23 Sep 1971
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1971
Page
1
Poem recalls September landscape with corn, orchards and asters. The speaker notes beauty of nature yet reveals a personal memory that makes September special, highlighting a single unforgettable day from the past.
In Pennsylvania AFSCME presses a wage and patronage battle, claiming state officials fired 1,500 highway workers to weaken bargaining. The union insists patronage must end, and a key test lies with the Public Employees Law and looming court actions.
Captain Ernest L. Medina, 35, said he intends to exit the U S Army despite being acquitted on murder charges related to the My Lai massacre. Surrounded by wellwishers at Ft. McPherson, he called the trial a ruin to his military career but noted he would not waste more years in the service.
U S and Albanian proposals clash over seating at the United Nations. The steering committee defeated a plan to debate both resolutions together, signaling a tight Oct 18 assembly vote on whether Communist China should be seated and Nationalist China ousted. Bush warned the final vote would be very close.
Pittsburgh case pits Flaherty against PAT over Wasbash Tunnel renovation for the Skybus rapid transit line. PAT seeks eminent domain power. city solicitor disputes legality. Skybus part of $228 million Early Action program funded by state, county, and federal grants.
Hurricane Ginger battered Bermuda with 72 mph winds and heavy seas as it moved west in the central Atlantic. Forecasters called it a minimal storm unlikely to cause serious damage, prompting two cruise ships and a British Navy ship to depart early to clear the island.
Dawn Sherman of Philadelphia was located walking with handyman Lawrence Offer in Madawaska near the Canadian border nine days after she was abducted. Offer, 39, was arrested on a fugitive warrant. Dawn had a head injury but was reported in good spirits while awaiting her parents.
New Castle Lions Club plans a Monday street corner paper sale to raise funds for the blind. The drive targets 4 500 newspapers sold across streets and local businesses as donations in lieu of purchase.
Harrisburg reports 1420 highway deaths so far this year in Pennsylvania, down from 1454 in the same period last year, a decline of 34. August preliminary deaths total 185, compared with 71 a year ago, with officials cautioning delays may alter figures.
United Press International reports Judge J Warren Watson of Allegheny County Common Pleas Court was to hear an injunction request from the Carlynton School Board. The board asked for a back to work order against 150 striking teachers who walked off August 31, closing six schools serving 3100 students. The hearing was postponed to 1:30 p.m. today after both sides resumed negotiations. Talks were held Wednesday before a state mediator in Pittsburgh.
Lortie, 20, a FLQ member, was convicted of kidnapping Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte in October and faces murder charges for the same case. He is the third man linked to Laporte's abduction and death, amid Canada's FLQ crisis that strained civil liberties.
Pat Nixon told newswomen aboard a plane home from Newport News that she is pushing President Nixon to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court. She said she had offered the President suggestions on qualified candidates after Justice Hugo L. Black’s retirement, and noted they are grooming candidates for future vacancies.
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