23 Apr 1964
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1964
Page
1
New York crowds attracted by improved weather and Johnsons appearance on opening day. Police clashed with demonstrators amid scattered protests and 299 arrests inside the fair where a subway incident was reported.
Bell Telephone Co. seeks a state wide rate shake up to save Pennsylvania customers 2.1 million dollars a year starting May 4. Tariffs filed with the Public Utility Commission outline large area unlimited local calls and a 774500 dollar yearly local rate cut in 51 exchanges while New Castle sees minor changes.
Pollock Elementary School safety inquiry finds only the first floor sound. building officials and inspectors in Harrisburg dispute tactics by School Director Satz. State inspector Albert Johnson and Bureau of Labor team plan May 13 reinspection as board votes to keep Pollock open for another year. Unofficial bids for Laurel School District expansion total $415,546 with low bidders named.
New Castle's track team claimed another victory in their second meet of the season, bolstering the squad's early conference performance.
A two day preview at Westminster College outlines what may unfold at the GOP convention in San Francisco this summer. The event highlights the seventh mock presidential competition and explores potential campaign dynamics.
The House approved a 46.7 billion defense bill with extra funds for design of a manned bomber, sending the measure to the Senate amid civil rights debates. Debate centered on a 35 65 split favoring private shipyards over Navy yards, with warnings of possible Navy yard closures.
Rep. Louis C. Wyman of New Hampshire urged Congress to reverse Supreme Court rulings banning prayer and Bible reading in public schools. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, he supported a constitutional amendment granting voluntary participation or opt out in school prayer. He cited petitions from Ohio and Kentucky and argued prayer is essential to counter communism and uphold Christian-Judaic values.
Twenty Lao commanding generals from all regions declared backing for the right wing military regime that toppled neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma. The junta remained undecided on Souvanna’s fate as a new government shape was discussed. Gen Siho Lamphouthakoul said all factions would be represented in the new government.
Syracuse report says Michael W. Herr chair of the Central trainmen vows a strike at 12:01 a.m. Saturday if the presidential agreement is unsatisfactory. Speirs calls truce balanced. Kenefick says not settled and plans for a strike with international approval. Normal strike preparations underway.
BRAUNSCHWEIG Germany Nazi mass murderer Hans Walter Zech Nenntwich escaped from a maximum security jail with the possible help of an accomplice The 47 year old former Nazi SS officer was convicted Monday of aiding the slaughter of 5200 Jews in wartime Russia and fled using a rolled blanket dummy in his cot.
President Johnson hailed a settlement of the long running railroad work rules dispute as a possible path to lasting labor peace after averting a nationwide rail strike. The accord came 13 days into a 15 day truce arranged with federal mediators and was announced just before a planned nationwide shutdown. The crisis began with a surprise Illinois Central strike threat and sought to halt a potential spread to a national walkout.
A spring snowstorm and tornado warnings sweep northern Rockies and southern Plains. About twenty tornadoes hit central and eastern Kansas and western Missouri with damage in Texas towns Pecan Gap and Jot Em Down. Baseball hail and heavy rain affect other areas as Scioto River threat rises in Ohio.
Patricia M. Blakely six died after cystic fibrosis at the Texas Institute for Rehabilitation in Houston. The Texas rail settlement spares a crippling strike and secures a path to modernization with union leaders signaling cautious approval and a rebirth of railway cooperation.
Police and state troopers clashed with civil rights demonstrators in Chester Pennsylvania after public schools closed. 212 were arrested as rioting and vandalism prompted barricades and dispersal orders.
Western Pennsylvania forecast shows partial clearing and cooler conditions with highs 55 to 68 and some showers later. Tonight lows 43 to 50, mainly cloudy with a few showers and thundershowers, Shenango River stage 11.1 feet. Death record notes Loretta Ann Fowler, 24, of Collinsville, Tl, on Thursday, April 23, 1964.
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