Johnson Feared Plot Prompted Withholding Kennedy Death
President Johnson ordered news of Kennedy's death withheld after fears of a worldwide conspiracy targeting officials in line for the presidency. Assistant press secretary Malcolm Kilduff said Johnson chose to delay reporting until he left Dallas Parkland Hospital on November 22.
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Robert Buckhorn
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Johnson
White House
Malcolm Kilduff
Dallas
Parkland Hospital
Kilduff
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Senate
Carl Hayden
R-Ariz
Air Force One
Love Field
McCormack
Sen
Hayden
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
William H. Seward
Andrew Johnson
Seward
Secret Service
City Hopes for Two Smaller Grants for Sewage Plant
The city, facing slim odds on a 1.3 million federal public works grant for a new sewage treatment plant, plans to seek two smaller grants of 600 000 and 700 000 under separate programs. Consulting Engineers warned the grant is too large and two smaller grants offer better chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consoer
Townsend & Associates
D. John Razzano
New Castle Edges Ford City In Close 63 62 Clash
Riverside High seniors credit faith in God and in each other for courage to save a man from a burning car. Ellwood City and Wilmington also posted wins as Miami U and San Francisco 49ers named head coaches in separate features.
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New Castle
Ford City
Ellwood City
Wilmington
Miami U
San Francisco 49Ers
Riverside High
Commissioners Award County Jail Contracts
Lawrence County commissioners awarded four contracts totaling 611635 for the county jail complex including a new jail warden’s residence warehouse and shop planned on four acres near Court and Milton streets by the courthouse. Successful bidders were Siebandler New Castle for general construction Dougherty Mitchell Youngstown for heating Renick Brothers Slippery Rock for plumbing and Marino Electric New Castle for electrical work.
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Lawrence County
William J. Siebandler
New Castle
Dougherty & Mitchell
Youngstown
Renick Brothers Construction
Slippery Rock
Court
Milton Streets
Deaths of the Day list Patsy Pascarella and two others
The Deaths of the Day section reports Pasquale Patsy Pascarella 65 of Geneva and two other individuals aged 60 and 69, with their ages and residence details as listed on December 24, 1963. The notice appears on Page 5.
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Pasquale
Patsy) Pascarella
Geneva
Michael Maslyk
Fern St
Lawrence Dwyer Sr
Matilda Ave
Merry Yuletide In East Berlin Reality Today
West Berliners carried gifts to East Berlin through gaps in the Berlin wall on Christmas Eve. Thousands queued for passes to visit after Christmas. Pass bureaus opened early to allow East German postal clerks to process passes and go home to decorate their own trees.
House Reverses Stand On Wheat Sales To Communist Nations
In a dawn session the House voted 189 to 158 to reverse its own earlier stance against using U S credit to aid trade with Communist nations. The vote, along party lines, leaves final credit decisions to the White House, ending a 10-day battle that disrupted Christmas on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Capitol Hill
White House
U.S
Sinc
Senate
Typhoon Susan Threatens Christmas on Saipan
UPI reports residents brace for Typhoon Susan with top winds near 100 knots predicted to pass over Saipan before dawn Christmas Day. Guam also on alert as the storm looms, with about 590 families still homeless in tent cities from earlier typhoons.
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Saipan
UPI
Pacific
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Guam
Thousands of Christians converge on Jerusalem for Christmas
Thousands of Christian pilgrims arrive in Jerusalem by foot car plane and even donkey to celebrate Christmas in the Holy Land. The visit of Pope Paul VI next week shadows the event as hotel bookings dip with pilgrims delaying reservations. The New Castle News will not publish tomorrow in observance of Christmas.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Upi
Holy Land
Paul VI
Lawrence Countians
Judean Star Shines Again For Christmas Observances
Religion writer notes the Christmas message from Luke 2 11 remains universal as Lawrence Countians plan carols midnight masses and Christmas Eve services across Catholic and Protestant churches in the area with a full schedule of Masses and services.
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City of
David
King of Kings
St. Joseph
Ellport
Christ Lutheran
St. John
Clen Moore
First Presbyterian
First Christian
Newport Methodist
Highland
Northminster
Lakonia Disaster Survivors Reach Madeira In Three Ships
Three rescue ships arrived at Funchal with 533 Lakonia survivors after a fire aboard the Greek liner. Passengers criticized crew response citing lack of ladders and chaotic evacuation, while a company statement defended lifeboat readiness and refit checks.
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Madeira
Funchal
UPI
Lakonia
London
Stratheden
Salta
Rio Grande
Mehdi
Montclam
Imendi
Montcalm
Casablanca
Morocco
Weather Today and Tomorrow in Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania to be cloudy with light snow or freezing drizzle in the north and mountains. Highs 25 to 33. Tonight and Wednesday mostly cloudy with scattered snow flurries north. Lows 18 to 26.
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Pennsylvania
Crystal Christmas forecast raises hazardous drives
A weatherman predicts possible freezing rain and a crystal Christmas with ice on highways. Snow totals reach seven inches in Lawrence County as State and City crews work to keep main routes clear and spread salt calcium mix to combat ice.
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New Castle Water Company
Lawrence County
Ment
C. C. Sweesy
Sweesy
William Russo
Russo
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New York
Laurence Naismith
Santa
Craig Stevens
Center
Janis Paige
Cross Word
Ever Ween
Tdewe Determ TV Log
Ener
Cee Vereveeres
Merry Yuletide
East Berlin
Reality
Susan May
the New Castle News
Christ
Woodson W. Collins News
St. Mary
St. Vitus
SS. Philip and James
St. Camillus
St. Lucy
St. Margaret
St. Michael
St. John Baptist
Holy Cross
West Pittsburg
St. Lawrence
Hillsville
St. James
New Bedford
St. Anthony
Bessemer
St. Monica, Wampum
St. Agatha
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