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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1971
Page
3
Obituaries list Mrs. Florence Wilkeson 87 of 833 Allegheny Ave and several other local deaths. Included are George J. Lemos 53 of 836 Sewickley St in Ellwood City, Mary Lou Houk 43, Norman G. Zeigler 68, Arrangements at multiple local funeral homes with services and burials planned in Valley cemeteries.
Charles H. Michael of 412 Young Street longtime Castle Arms Motor Hotel barber was dead on arrival at Jameson Memorial Hospital at 10 am today. Arrangements will be announced by John A. Meehan Jr Funeral Home at 131 East Lincoln Avenue.
Gardiner Symonds, age 67, former first president of Tennessee Gas Transmission Co., died of a heart ailment at Methodist Hospital. Under his leadership the company grew into Tenneco Inc. with $4.3 billion in assets. Rex E. Barley, 57, longtime director of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and the Times Washington Post News Service, died of a heart attack after hospital admission for respiratory trouble.
Private funeral services were held Tuesday for William R. Odell professor of education at Stanford University who had conducted research for school systems worldwide. He died Monday of an apparent heart attack at his Las Vegas vacation home aged 64. Odell had served as Oakland superintendent of schools during World War II.
The death notice for Yunis Kidoor 70 of 1606 Huron Ave omits his son Anthony. Visitation at El-Fiyet Alloween Syrian Association 422 E. Long Ave from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Service 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Association Hall with burial at Valley View Cemetery. Arrangements by Home S Mill and E Reynolds streets. The service for Minnie V Sankey 94 of 1409 W. Washington St will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at J Bradley McGonigle Memorial Home 133 N. Beaver St conducted by Rev. Russell Perry. Burial will follow at Oak Park Cemetery.
Mrs Myrtle Hill age 89 of Sarver Pa died at 6 p m Saturday after an extended illness. The body was sent to Allen Clowes Funeral Home in Springdale Pa for funeral arrangements to be made in Springdale.
A gasoline-filled soft drink bottle with rag wick was lit and hurled at a garage on the East Side last night. It failed to explode and caused no damage as it bounced off the structure and burned out in a yard. Howard Matthews heard a noise about 11 05 p m and saw a fleeing person and the bottle near neighbor William Cromie’s home at 1229 S a Huron Ave.
Rainfall in May totaled 2.50 inches, widening the deficit from April. Normal annual rainfall is 37.35 inches, with January to May normal at 14.98 inches. This year through May has 10.54 inches, about 4.5 inches below normal, per New Castle Water Co. tables.
A three car crash at 10 15 a m yesterday sent four members of a family to Jameson Memorial Hospital for minor injuries. Eva Funk 29 and her children Todd Jamie Dawn were treated and released. Mary Sheroff 48 and Dennis Atwood 23 were the other drivers in the chain reaction on Neal Street.
The New Castle Area School Board awarded DeVac Inc. a 146 351 contract to replace windows at Arthur McGill Mahoning and Ben Franklin schools. The project covers glass and frame due to aging windows. Resignations and leaves followed, with several hires for teaching staff and summer programs.
Milton F. Crews 22 of 605 Highland Ave. arrested by state and city police on a drug charge. He was arraigned before District Justice Betty Lou Kradel and freed on a $1,000 cash bond. The raid on April 9 at Richard and Debra Harper’s Bluff St. home led to Crews attempting to dispose of a bag of suspected drugs. Harpers were also arrested on drug possession and await a hearing.
PARC plans a two part meeting at 8 p.m. in Fellowship Hall First Presbyterian Church N Jefferson St. A panel will discuss legal duties of institutions to protect children in the abuse section and hear proposals for county MHMR services. Parents interested in PARC summer camp Headstart and arts and crafts programs should attend to learn enrollment details.
To Mr and Mrs David F Riniti of 10 S Liberty St a son June 2 Mrs Riniti is the former Bonnie Westcott. To Mr and Mrs William Book of RD 5 a son June 1 Mrs Book is the former Mary Jane McKeown. To Mr and Mrs Carl Mitchell of 1321 Pennsylvania Ave a daughter June 1 Mrs Mitchell is the former Mary Book. To Mr and Mrs Joseph Raman of 108 Hazen Ave Ellwood City a daughter June 1 Mrs Raman is the former Linda Smeltz. To Mr and Mrs Garve Rice Box 202 Hillsville a son June 2 Mrs Rice is the former Marlene Baxter.
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