McCourt and stimulus aid expose uneven federal spending
Angela's Ashes author Frank McCourt, famed for his rise from poverty to literary fame, is remembered by peers in a feature marking his life and work. Separately, an AP analysis shows only 44 percent of stimulus highway funds reach economically distressed Texas counties, revealing rural areas often misspent priorities amid rapid projects and political debate.
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Hillel Italie
NEW York
Frank McCourt
Frank
Mary Karr
McCourt
Angela
Scribner
Roxbury
Conn
Gay Talese
Ireland
Emily Watson
Peter Matthiessen
United States
Associated Press
Matthiessen
Italy
Paris Review
U.S. Transportation Department
Jim Dunnam
Texas
Obama
Dunnam
Federa
House
Robert Gibbs
Gibbs
Transportation Department
Washington
Terrell
West Texas
Leo Smith
Smith
Dallas
Houston
Louisiana
Mississippi
Wyoming
Kansas
Congress
Government Accountability Office
Uvalde County
Terrell County
Sabinas
William Mitchell
Uvalde
Mitchell
Frio
Deaths of the Area Blanche B Witherow
Blanche B Witherow 93 of Mari Loyd Nursing Home and formerly New Millport died July 18 2009 at the nursing home Born March 7 1916 in New Millport she was the daughter of Mark and Dora Witherow Retired clerical worker she worked for Workmans Manufacturing Corp Master Chrysler Plymouth Clearfield and the state Department of Transportation Member Fruit Hill Presbyterian Church and former Knox Township secretary Surviving sister in law Ann Witherow several nieces and nephews Preceded in death by her parents a brother Raymond and a sister Mildred Ardary Last in her generation Services July 22 2 pm Chester C Chidbey Funeral Home Curwensville Interment Fruit Hill Cemetery New Millport Rd Friends may call July 22 1 pm until services Online condolences at chidboyfuneralhome.com
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Blanche B. Witherow
New Millport
Mari Loyd Nursing Home
Mark
Dora
Hunter) Witherow
Miss Witherow
Workman’s Manufacturing Corp
Chrysler Plymouth
Clearfield
State Department of Transportation
Fruit Hill Presbyterian Church
Knox Township
Ann Witherow
Raymond Witherow
Mildred Ardary
Chester C. Chidbey Funeral Home Inc
Curwensville
Richard Barkley
Fruit Hill Cemetery
New Millport RD
Chidboyfuneralhome
Obituary notes include Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon
Gordon Waller of the British pop duo Peter and Gordon died at 64 in Norwich Connecticut after a Friday cardiac arrest. He was known for A World Without Love written with Paul McCartney and had ties to Ledyard, Connecticut.
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Ledyard
Conn
Gordon Waller
Peter and Gordon
Paul McCartney
Waller
William W. Backus
Norwich
Nity Oris
Wailer
Peter Asher
Westminster School
London
Scotland
Iown
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New York City
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Ene
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Treasure Island
Fla
New England
Revere Beach
Revere
Mass
Quinto
Big 4
Big
Cash
Garden OF Honor
Veterans Garden of Honor
Crown Crest Memorial Park
P.O
Patricia J. Billotte
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Passavant
Altoona
Virginia (Fickes) Rowe
Earl N. Rowe
Billotte
Prince George’s Hospital
Bladensburg
Harrisbur Polyclinic
West Side United Methodist Church
Keith W. Billotte
State College
Keith S. Billotte
Renee
Deborah Gearhart
Kevin Billotte
Beardsleyfuneralome.com
Lex E. Carns
Lex Eugene
Gene” Carns of
Bennett and Houser Funeral Home Inc
Helen J. Skube
Portland
Maine
Helen Jane (Livergood) Skube
Wolcott St
Keystone Center
Leominster
Helen
Thurston and
Edith (Craine) Livergood
Benjamin R. Skube
Linda J. Kennedy
Bradford
Lunenburg
Benjamin Kennedy
Kerry Lee
Lauren Kennedy
Ryan
William
Marie
Lorelai
G. Mae Kyler
Jean Price
Sawyer-Miller- Masciarelli
Pennsylvania
American Diabetes Association
Congress St
Boston
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