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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1966
Page
1
The Agriculture Department reports a 4 percent rise in farm prices from the year-ago period while the latest month shows a further drop in prices received by farmers from Oct 15 to Nov 13. Production and living costs for farmers stayed steady during the period.
Saigon reports more than 800 American service members killed or wounded in Viet Nam last week. Combat deaths totaled 143 with 709 wounded as Operation Attleboro near Cambodia's border drew the heaviest toll. Allied casualties include 6,049 U S deaths to date and 1,422 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops killed in the same period.
Western Pennsylvania faces a cold wave tonight and Friday with cloudy skies and little temperature change today. Highs near 30, then a drop to the single digits tonight. Friday turns partly cloudy and windy with more snow flurries and possible heavier squalls in the north.
Coast Guard vessels comb the blizzard for the last of 28 men killed when the 600-foot ore carrier Daniel J. Morrell broke in two and sank in 60 mph winds and 20-foot waves on Lake Huron. One survivor, a four-child father, described clinging to a pontoon raft while bodies drifted by during a 36-hour ordeal.
In Bonn Kurt-Georg Kiesinger of the CDU was elected chancellor forming a grand coalition with Willy Brandt of the Social Democrats as vice chancellor and foreign minister. The Bundestag vote paved a three year cabinet run and marked the first federal office for Brandt since World War II. In Rhodesia, Ian Smith left Salisbury for talks with British PM Harold Wilson aimed at resolving the independence dispute likely in Malta.
New Castle's Jameson Memorial and St. Francis Hospitals will raise general service charges by $5 daily starting January 1 to cover higher payroll costs. Registered nurses’ pay rises from $360 to $450 monthly and minimum wage from $1.25 to $1.40 per hour, with other staff increases aligned.
Chicago jurors declared Richard Franklin Speck mentally competent to stand trial for the eight nurse killings after a three day hearing. Judge Herbert C. Paschen overruled public defender objections and ordered the jury to continue. The verdict concludes Speck can understand the charges and assist in his defense.
The New Castle Area School District received subsidies totaling about $2 million for the year ended June 30 1965 per an Auditor General audit. It lists detailed subsidies and reimbursements including instruction tuition transportation nurse services and federal funds with prior year expenditures totaling over $4.1 million and budget overages indicated in the comparison.
The News fulfilled a delayed press run and trucks delivered the newspapers to distribution points later than usual. The note apologizes to newscarriers and subscribers for the inconvenience caused by the late delivery.
Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin lands in Paris for a nine day state visit to discuss Franco Soviet cooperation. He meets with President Charles de Gaulle to widen areas of agreement and ease East West tensions. De Gaulle welcomes him warmly as cabinet members attend the ceremony.
City employees request a three member wage panel to settle a 20 percent monthly increase dispute. Mayor Jordan to name a council representative by tomorrow. Panel includes one council, one employee, and a third chosen by the two. state law sets a 15 day establishment limit.
U S and West Germany plan a joint effort to design a vertical takeoff jet fighter, aiming to advance aviation tech. The project contemplates cross national collaboration and shared development costs.
Mrs. Anna Hruska Kovac 72 of 16 W Terrace Ave. John A. Sumner 85 of Ellwood City Steven Norman Guy 7 days of Ellwood City John Topolosky 75 of Pulaski RD 1.
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