Power outage hits New Castle area for nearly an hour
A circuit at the Pennsylvania Power West Side substation failed yesterday afternoon causing parts of New Castle and Neshannock Township to lose electricity for almost an hour. Local crews investigated the break and restored service as power was restored to affected neighborhoods.
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New Castle
Neshannock Township
Pennsylvania Power West
New Castile News
Pennsylvania Power Co
North Hill
Penn Power
Snall
New Castle Water Co
Kings Chapel
New Castle-Pulaski Rd
Bell Telephone Co
First Federal Plaza
Protesters Spar Over 1966 School Tax Statements
City Hall faced a flood of calls from property owners after the 1966 school district real estate tax statements. A six mile tax rise took effect July 1 across New Castle and Taylor Township, with the mayor saying most complaints target assessments or tax amounts.
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City Hall
Taylor Township
John C. Jordan
Jordan
Pirates sweep doubleheader from Mets
Pirates complete a doubleheader sweep against the Mets, securing wins to boost momentum in the series. The performances come as the team aims to maintain standings and build confidence heading into upcoming games.
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Pirates
Mets
Car Wash Hearing Slated Near Kennedy School
The Zoning Board of Appeals will review a 9 a m Wednesday petition to build a car wash and service station on the former Highlind Elementary site. Emil Gasperoni owns the demolished property in a presidential neighborhood where zoning limits construction to homes or apartments. Ernest D Schepp, agent for rent, filed the petition at city hall. the proposed site sits opposite John F Kennedy School and amid residential homes.
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City Zoning Board of Appeals
Highlind Ave
Emil Gasperoni
City Hall
Ernest D. Schepp
Wilmington Ave
New Castle Seeks Mystery Jaywalker Contest Start
New Castle launches its annual mystery jaywalker contest starting Monday and running three weeks. A prize rises by one dollar daily until the jaywalker is caught, with clues via tapping shoulders and asking the suspect if they are the mystery jay walker. Pedestrians are warned not to jaywalk to trap the target.
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New Castle
P. M. McGaffie
Bombers Hit Oil Depots Near Hanoi Ambush Fails Near Saigon
About 2,000 Communist elite troops ambushed roughly 150 U.S. soldiers north of Saigon. The attack backfired as American forces called in reinforcements and airpower. U.S. B52s struck oil depots near Hanoi, with one plane shot down and missing pilot reported.
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Joseph Galloway
Saigon
UPS
U.S
Hanoi
Ban Me Thuot
Guam
Child struck by car while dashing into street
Three year old Scott Houk was hit on Chestnut Street at about 5 15 p m while running toward a parked car. He is in fair condition at St Francis Hospital with a broken right leg and minor injuries after being struck by Elizabeth Santangelo 17 of 712 Chestnut Street who was driving a slow moving auto. The boy was with his father near Ray Street when the incident occurred.
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Scott Houk
E. Laurel Blvd
St. Francis Hospital
Chestnut St
Elizabeth M. Santangelo
Ray St
Nabs
LBJ urges quick settlement as major airline strike stalls talks
Negotiations resume among five big airlines and IAM after a recess with no forecast for end. CAB allows nonstruck carriers to add flights to ease traveler disruption while U.S. and international routes face widespread delays and canceled trips.
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International Association of Machinists
IAM
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
United
Eastern
Trans World
National
Northwest Airlines
Johnson
Bargai
Ior
U.S
Fire wrecks New Jersey oil complex
A massive three hour blaze at Hess Oil Co. complex in Perth Amboy destroyed 600 drums and four storage vats. Five people injured as flames and burning solvents spread across Arthur Kill threatening adjacent facilities and prompting a five mile sea closure.
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Perth Amboy
N.J
UPI
New Jersey
New York
Staten Island
Hess Oil Co
Arthur Kill
New York Harbor
Maryland Penitentiary riot leads to probes of ringleaders
Officials move to prosecute the riot's ringleaders after a violent outbreak at Maryland Penitentiary. Guards used tear gas and riot gear as inmates seized the yard and looted the commissary in a 10 alarm fire.
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Baltimore
UPI
Maryland Penitentiary
State Correction
Vernon Pepersack
Copinger
Peppersack
Pepersack
Death watch on Surveyor moon robot at JPL Pasadena
Scientists across three continents monitor Surveyor, the lunar camera craft, amid reports of battery trouble after its June 1 soft landing. Officials say the 620 pound spacecraft faced possible short circuits and a rupture in the battery as temperatures rose to 184 degrees Fahrenheit beyond the 140 degree limit.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Surveyor
America
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Mojave Desert
Australia
South Africa
Earth
JPL
Death Record Maria Lamberti 73
Mrs. Maria Lamberti 73 of 41512 Uber Street is announced as a death record item with age and residence details. The note reflects a local obituary style brief common to community newspapers in mid-century sections.
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Maria Lamberti
Uber St
Convicted Klan killers given 10 year sentences
Two Ku Klux Klan members identified as trigger men in the Lemuel Penn nightrider murder received the maximum federal penalty of 10 years each from U S District Judge William A Bootle in Athens Georgia. Howard Sims and Cecil Myers were the defendants given the max term while Herbert Guest was sentenced to two years on four counts of illegally dispensing pep pills.
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Charles 8. Taylor Jr
Athens, Ga
UPI
Lemuel Penn
Federal
U. S
William A. Bootle
Howard Sims
Cecil Myers
Herbert Guest
Penn
Sims
Myers
George Turner
James Lackey
Denver Willis Phillips
McNamara Optimistic About Viet Nam War Prospects
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, after talks in Honolulu with Adm. Ulysses S. Grant Sharp, said he was cautiously optimistic about success in Vietnam. He credited accelerated U.S. operations with denying Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces the chance to mount a monsoon offensive and noted successful raids on North Viet Nam oil depots.
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Robert J. Taylor
Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Honolulu
Adm
Ulysses S. Grant Sharp
Pacific
Andrews Air Force Base
McNamara
United States
Pentagon
U.S
Viet Nam
George W. Ball
South
Weather Brief for Western Pennsylvania
Mostly sunny and warmer today with highs 80 to 87. Tonight will be fair with lows 58 to 65, near 50 in mountain valleys. Sunday looks partly cloudy and more humid with possible afternoon thundershowers. 24 hour readings show max 83, min 57, no precipitation. Shenango River stage 4.4 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
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Denmark
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Trixie) Sperk
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