Shafer cuts budget and delays state income tax plan
Gov. Raymond P. Shafer proposes to balance the 1967 68 budget without an immediate income tax while signaling an inevitable levy. He trims $70 million from the budget, reduces administrative costs, and seeks advance authorization to impose a 1 tax when deficits arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafer
Harrisburg
UPI
Raymond P. Shafer
General Assembly
Special Tax Study Commission
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
RFK Seen as Primary Candidate in New Hampshire
UPI reports Senator Robert F Kennedy who denies 1968 bid may enter the March 12 New Hampshire primary via a Citizens for Kennedy Fulbright slate of favorable but not pledged candidates. He could request removal of pledged candidates from the ballot, while favorable ones cannot be kept off. The primary is the first in the nation with delegates to both parties conventions decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.H
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
New Hampshire
Citizens For Kennedy- Fulbright
New York City
New York
Secretary of State
Western Pennsylvania Weather Forecast Update
Mostly sunny today in Western Pennsylvania with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Tonight will be clear and cool with lows in the 40s and upper 30s in mountain valleys. Tomorrow expected to be sunny and slightly warmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
18Yearold City Soldier Killed in Vietnam
The seventh Lawrence County serviceman lost in Vietnam is 18 year old Pat Francis Craig Cleaver of New Castle. He served about two weeks in Vietnam with the U S Army Artillery and was killed May 29 in his unit area. He graduated from New Castle High School in June 1966 and enlisted November 30, 1966. He trained at Fort Benning and Fort Sill before deployment. His parents Harold and Barbara Cleaver and siblings await further details.
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Pat
Francis Craig Cleaver
New Castle
Lawrence County
Vietnam
Cleaver
U.S. Army
Harold J. Cleaver
E. North St
New Castle High School
Army
Ft. Benning
Ft. Sill
Okla
Keith
Korea
Gary
Wayne
Barbara
Alice
Craig
Home loan rates unlikely to drop this summer
Washington report says the Federal Savings and Loan associations will keep paying savers 4.75 percent passbook and 5.25 percent certificates after June 30, limiting rapid mortgage rate cuts. Officials note higher funding costs could prevent mortgage rate reductions despite falling long-term bond yields. Inflation fears drive demand for long-term funds, keeping rates elevated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inal
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Savings and Loan Associations
California
Nevada
Hawaii
Alaska
Savings and Loan Associations
S & Ls
Home Loan Bank Board
Bank Board
Foyt Wins Golden 500 At Speedway
Racing star A J Foyt takes the AAA Indianapolis 500 crown this year amid a wave of turbine era talk. The article anticipates future speedway shifts toward turbine cars and new technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOYT
U.S. Military Aid To Arab States Totals $345.9 Million
Washington reports show the United States has provided at least 345.9 million dollars in military aid through 1966 to 10 Arab nations backing Egypt against Israel. Saudi Arabia leads with 161.7 million, while other recipients include Jordan 55.6 million and Iraq 46.6 million.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Egypt
Israel
Pentagon
U.S
State Department
Arab League
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Wheelus Air Force Base
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
U.S. Casualties Top War Losses in Vietnam Week
In Saigon UPI reports heavy Marine fighting on the Vietnam DMZ border pushed American casualties to a new weekly high. Last week 2,941 Americans were killed wounded or missing, 313 killed, 2,416 wounded, 12 missing, with 2,216 Communist dead. Air losses rose to 36 planes shot down in May, the war’s highest monthly total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Risher
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Wilson heads to US for emergency talks on Middle East crisis
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to America for urgent talks with President Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson aimed at breaking the Gulf of Aqaba blockade and averting a wider war. Warships from the United States, Soviet Union, and Britain move toward the region as diplomacy stalls.
