Grange Honors Marino for Citizen Award
Genevieve Marino of 638 S Ray St received the Lawrence County Pomona Grange outstanding citizen of the year honor during the Lawrence County Fair program. She led the Greater New Castle Chamber of Commerce as president and was named First Lady of New Castle on March 20 by Beta Sigma Phi.
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Lawrence County
Pomona Grange
Genevieve Marino
S. Ray St
Grange
Marino
Greater New Castle
Xi Gamma Psi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Route chosen for Pa. 60 near old plan in Beaver Falls
The Lawrence County segment of the Beaver Valley Expressway missing link follows a route close to the early PennDOT plan. Turnpike official Jeff Davis notes only minor shifts while PennDOT ran out of money previously. Construction to begin in 1990 with completion in 1992, at an estimated cost of 244.9 million dollars, including new interchanges at Pa. 108 and Pa. 168 and toll booths at main line plazas.
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Beaver Falls
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Jeff Davis
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Penndot
Turnpike Commission
Melvin Bittenbender
Yale
Jordan Associates
Davis
U.S. 224
Union Township
Beaver County
Holiday Inn
Mt. Jackson Road
Bittenbender
McBride Acres
Sunnyside Road
Pa. 168
Cleland Mill Road
North Beaver Township
Patterson Road
Vance Road
Pa. 108
Main Line
Gilmore Road
Mahoning River
Coverts Crossing
Dick Jones
URS Co
Britain’s worst mass killing ends with gunman’s suicide
HUNGERFORD England AP UP I reports Michael Ryan 27 opened fire with a Kalashnikov and rifle spraying bullets along the High Street killing 14 people and wounding 16 before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot in a high school. Witnesses recall a chaotic night as authorities call it Britain’s worst mass killing.
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Britain
Loners Rage Kills 14 Then Ryan Ends Killing Spree
Michael Ryan described as quiet and a loner terrorized a hometown in a seven hour spree that left 14 dead before he killed himself in a schoolhouse. Witnesses recalled him firing at anything moving while police surrounded the scene and helicopters hovered over town.
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Hungerford
England
UPI
Michael Ryan
Plume Courage
Ryan
James Miles
America
Gas costs too high for PennPIC says six utilities overcharged
PennPIC charges about 66 million in overcharges by six major Pennsylvania gas utilities last year. Philadelphia Electric Co. gas division allegedly charged 29 million more than costs, Equitable Gas Co. 21.5 million, UGI Corp. 2 million, National Fuel Gas 3 million, Peoples Gas 9.2 million, and T W Phillips Gas and Oil about 1 million. Nina McDonnell says residential and commercial bills did not reflect lower supply costs and industrial bills were discounted, triggering price discrimination claims.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennpic
Philadelphia Electric Co
Equitable Gas Co
UGI Corp
National Fuel Gas Co
Peoples Gas Co
T.W. Phillips Gas and Oil Co
Nina McDonnell
Pennsylvania
Public Interest Coalition
McDonnell
Deaths in region list Aug 20 1987
Obituaries announce the deaths of Mrs. Mabel Taylor 85 of Slippery Rock Road Mrs. Mildred E Mead 84 of Hermitage Mrs. Mary Gaione 75 of Santa Monica California and James C Shiffler 68 of New Castle Indiana.
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Mabel Taylor
Slippery Rock RD
Mildred E. Mead
Hermitage
Mary Gaione
Santa Monica
Calif
James C. Shiffler
New Castle
Ind
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Lawrence County Fairgrounds
Clif
Debbie Wachter
Bonnie
NEW Castle News
Eric Eagan
RD 6
Old Princeton Road
Life Flight
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Harmarville Rehabilitation Center
Ellie Bogue
Thames Valley
Colin Smith
Jim Hardy
Army
Carl Harris
Mary Ann Cotton
Dennis Nilsen
London
Comics County Report
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