Pollock School Keeps Doors Open After Tight 8 to 4 Vote
New Castle Area School Board voted 8 to 4 to keep Pollock Elementary School open. The debate centered on saving about $32,000 to maintain the 42 mill tax level while weighing closing the 60 year old Pollock School and transferring 144 students to other campuses.
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Pollock
New Castle Area
North Street
John E. Mathews
Albert Russo
John J. Toth
Robert Tomai
Dorothy Rosenthal
Arnold Satz
John R. Butz
Harry G. Hammond
East St
Camerot
Mathews
aNew Casue
Harvey Jokinen
First Lady Rashid Honored at Cathedral Dinner
Harrisburg notes report Mrs. Samuel J. Rashid, First Lady of New Castle for 1963, honored at a Cathedral dinner. The section also mentions Willie Mays contending for a $105,000 salary and Tri-County schools facing re classification issues as Gov. Scranton declines an immediate special session to rewrite apportionment laws.
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Samuel J. Rashid
New Castle
Harrisburg
UPS
William W. Scranton
Small Boy Dies After Being Struck by Car
Barry Martin aged 2 son of Mr and Mrs David L Martin of 406 E Leasure Ave died at Jameson Memorial Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car at Highland and Winter avenues. Police said the accident happened about 1 20 p.m.
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Barry Martin
David L. Martin
E. Leasure Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Highland and
Winter Avenues
Johnson proposes detailed arms freeze plan at disarmament talks
UPI reports President Johnson’s plan to freeze production of missiles and strategic bombers to curb the nuclear arms race. Adrian Fisher outlined that the proposal would halt new armaments in ground and sea based missiles and certain bombers, with allowances for maintenance and losses.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Johnson
U.S
Adrian S. Fisher
Fisher
Red Chinese Send Birthday Greetings To Khrushchev
Red Chinese leaders sent a cable of greetings to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on his 70th birthday, calling him dear comrade. The message ignored ongoing disputes between Peking and Moscow over Communist leadership.
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Tokyo
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Peking
Moscow
Death notices List of multiple local residents
Death records report several local residents including Mrs. Walter H. Smith 87 of 520 Friendship Street Mrs. Mary Ann Verdi 1 day of 8 McClelland Avenue Mrs. Catherine Kucaynski 73 of 2412 Morris Street Harry William Boozell 76 of Mercer Road 4 Mrs. Rae E. Bishop 75 of 1003 Maryland Avenue Mrs. Susan Mae Williams 89 of 1232 South Mill Street and Roger W. Molesworth 65 of Poland Ohio.
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Walter H. Smith
Friendship St
Mary Ann Verdi
McClelland Ave
Catherine Kucaynski
Morris St
Harry William Boozell
Mercer RD
Rae E. Bishop
Maryland Ave
Susan Mae Williams
S. Mill St
Roger W. Molesworth
Poland
Ohio
Methodists Question Feasibility of Church Union
At Princeton talks six denominations explore doctrinal positions on ordination and sacraments. The Methodist delegation questions feasibility and desirability of merger, signaling delays. Episcopal delegates plan to wait three more years before seeking convention authorization to draft a plan.
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Louis Cassels
Princeton
N. J
UPI
Methodist
Episcopal Church
Episcopal
United Pres
Princeton Theological Seminary
The
Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
Robert F. Gibson
Richmond
Sidewalk Program To Proceed In City
The federal government approved a public works grant of 101500 for the city sidewalk project and construction can begin. City officials dispute the amount, saying the program should be scaled to 85500 and work on Washington Street curbs will start from Ray Street to Cascade Park.
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Philadelphia
U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency
Pittsburgh
Frank M. Clark
John C. Jordan
William J. Watkins
Washington St
Ray St
Cascade Park
Youngstown
Watkins
Harrisburg
State Sanitary Water Board
New Castle
Jordan
State Water Board
Greater Hazelton
Mahoning River
Mahoningtown
Sanitary Water Board
Water Board
Taylor Township
Western Pennsylvania Weather Update
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a few showers or thundershowers late afternoon then tonight. Highs 60 to 66, lows 40 to 46, in valleys cooler. Friday mostly sunny and warmer with no precipitation. Shenango River stage 7 feet. Maximum 70 and minimum 27 noted with no rainfall.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Fire destroys lumber yard and pottery facility outside New Castle
A noon fire at 502 Sampson St. caused an estimated 30000 dollars in materials and buildings to burn. Eight firefighters received minor injuries while crews battled storage sheds and a workshop, with railroad and ceramics property damage still under assessment.
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Reliable Lumber & Supply Co
Sampson St
John L. Oberleitner
Oberleitner
Shenango Ceramics Inc
Shenango Ceramics
Pennsylvania Railroad
Heatland
New Castle
Central
Great Train Robbery Leaders Sentenced in England
Twelve men received prison terms from three to thirty years for the $7.3 million Great Train Robbery. Seven drew 30 years, with others at 25, 24, 20, and 3 years. The case involved hijacking a mail train near Aylesbury, wrenching worn bills bound for London, with over $5.6 million still missing and three suspects at large.
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Aylesbury
England
UPI
Edmund Davies
Buckinghamshire
London
George Blake
Cigarette Tax Revenue Drops After Surgeon General Report
The IRS reported federal cigarette tax receipts fell by 20.7 million dollars in February, largely attributed to the Surgeon General's smoking warning.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Surgeon General
Boy Shoots Girl During Cowboys and Indians Play
A 10 year old city boy playing cowboys and Indians with his stepfather's 12 gauge shotgun shot 16 year old Lorinda DeLillo in the hand causing traumatic amputation. The boy Ralph Annarumo and stepfather Paul Robinson were identified. The slug's trajectory traced to the boy's bedroom.
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Lorinda DeLillo
E. Long Ave
Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburgh
Ralph Annarumo
S. Mill St
Paul Robinson
del Weis
Weis
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Miss DeLillo
Vickie
Taylor St
Richard Chill
New Castle Hospital
Four West Pittsburg Girls Bitten by Rats
Four children aged from two months to three years in West Pittsburg were admitted to New Castle Hospital after a rat bite incident. Father Perry A Leonard, 24, faces child neglect charges. mother facing possible charges. Elder two girls expected to be discharged. two younger remain in fair condition. State police and welfare officials coordinated the case after an anonymous tip. Leonard jailed after a prior hearing before Justice Pauline V. Isaac.
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West Pittsburg
New Castle Hospital
Perry A. Leonard
W. Pittsburg Rd
Elsie May
Della Louise
Debra Jean
Kathy Ann
Leonard
Edna Gibson
Justice of the Peace
Pauline V. Isaac
North
Beaver Township
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