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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1971
Page
1
A rider in a western costume showcases the horse in ring performances at the Lawrence County Farm Show grounds as the New Castle Jaycees annual charity event kicks off Friday.
Partly cloudy and mild with a chance of showers west tonight. Highs today in the upper sixties to mid seventies. Tonight lows mid forties north central to mid fifties southwest. Wednesday brings variable clouds and mild with a chance of showers or thundershowers. highs in the seventies. Weather stats from Moraine State Park show 62 degrees, east wind, and attendance over 36 thousand yesterday.
The list records ages and addresses for numerous individuals including Clyde Turlock 76 of 620 W Clayton St Earl J Bixler 74 of 919 Harrison St Jennie Gabert Olson 86 of 25 Oak St Bessemer Minnie V Sankey 94 of 1409 W Washington St Nellie P Homann 76 of 2108 Highland Ave Robert Tully 90 formerly of 300 W Moody Ave Norman G Zeigler 68 of 228 W Moody Ave etc.
Turkish security forces battled two gunmen to free 14 year old Sibel Erkan held in a Kartal house since Sunday. One gunman died, the other gravely wounded. The girl was unharmed apart from facial bruising and was reunited with her father, an army major.
Roanoke notes Audie Murphy the famed World War II hero and actor died in a small plane crash on Memorial Day. His body was found on Brushy Mountain after the Aero Commander wreck near Martinsville Virginia with six victims identified among the charred debris.
World War II hero and actor Murphy perishes in a Martinsville bound flight crash that overflew the town in a thunderstorm. He and five others aboard included Modular Management executives Claude Crosby and Raymond Prater. pilot Herman Butler. map of passengers shows Clinton Crosby from Atlanta and Jack Littleton from Fort Collins. The crash is investigated by the Civil Air Patrol and identification will rely on dental records and X rays.
In Sauol near the Cambodian border, Viet Cong forces claimed a major victory as South Vietnamese troops reportedly withdrew after heavy losses. Officials cited 204 South Vietnamese dead or wounded and 1,079 communist losses. U.S. airpower and allied strikes were reported but not confirmed by all. A high level briefing noted rapid developments near Snnol.
Karl H. Chandler, director of Veteran Affairs, reports about 250 people attended ceremonies at the courthouse at 10 a.m. The parade drew 600 along the route to Greenwood Cemetery and roughly 130 joined services at the cemetery. Overall attendance shows a slight rebound from previous years. Countywide turnout ranged from poor to good in different communities.
In New Galilee RD 1 Lawrence County, 22 year old boy Thomas Forney dies after falling into a 30 inch deep concrete pond in his front yard while playing on a tricycle. Deputy coroner Dr. Mearl G. Bozett rules accidental drowning. Burial at Economy Cemetery with Angels Mass at St Veronica Church Ambridge.
New Castle wins a 550000 state redevelopment grant for its Neighborhood Development Program. State share is one eighth, city provides non cash credits, and federal funds cover three fourths. Earlier this year a 4.4 million federal grant was approved. Area coverage includes Central Area Riverside West Side and South Side districts.
War ren Hatfield and John Ryder, aged 22 and 18, depart Mercer Pennsylvania on veteran horses bound for California, planning September or October arrival after riding about 30 miles daily. They will pass through Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona Nevada en route. Hatfield recently graduated from Westminster College and has ridden since age five. Ryder has one year of riding experience.
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