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Harold Wilson
America
Johnson
Lester Pearson
Gulf of Aqaba
Mideast
Washington
United States
Britain
France
United Arab Republic
Yemen
U.A.R
Sinai
Wilson
Pearson
Ottawa
Holy Land
Gulf
United Nations
Russia
Middle East
Helicopters Cross Atlantic in Nonstop Flight to Paris
Two U S Air Force HH3E helicopters landed at Le Bourget after a 29 hour 48 minute nonstop crossing from New York. The crew of five per helicopter from the 48th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron retraced Charles Lindberghs historic route used 40 years earlier. They landed at 7 35 a m EDT during the Paris International Air Exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
U.S. Air Force
le Bourget
New York
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wilmington school board cuts millage and approves budget
The Wilmington Area School Board reduced property taxes from 55 to 53 mills while adopting a 1,524,500 budget for 1967 68. They expect 53 mills to generate about 448,412 with 96 percent collection. Other actions include moving Wilmington High School football to Class A, accepting Jean Gould’s resignation, and reviewing Hartford Insurance policy covering teachers liabilities. Also noted: statewide heat record context with McAllen Texas reaching 106 degrees and Greenville Maine at 29.
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Wilmington Area
Wilmington High School
Jean Gould
Hartford Insurance
Johnson faces drug pricing clash as Medicare debate rises
A UPI report notes President Johnson backing a HEW task force to study whether Medicare should cover rising prescription drug costs for about 17 million elderly Americans. Senate hearings on drug coverage loom, while PMA critics worry the task force could delay congressional action this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Congress
Senate
Finance Committee
Philip R. Lee
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
PMA
Long
Montoya
Administration
Community Aides Map Needs for CHARGE Program
CHARGE Inc anti-poverty board assigns four community aides Fred Patterson Eleanor Threats Ann Abraham and Delores Pastore to identify local needs in target areas. After a 42 day Temple University seminar in Rochester they consulted 15 agencies and will refer problems to appropriate bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle News
Charge Inc
Fred Patterson
Dewey Ave
Delores Pastore
Laurel Riva
Ann Abraham
Ellwod City
Eleanor Threats
Engine
Anti-Poverty Board
Engine House Way
Ellwood Ave
Ellwood City
Laurel Blvd
Rochester
Temple University
D. John Razzano
Antipoverty
Razzano
Charge
Death notices list six local residents and a child
Death records report six adults and one infant from Ohio and Pennsylvania. A. Clare Kelly Montgomery aged 61 of 230 Fairmont Avenue, Steve Dmetryk Sr. aged 72 of Bessemer, Mrs. Charles R. Strohecker aged 65 of Ellwood City, Cari Carter aged 2 months of Massillon, Ohio, Mrs. Joseph C. Heinemann aged 52 of 2744 Plank Road, Mrs. Vassilios Zeremes aged 63 of 1705 Wilson Avenue, Francis Craig Cleaver aged 18 of 355 East North Street, and William Morgan aged 82 of 508 IblaBreath Avenue are listed.
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A. Clare (Kelly) Montgomery
Fairmont Ave
Steve Dmetryk Sr
Bessemer
Charles R. Strohecker
Ellwood City
Cari Carter
Massillion
Ohio
Joseph C. Heinemann
Plank Rd
Vassilios Zeremes
Wilson Ave
Francis Craig Cleaver
E. North St
William Morgan
Ialbreath Ave
Nigeria on brink of civil war as secession declared
Lagos Nigeria diplomats warned of likely civil conflict after Lt Col Odumegwu Ojukwu proclaimed the Eastern Region the independent Republic of Biafra. Gowon mobilized the army and cut links with the East while Western powers urged citizens to stay away.
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Lagos
Nigeria
UPI
Yakubu Gowon
Africa
East
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Republic
Theastern
Gowon
Ojukwu
United States
Britain
Italy
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Arab Nations
George Weeks
Nesday
Soviet Union
By Walter Logan
United Press International
Wilmington
Vupi
U.S. Weather Bureau
McAllen
Tex
Greenville
Maine
Medicare
LBJ
Russell B. Long
D-La
Federal Board of Physicians and Scientists
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
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