Bus and tanker crash injures 31 on I-79 in Butler County
Slippery Rock in Worth Township sees 31 injured when a tanker frame breaks causing a jackknife on a bridge and a Canadian Coach Lines bus collides. Both drivers and 29 passengers from the bus are treated at United Community Hospital Hillcrest and released. Traffic closes the southbound I-79 for about four hours.
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Worth Township
Butler County
United Community Hospital
Hillcrest
Grove City
Mercer County
Michael Wheeler
Polk RD 1
Venango County
Slippery Rock Creek
CLF
Canada Coach Lines
Neshannock teachers back to work as talks resume
Special education teachers from Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV return to work after voting to accept a three year contract settlement of raises totaling 1,250 to 1,350 dollars per year. The district’s 90 teachers will continue picketing as bargaining resumes with mediator Kadillac.
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Midwestern Intermediate Unit-Iv
Neshannock
Lawrence
Butler
Mercer
IU IV
Joseph Kadillac
Steel firms alter pollution policy in consent decrees
In Pittsburgh, UPI reports that pollution cases against steel firms now often settle via consent decrees rather than lengthy litigation. Craig McKay of the Western District cites U.S. Steel, Bethlehem Steel, and Colt Industries units as examples, with EPA suits against Jones & Laughlin and Sharon Steel awaiting responses.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S
Craig R. McKay
Western District
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Crucible Alloy
Colt Industries Inc
McKay
Environmental Protection Agency
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Sharon Steel Corp
Farrell
Mercer County
EPA
American Iron & Steel Institute
AISI
Autumnal Equinox Marks Start of Fall Season
Sunday marks the autumnal equinox at 11 17 a m eastern daylight time signaling the official start of fall. Paul J Oles of the Buhl Planetarium explains the sun crosses the equator as it moves southward producing nearly equal day and night globally though warmer conditions persist north of the equator due to lingering summer heat.
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Paul J. Oles
Buhl Planetarium and Institute
Earth
Equator
Shenango residents halt housing project in township
More than 50 residents filled a Shenango Township planning commission meeting to protest a housing development behind Lawrence Village Plaza. By 10 30 a promise was made to stop all action and to hold a follow up meeting with the developer township officials and the attorney.
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Carol Colanzi
Shenango Township
Planning Commission
Lawrence Village Plaza
Arthur Zarone
Commission
Func
Seven Die As Bronco Carries Fire On U S 422 Near Indiana
Seven persons perished when a Bronco struck a car and burst into flames on U S 422 about three miles west of Indiana Pennsylvania. Six in the Bronco burned, one car occupant died. a baby reportedly was held by a victim but not found until morgue separation.
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Indiana, Pa
Pact permits U S to import Mexican gas
The United States and Mexico reached a gas deal announced at the White House enabling imports of 300 million cubic feet per day of surplus Mexican gas at an initial price of 3.625 dollars per thousand cubic feet. Quarterly adjustments tie to world crude prices with 180 days notice for termination. Carter hailed it as a breakthrough toward closer U S Mexico relations and energy supply.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
U.S
White House
United States
Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
James Schlesinger
Fair and cool tonight with sunny Sunday forecast
Western Pennsylvania weather brief reports fair and cool conditions tonight with a mid-40s low and mostly sunny Sunday. Highs reach upper 60s with little chance of rain. Also notes pollen count at Jameson Memorial Hospital laboratory lists 1 grain per square centimeter.
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Pennsylvania
Jameson Memorial Hospital Laboratory
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Stony Creek
Ontario
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United Press International
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Washington County
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Allegheny County
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New Castle
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New Castle News
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Penn Hills
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Freedom Sharon
Shenango
Indiana
News Digest
Nixon
Guild
Cubs
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Altman Road
Frederick LeRoy Wheeler
Slippery Rock
Domenick A. Perrino
S. Lafayette St. S
Shenango River
Moraine State Park
William Makepeace Thackeray
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