13 Sep 1979
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1979
Page
1
Mohawk teachers and district officials settled after six hours of talks, yielding a three year contract with raises of 1050, 1150 and 1300 dollars average about seven percent. Agreement will be voted on by 114 teachers after official typing.
Senior Center trip to Utah State Fair ends in disaster as eight are killed and six injured when their van collides with a slow hay swather along US 50 near Delta. Milford, Utah, a town of about 1,000, mourns as the accident touches many families and friends.
The New Castle School Board rejected a motion by Dale Yoho to have Superintendent Russell Horchler oversee all district hiring and transfers. The 5–4 vote drew protests about democracy and committee attendance, with debates over politics and favoritism surfacing after the meeting.
Lawrence County faced 16,976.19 in legal costs after the refusal to refund 193.35 docked wages to former county child services caseworker Fred Prochaska. Prochaska, suspended in 1977 for insubordination tied to an order to commit a 15-year-old girl, sued county officials in Pittsburgh federal court. Legal firms representing the county commissioners and director of Children’s Services have been paid 9,381.92, 2,525.95, 4,971.82, and 96.50 in fees and filing costs to date.
Eleven year old Rodney Snow rode home from midget football practice wearing the perfect protective equipment even if he did not realize it. Snow of 530 Bell Ave. was involved in a crash reported on page seven.
Gov. Dick Thornburgh announces a new Office of Inspector General with a $400000 budget to combat waste and corruption in the Transportation Department. William Muir Jr. is named to the post, earning about $33154, and will probe alleged crimes within five years.
Chase Manhattan Bank raised its prime lending rate to 13 percent effective today, signaling other banks may follow. Analysts cite higher funding costs and ongoing demand for business and mortgage financing as banks push rates higher amid Fed tightening and a slowing economy.
Historian John G. Burke of UCLA discusses the nation's ambivalence toward technology and previews questions to be explored in 14 follow ups. The 10 part Connections TV series co produced by BBC and Time Life Films will air on PBS starting Sept 30, with weekly broadcasts for 15 weeks.
President Carter used town meetings and Q A sessions to push his program and politics to seniors in Hartford Connecticut and unemployed miners in Steubenville Ohio. On a one day two state trip he avoided Kennedy challenges but argued their health care plans saying mine can pass.
Weather outlook shows rain tonight and Friday with near 100 percent chance. Low temperatures drop to the low 60s tonight, highs around 70 Friday. Weather statistics report 24 hour period ending Sept 12 with no precipitation and Shenango River at 5.35 feet. pollen count 3 grains per square centimeter at Jameson Memorial Hospital laboratory.
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