael Ileto
Marcos
Hawaii
Ramos
Defense Ministry
Rightist group blamed for prison break in aerial escape
In Rome a helicopter ambulance hijack freed two inmates. Investigators say a rightist group masterminded the operation using international arms and drug trafficking for financing. The escapees are Andre Bellaiche, 35, a Tunisian-born Frenchman wanted in France.
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Rome
UPI
RAI
Andre Bellaiche
France
Five Children Shot in Burglary at Illinois Home
In East St. Louis a man and a teenage boy raided the Wilbourns home to steal guns, slashed a 12-year-old girl during an attempted molestation, then forced eight siblings onto a bed and opened fire, wounding five children. Three remained in critical condition as warrants were prepared for a 19-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
UPI
John and
Joyce Wilbourn
Funeral Notices and Forecast for Thanksgiving Week
The notice lists names and ages of local residents including Mrs. Harvey A. Flowers 71, Alexander Mrozek 68, Mrs. Minnie M. Fraser 94, Mrs. Hazel E. Kingston 91, Mrs. Helen K. Weir 76, Stephen Hanzel 73, J Kenneth Martin 71, Frank M. Vogan Sr. 85, Louis E. Greenberg 75. Extended forecast predicts showers or flurries ending Wednesday, then partly sunny Thanksgiving Day and Friday with lows in the 20s to 30s and highs in the 40s.
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Harvey A. Flowers
N. Cedar St
Alexander Mrozek
Walter St
Minnie M. Fraser
Ellwood City
Hazel E. Kingston
Indian Creek
Helen K. Weir
Stephen Hanzel
West Middlesex
J. Kenneth Martin
Volant
Frank M. Vogan Sr
Beaver County
Louis E. Greenberg
Youngstown
Ohio
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