Local news headlines
Friday, Oct. 24, 1997

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• ESPYVILLE: Breakwall will provide shelter from the storm
  
  
• MERCER COUNTY AREA: Cleveland Indians have tribe of loyal, long-suffering fans
  
  
• SHENANGO TOWNSHIP: Schweiker beats `New Pa.' drum for agency audience
  
  
• GREENVILLE: Horizon, UPMC sharing system
     Computer use can streamline treatment
  
  
• SHARON: New victims' advocate is hired to serve at substation on Quinby
  
  
• MERCER COUNTY: Penn-Northwest has met job goal, Reichard says
  
  
• SHARON: Council opposes water rate boost
     Plan lowers water rates
  
  
• MERCER COUNTY: What if they had an election and nobody ran?
  
  
• NEW CASTLE: Zambelli fireworks blast is ruled deliberate
  
  
• SLIPPERY ROCK: Weinberg drums up success on `Late Night with Conan'
  
  
• UNITED WAY UPDATES:
  
  • MERCER COUNTY: Pledges at $439,259
    
  • NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY: Campaign at 27% of goal
  
  
  

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Today's death record
(Full texts of obituaries are not online yet but will be soon, with eventual postings back to January 1996)

Alice L. Boliver, 79, of 347 Hadley Road, Hempfield Township.

Richard B. Howard, 82, of 935 Wallis Ave., Farrell.

Richard J. ``Dick'' Johnson, 69, of 10 N. Foster Road, Jackson Center.

Bruce H. Miller, 75, Strausser Road, Jackson Center.

Jason Alan McBride Rayner, 21, Rayner Road, Edinburg.

Dr. Eric Thompson, 84, of 136 1/2 Arch St., Keene, N.H., formerly ofFitzwilliam, N.H., and Sharon.

Bernice Wiley, 41, of 1115 Hamilton Ave., Farrell.

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