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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1964
Page
1
The Indiana County Chamber of Commerce reports Syntron Co. of Homer City may add about 200 manufacturing jobs. Officials seek land near the Homer City plant to support an expansion, aiming to keep the project in the county through the industrial development fund.
Canada observes Dominion Day with sporting events parades and festivals nationwide marking the 97th anniversary of its founding in Toronto and other cities across the country.
The Indiana Borough School Board approved a $1,162,085 budget and raised the millage from 32 to 37 mills. The increase funds higher teacher salaries and building rentals at elementary and secondary levels. The board also appointed Pennsylvania Municipal Services of Pittsburgh to collect the delinquent 1963 per capita tax, a service they have provided for three years.
Washington AP. The Pennsylvania Health Department will receive a 10450 grant from the Public Health Service to set up a clinic aiding people to quit smoking. Sen. Joseph S. Clark D Pa announced Tuesday.
Casualties from Winnie toll rise as reports place dead at dozens with Red Cross listing 11 fatalities. Injuries reach 275 and homeless count climbs to 376,897 in central Luzon as Manila declares calamity. Power and water outages persist while relief teams mobilize amid disrupted communications.
Pennsylvania Governor Scranton criticizes Senator Goldwater for proposing tactical nuclear use and Marines to seize Guantanamo, calling such ideas reckless. He defends Eisenhower era peace while campaigning for Utah, Washington, and Oregon GOP delegations after Illinois setback. See Scranton page 4.
Earl Belle a Pittsburgh financier and former fugitive in Brazil pleaded guilty in U S District Court to 26 counts of fraud and record falsification He received a 22 year jail term and a 10000 fine He also faced a suspended sentence five years probation and a note on assets and Rio trip costs in the federal indictments from New Jersey.
The Gazette announces improved obituary service with a new front page column for deaths on page one. Complete obituaries for the County Edition accept until 10 a.m. daily. late notices for page one accepted until 2 30 p.m. each day.
Obituaries from page four note Mildred Hill Binkley of 6427 Utah Avenue Washington DC Mildred Mae Brooks age 89 of 1467 Philadelphia Street Indiana and Michael Knapp age 77 of Dixontville. A line about a porcelain china shipment and a Homer City State Bank address appears as marginal text.
Elks host a dance night tonight. McGaughey Cleaners closing for vacation July 6 through 13. Anna Maria and The June Bugs perform at Brown's Hotel. A dance by Graceton-Coral Sportsmen Club Friday features the Melodaires with 271x.
A sniper hidden in a vacation bungalow shot two men in Cranberry Lake resort area of northern New Jersey. Fisherman Henry Grebe was hit in the lower back and state trooper George Lensi was wounded in the arm and chest. Paul John Zeman, 22, of Orange, was detained for questioning.
The Indiana Evening Gazette launches a daily feature named Yester Daze on the editorial page. It will briefly recall local events from past years, ranging from tragic to humorous, appearing each day.
Harrisburg reports a 10 percent average increase in private passenger car rates due to more auto accidents. The National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters and the National Automobile Underwriters Association announced adjustments across 40 rating territories, effective at renewals, with Allstate and Nationwide exempt.
A tall, heavyset man armed with a pistol robbed the Commercial Bank & Trust Co. in downtown Pittsburgh. He handed a note to teller Joseph Cisar, obtained cash, and fled in a stolen car found blocks away. Police described the suspect as 6'4" and 230 pounds, aged 35 to 50, wearing a blue plaid shirt and white golf cap.
A $5 weekly increase in maximum unemployment compensation took effect in Pennsylvania as the final phase of a law signed by Gov. Scranton. The measure, backed by business interests, also adjusts the program’s reserve fund and tax receipts, while organized labor criticizes the changes as reducing overall benefits.
Partly cloudy warm and humid today with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers tonight and Thursday. Highs range from 84 to 90 degrees with low temperatures 64 to 70 tonight.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court meets to decide validity of 6000 Philadelphia votes cast on the wrong line in the mayoral primary era. The outcome could tilt the Blatt Musmanno contest and decide if Musmanno or Genevieve Blatt faces Hugh Scott in November.
Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois announced he will nominate Senator Barry Goldwater for the Republican presidential nomination at the party convention opening July 13 in San Francisco. He confirmed the plan as the nomination process moves forward.
The Senate opens floor debate on a 564 million federal pay hike bill to raise lawmakers salaries by 7500, covering 1.7 million civil service postal workers and federal executives. Opponents vow a floor fight, arguing a one third raise is unjust while supporters say action is needed to retain personnel.
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