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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
1
The NEA notes elementary and secondary expenditures rose from 14.2 to 34.7 billion since 1958-59. Federal aid totals 2.4 billion this year, with state 13.7 and local 17.4. Local funding remains over half of revenues though its share fell to 51.9 percent.
A private study group within the Committee for Economic Development urged federal tax credits to encourage citizen contributions and cut candidates’ dependence on large donors. The 75 page report recommends a 50 percent tax credit for individual gifts up to 50 dollars yearly to fund a better election system.
Police and FBI hunted the masterminds behind a Saturday Brink's Co. robbery in Massachusetts. Skimmasked bandits and a probable third accomplice allegedly took about $800,000 in cash and checks, revising earlier estimates. The heist is feared to be the largest armored car robbery in U.S. history.
United States and Soviet Union led global condemnation of Israel's Beirut Airport raid while Israel defended the move as deterrent policy. Dayan called it a new dimension in deterrence. U.S. denounced the attack and urged disarmament talks, with Russia and Arab states weighing sanctions and retaliation.
Apollo 8 moonflight commander Frank Borman described lunar surface 69 miles below in lunar orbit as a vast lonely forbidding expanse with no signs of activity or life. The comment came from Space Center Houston during the UPI Space Winter dispatch.
Burglars hit a North Hill home twice over the weekend stealing items valued at 645 dollars. A 14 year old reported a second break in, with a stolen car linked to the crime later recovered behind 122 West Washington. In a separate note, Sophia Loren announced the birth of her son Carlo by Caesarean section. Apollo 8 astronauts released lunar photo work and details from their mission, with reflections on Earth and the moon’s surface.
Variable clouds and continued cold across Western Pennsylvania with a few light snow flurries ending by afternoon in the west. Highs in the 20s to lower 30s.
Obituary notices list seven local deaths aged 68 to 81. Michael Saul 74 of 409 E Sutton St Christian J Hammerschmidt 71 of 415 Bon Aire Dr Alex T Johnston 69 of 311 Newell Ave Delmont E Holbein 68 of Ellwood City Frank Dornick 80 of Ellwood City Dr John G Albright 81 of New Wilmington.
South Vietnamese Rangers trapped in rice paddies fought free as U S planes dropped napalm to break a hostile surround near Da Nang. Command reports 70 enemy killed, 15 Americans killed and 35 wounded in the engagement amid ongoing clashes and a renewed Viet Cong shelling of U S and allied positions.
Washington analysts say Soviet spokesmen signal no immediate moon landing. Titov's Dec 20 Bulgarian interview suggests the USSR will proceed only after solving all technical problems, likely after 1970, with automated probes and cautious steps before manned flights.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike reports the new Kittating and Blue Mountain tunnels in Franklin County show roadway erosion. Tests prove surfaces must be resurfaced in spring. contractor costs may be borne by C. J. Langenfelder and Son. The $22 million project faces a mystery delaying restoration while Tuscarora tunnel remains stable.
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