27 Jan 1967
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1967
Page
1
The FBI introduced a powerful new weapon a high speed electronic computer system designed to let local police nationwide access information in seconds rather than days The system aims to accelerate crime fighting across bureaus and jurisdictions.
NASA unveils a low cost Apollo Applications Program to build an orbital workshop and cargo dock to support astronauts for years. The plan includes a 315 mile high space station with a multi year lifetime and missions to the moon and planets, starting in 1970. FBI launches the National Crime Information Center to centralize wanted lists and stolen property data nationwide starting today.
Dust covered rescuers clawed through a 60 foot mound of debris and recovered the last of five workmen killed when an abandoned four story building collapsed off Broadway. Nine workers were saved as authorities ordered two investigations into an excavation firm warned of hazards hours before the collapse.
U S Marine helicopters plucked Leathernecks surrounded near the North Vietnamese border as heavy fire raked the jungle. In a second engagement near Da Nang an estimated battalion of North Vietnamese attacked two Marine companies with mortars and machine guns. Marines counterattacked, killing 74 Reds before they withdrew after a nine hour clash.
Two deaths reported: Mrs Raymond Hauling aged 67 of 103 North Lee Avenue and Mrs Andrew Leckwart aged 78 of 1904 Hamilton Street. No further details provided in text.
The United States and the Soviet Union signed a treaty to ban nuclear weapons from outer space with Britain as a principal signatory. The agreement, forged at the United Nations, aims to reserve celestial bodies for peaceful use, prohibit space-based weapons, and set up inspection and liability provisions. Nearly all nations were expected to join, barring Communist China, Albania, and possibly Cuba.
Reports from Peking via Kyodo News say over 100 killed and many injured in clashes near the Soviet border as Mao loyalists clash with rivals. Wall posters claim armored units could quell unrest in Sinkiang Uighur, with reports of purges and suppression orders from Mao to Chou En Lai.
Cloudy and windy with intermittent rain turning to snow and flurries tonight. Highs 45 to 58 with lows 23 to 34. Saturday remains mostly cloudy and colder with snow flurries diminishing.
Defense Secretary McNamara told Congress that a U S Soviet nuclear exchange in the mid-1970s would kill about 240 million people even with ABM defenses. He argued ABMs would not buy real security and would raise costs while prompting greater arms spending.
A two foot snowstorm with 20 to 50 mph winds smothered Kansas to Michigan. Chicago and surrounding areas faced school closures with over 1 million students affected. O Hare and Midway airports closed as drifts up to eight feet blocked roads and transit.
Benjamin Evans was beaten and robbed on East Washington Street. David Wansitler 29 and Floyd A. Ross 24 face criminal assault charges. Frederick Upperman 26 and the unnamed woman charged with assault conspiracy and robbery. Bonds set totaling 63 000 and all in county jail.
Fire swept a Route 18 service station in West Middlesex near Sharon destroying Gearhart's Atlantic station and a gasoline tanker. Firemen reported the truck ignited inside the station and set the building ablaze. No injuries were reported. Cause was not immediately determined.
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