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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1964
Page
1
Harrisburg dispatch notes renewed push for mandatory school bus transport for parochial and private students in 1965. Prospects hinge on Gov. Scranton backing early in the session. House support seen as strong, while Senate may pose hurdles similar to 1963.
In Leopoldville rebels push a Viet Nam style guerrilla war against the Congo government. They hold a 250000 square mile area and up to 1000 white hostages as leverage. Stanleyville and Kindu face risk as mercenary units report setbacks and calls for political resolution grow. Major Hoare warns for strengthened forces.
The National Governors Conference backs returning a fixed proportion of federal tax revenue to states with no federal strings attached. The move, urged by President Johnson, aims to give states more control over spending and reduce federal domination.
Police hunt for the father after a blaze in Baltimore appeared intentionally set. A gasoline can was reportedly thrown into the home and lit with a match. The seven victims ranged from four to 11 years old. Weather notes report 12 below at Pellston, Michigan and 89 at Marimar, California.
In Vietnam near the iron triangle 30 miles northeast of Saigon communist guerrillas downed two U S aircraft. First a Skyraider piloted by 1st Lt Kemp Roedema from Garfield New Jersey parachuted after bailout but the Vietnamese co pilot is missing in action. The second craft a HU1B helicopter was destroyed on the ground after a forced landing. four Army men aboard escaped injury. Roedema reported bailing out but searchers found no sign of the missing co pilot as of afternoon.
Four people died in a two car crash on an icy road near Sandy Lake Pennsylvania. Victims include John P. Hines 67 a Lake View High School teacher and Rev Ernest N Rumbaugh 51 a Clarks Mills pastor. Betty Buckley 33 a passenger in the Hines car and John E Herbling 82 of Clarks Mills was the other fatality.
Pope Paul VI made final preparations for his trip to Bombay for the Eucharistic Congress. In Bombay militant Hindu groups debated demonstrations during the visit and branded the Pope a missionary invasion, displaying signs reading Mister Pope go back home.
Councilman D John Razzano revealed a 10 point anti poverty program to employ about 180 males and 20 females aged 16 to 21 in municipal jobs. The plan includes an executive director at 10000 a year and assistant at 7500 funded mainly by federal aid, with a nine member board of city officials and residents. Wages start at 1.25 for laborers 1.35 for drivers and 1 for clerical workers. The initiative targets job training for unemployed youths and potential dropouts and expires in June 1966.
The 1964 UN General Assembly opens amid a standoff over Russia’s right to vote and a looming recess for further talks. Secretary Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko held an inconclusive meeting on Monday as Thant eyed a possible 24 hour pause after the assembly opening and Ghana’s Alex Quaison-Lackey prepared to be elected president. Russia owes 52.6 million for peacekeeping in the Congo and Middle East, a dispute tied to Article 19 of the UN charter.
Col Willard F Rockwell chairman of Rockwell Manufacturing and Rockwell Standard in Pittsburgh accepted the honorary chairmanship of the Salvation Army capital funds drive. The campaign starts today to erect a new citadel in New Castle on the existing headquarters site at 203 N Mercer St.
Western Pennsylvania offers mostly cloudy skies with snow flurries in the north and partly cloudy in the south. Temperatures stay cold with highs in the 20s and a low around 15 to 20 tonight. Snow is possible tonight and Wednesday with a 0.10 inch precipitation total and Shenango River at 5.1 feet.
Clippings list topics such as city sledding spots and Velvet care guidance plus obituaries for William C. Groucutt 71, Anthony Page George 3, Mrs Samuel A. Custer 82, W Frank Lloyd 74, John Inboden 81, Mrs Mabel Blair 84, Mrs Marya Nasierowski 89, George Giacumakis Sr. 67 and others with addresses.
Mathews Conveyor Company of Ellwood City will merge with Rex Chainbelt Inc. of Milwaukee, Wis., pending stockholder approval from both firms. Directors have approved. special meetings set for Dec 31 to vote. Merger will form a larger division with expanded operations and employment potential. Mathews serves conveyors and parts across multiple industries and has subsidiaries in Chico California and Port Hope Ontario. Rex Chainbelt manufactures chains and power transmission equipment.
Moscow reports the Soviet probe Zond-2 toward Mars is faulty with power supply about 50 percent below expected. Tass notes the issue within 24 hours of launch and does not confirm whether the mission can reach Mars on the 325 million mile journey.
Pennsylvania deer season opened with heavy harvests and eight hunter deaths, including accidental shootings. The state Game Commission logged about 20 000 legal buck kills, near half of last year's two week total. Tioga County led with 1 500. Fatalities listed include Lebanon, Marshalls Creek, Lancaster, Morgantown, and more, with notes on illegal kills and bears sighted in the northwest.
Gus tavo Diaz Ordaz was sworn in as Mexico's president in a Palace of Fine Arts ceremony attended by delegates from at least 64 countries. Congressman Adolfo Martinez Dominguez administered the oath as more than 3,000 observers filled the audience. The term runs through December 1, 1970 with outgoing President Adolfo Lopez Mateos joining the event.
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