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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
3
President Johnson announced a ten member commission to study the causes of violence following the Kennedy assassination. The panel includes Milton Eisenhower Archibishop Cooke and lawmakers from both parties, aiming to examine lawlessness and its links to prejudice and ideology.
Funeral arrangements for Senator Robert F Kennedy proceed with public viewing at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York and a train burial to Arlington. The shooting at the California primary left five others wounded as Sirhan Sirhan faced murder charges. Kennedy dies after brain injury from a .22 caliber firearm.
A sequence of obituaries and memorial notices from New Castle and nearby towns reports deaths of Bartholomew J. Rybka 83 of 260 Smithfield St. and others including George Thomas 58, Alex F. Cwynar 47, his wife Caroline Anne Cwynar 32, Roy Frazier, Albert E. Harper 64, Helen Oczkowski 84, with funeral arrangements at Noga and Harold J. Marshall Funeral Home and interments at SS Philip and James Church Cemetery, Harmony Baptist Cemetery, and California cemeteries. post office open house postponed due to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's death.
Memorial service for Lance Cpl. Craig M. May missing in Vietnam since January 8 1968 will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church in Milwaukee with a Marine detachment as honor guard. May’s parents Mr and Mrs Clarence May reside at 1620 East Washington Street. Maj John J Rozman says May was among 40 men lost in a helicopter crash with unidentified remains and arrangements are planned for a mass burial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis Missouri.
The late Ernest Martino, a Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church member and Lincoln High School senior to start in September, was found drowned. He worked part time at a Calhoun service station. survived by his mother and two brothers Donald James and David Ernest. father died June 14, 1964. Samuel Teolis Funeral Home set viewing hours today and tomorrow with services Saturday at Purification BVM Church conducted by Rev. Domenick DeBlasio.
Sirhan spoke of respect and shouted long live Nasser in a statement tied to Arab nationalism. John H. Weidner Jr. recalled the health food store owner being told he must flee Jordan as a child. Neighbors noted he was a high school graduate who attended Pasadena City College.
Thirty local industrial development agencies won tentative approval for loans totaling 3,013,533 from the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority. The financing aims to create 1,037 jobs and about 9.8 million dollars in annual payrolls across communities including Allentown Shenandoah Erie Stroudsburg Washington Lock Haven Somerset Waynesburg Pine Grove Beaver Falls Mt. Jewett Philadelphia and Altoona. Final approvals cover 3.08 million in additional loans and projects for Greater Philadelphia Enterprises Development Corp. and University City Science Center among others. John R. Ammon, 58, of 360 Neshannock Ave., pleaded innocent to driving while suspended and was jailed in lieu of bond.
Tier Jameson Memorial announces two births to Ronald and family in Wampum RD 2 a son born June 5 and to Rooney family in Blaine Street a daughter born June 5. ST FRANCIS notes Frank Pidro on Dewey Avenue a son born June 8 and John Hart of Wampum RD 2 a daughter born June 6.
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