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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1963
Page
2
Mrs. Bertha Locke, 84, suffered forehead abrasions after being struck by a car on Pa. 108 near Harlansburg at 7 p.m. yesterday. She was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital and released. The driver was identified as Harry S. Altman, 38, of RD 4.
The recount of 17 precinct boxes ordered by outgoing Mayor Rainey cost $1010 with $1044 paid by the county into the general fund to cover recount expenses. Rainey opened 20 boxes but withdrew after findings showed he could not unseat Mayor-elect Jordan. One box had substantial errors and Rainey avoided its cost.
Rev. John C. Miller 79 of Grove City RD 2 was killed in a two car collision on Pa. 58 three miles north. Harold E. Smith of Sharon is in Grove City Hospital with facial and head injuries and possible concussion. Miller died at 5 15 p.m. after internal injuries. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Central United Presbyterian Church Grove City.
County school officials briefed the newly appointed advisory committee for a proposed technical vocational high school. Irwin Stankard and Phillip Phelps reported an excellent turnout and a Jan 16 meeting of county superintendents was described as key to the project. The committee expects another meeting after Jan 16, date pending. Johnson City Texas Lynda Bird Johnson, 19, told a reporter that deer on the Johnson ranch are not hardly African sheep, clarifying remarks after an observer report.
An Ohio couple died Friday night after their car struck the rear of a truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in fog. George Figgins, 62, and his wife Thelma, 62, of Lima, Ohio, died of skull fractures at Ephrata Community Hospital. Truck driver John Thomas, 29, of Philadelphia, escaped injury while helper Stewart Carson, 40, received a cut lip. The couple were wearing seat belts. the car was destroyed. The truck carried $6,000 worth of shirt pressing equipment, damaged in the crash.
Hayden Planetarium reports a total lunar eclipse visible across North America early Monday. The moon enters Earth's shadow at 5:24 a.m. EST with total eclipse from 5:27 to 6:46 a.m. It fully emerges at 7:49 a.m., though the east coast will miss part of the event as the moon sets.
The Grove City district branch of the Methodist Church met at Kings Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. Richard Hawke as host pastor. Guest speakers included Miss Nancy Thomas from Washington and Miss Donna McMurray from New Castle. About 125 attended.
Sherman Rowland aged 82 of Westover in Clearfield County died in Miners Hospital from second degree burns to the chest and arms suffered Christmas Day when kerosene sparked a fire while he tried to kindle a stove.
Philadelphia authorities report 26 deaths from wood alcohol poisoning in four days in the skid row area raising the yearly total to 31. Investigators found high alcohol content fluids near victims and believe derelicts mixed institutional products with canned heat. Authorities seek curbs on selling high proof fluids to indigents and launched an educational campaign.
The U S Department of Agriculture revoked the PACA license of Anthony Joseph Betters owner of Diamond Wholesale Produce for failure to pay 2200 to three suppliers. Betters is barred from interstate produce trading until bills and interest are settled. He had suspended September 14 1962 after the first nonpayment and has paid only one charge. Creditors include B G Anderson Co 1068 watermelons M Roth 400 potatoes and Kaleel Brothers 733 mixed fruit and vegetables. He continues wholesale operations buying in Pennsylvania.
The hospital notes list admissions and discharges for residents including Wesley Speed Shirley Himes Susie Miller and Kathy Bullano among others. Several births are recorded at Jameson New Castle and New Wilmington facilities with dates around December 27 and 28.
In Jordan, new council members blast the budget as unrealistic while noting 1960–62 collections rose due to the first city tax sale in 15 years. The city ends the year $161,000 in the red and may borrow $100,000 to $150,000 to cover January expenses as wage taxes and property tax statements affect cash flow.
The library opens a film loan service with a rotating set from the Canadian Travel Film Library. Chief Librarian Helen Roux lists three current titles The Seal Hunt 22 minutes Big Game Camera Holiday 14 minutes and St Lawrence North The Jean Richard 30 minutes. All color 16 mm sound films, available at no charge to groups borrowing as with books.
Rigby as public safety director would oversee about 80 civil service police and fire positions replacing Guy Elisco. Robert White II may become city solicitor replacing James Scarazzo Jr. A plan to move Sylvan Heights golf course from parks to the mayor’s office is also discussed amid prior shifts under Herman Steinbrink. ELKS family party set for tomorrow at Elks Hall at 2 p.m.
UPI reports cheerful year end statements from industry and commerce leaders as 1963 closes. Highlights include Control Data stock records, Allied Crude Oil fraud indictments, new NYSE rules, wheat exports to the Soviet Union, and brisk auto sales despite holiday downtime.
Magistrate Elias Myers lifts a ban allowing black grease paint and burnt cork in the New Year’s Day Mummers Parade. City officials condemn blackface while Cecil B. Moore of the NAACP threatens boycotts. Myers warns marching with care and no arrests unless misconduct occurs.
Albert D. Carlson 84 a pioneer Pennsylvania state policeman died Thursday at the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown after a long illness. A Sweden native, he joined the state police in 1907 and retired as a captain in 1932. He later led the Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Corp. police in Scranton and served as Lancaster Police Commissioner from 1936 to 1950. Funeral services will be held at Alman Funeral Home Reading with burial at Charles Evans Cemetery Reading. He is survived by his widow Maybell.
Razzano says the city will form a Sanitary Sewer Authority to fund the project likely via a bond issue. Plans call for a 9 million gallon per day plant on the Mahoning River site south of Mahoning town to meet state health rules and Clean Streams Act.
Guy Sutton aged 56 of Melbourne Florida died yesterday morning in a Melbourne hospital after a long illness. He formerly lived in Corry Pennsylvania and is survived by his wife Winifred McClees Sutton and three sisters and two brothers. Service arrangements are incomplete.
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