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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1954
Page
1
An unemployed welder Daniel J. Marsin is in custody for the kidnaping of Evelyn Ann Smith. Investigators pursued the $75,000 ransom and questioned Marsin after Mrs. Smith identified him from a lineup. Mrs. Smith is the 23 year old wife of Phoenix manufacturer Herbert Smith.
Police say Marsin did not admit or deny abducting a woman held 20 years. She identified him as the kidnapper and called him That’s the Man. He claimed innocence and demanded a lawyer after arrest late Thursday following ransom payment at Quarter Circle A ranch near the Superstition foothills.
Storm damage east of New Castle hits Shenango and Slippery Rock townships with a knocked out greenhouse and broken windows in Energy area. Route 351 Keppel from Route 18 to toll bridge will be closed Monday morning for about a week to repair a railroad crossing. Youths swim near Neshamnock Creek and East Washington bridge while wheat fields in Lawrence County head up.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers or thunder showers likely this afternoon and tonight. High near 88 with a low around 61. Today’s 24 hour period records show a maximum 87 and precipitation 0.02 inches. River stage around 5.3 feet. Year ago high 76 and low 55.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Los Angeles outlined conditions for U S involvement in Indo China. He stated no change in demands for collective action in Southeast Asia and suggested there may still be time for possible U S intervention if invited by current lawful authorities and if France gains sufficient allied support to hold the Red River Delta Hanoi and Haiphong.
Public alert test scheduled for Monday may proceed with existing police and fire sirens while three Thunderbolt units remain unfinished. The test runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with red alert a three minute continuous blast and white signal a pattern of short blasts and pauses. Citizens should shelter and obey officers as streets are cleared during the drill.
Pittsburgh June 12. AFL trolley and bus drivers vote on a settlement ending a 34 day strike after secret talks among labor and management and Mayor Lawrence's committee. If ratified 2,700 members will gain restored service starting Sunday. Details of the agreement were not released.
A 30-year-old construction worker, Marold Tanner, was ambushed and shot to death at his Mapletown residence near Waynesburg early today. Police investigate a possible triangle murder linked to a prior altercation in Bobtown, where Tanner was last seen Friday night.
Leaders for the City Recreation board's 15 playgrounds met with recreation director Rees Flannery at city hall to review final instructions before Monday's opening. Mayor Edward A. De Carbo pledged support as plans include a doll show pet show jacks championship checker tournament horse show bathing beauty contest and crazy hats events.
Six persons including two men two women and two children died when a four story tenement burned on Chicago's northwest side Friday night. Firemen found bodies in several sections of the ruined building and at least eight others were injured. Police identified the dead as Leo Weeks 25 Linda Weeks 2 Mrs Ellender Borden 23 June Borden 3 Elicia Partin 48 Willy Partin 25. First Deputy Fire Marshal Albert Petersen said an investigation would determine the cause and cautioned arson could be involved. A woman leaped to safety and was rescued along with about 10 others including two babies. Two policemen arriving as the fire escalated said the building was an inferno.
In Geneva June 12 U S Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden met to discuss tactics and possibilities for the conference's immediate future following a government defeat in arts. A spokesman said both sides were in complete agreement on measures of principle as delegates awaited results on Indo China and Korea with no formal sessions scheduled.
Police resumed dragging the Monongahela River for the body of nine year old Michael Oeste of Glen Hazel Heights who was last seen playing along the river bank Friday. The search extended to 9 p.m. Friday and continued today.
Yeggs raided the Scarazzo company at 620 South Mill Street in New Castle around three am and escaped with about 81,000. The burglary was discovered at 7:10 am by Al Scarazzo. Police investigated entry via a second story window, triggered a tear gas device, then used a clock to mark the time. The crime likely took over an hour.
A group of 14 men from the New Castle area were sworn into the US Navy and will report to Bainbridge Maryland for 11 weeks of recruit training. Participants include Robert C. Smiley and Arthur R. Warsing among others from New Castle Sharpsville Grove City and Ellwood City.
The House voted 281 to 53 to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act for one year, bypassing President Eisenhower. The measure keeps current negotiated pacts intact while a Japan trade pact awaits action, and Senate fate is likely tied to the tax revision bill. Major Leader Knowland indicated action may be delayed until late June.
President Eisenhower might not seek re election in 1956 if Republicans lose Congress. Sherman Adams told a Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional committee meeting that conditions could prompt retirement to his Pennsylvania farm. He did not reveal Eisenhower's intentions but warned Democratic control would shift policy left.
Financier Robert R. Young known as the smallest Texan wins control of New York Central Railroad. He defeats William White by 1,062,000 votes, ending an 85 year Vanderbilt Morgan dominance, with neither side confirming the change in management.
Sen Joseph McCarthy says he may present new evidence against Sen Henry Jackson when the Army McCarthy hearings resume in Washington. He arrived in Milwaukee denying Roy Cohn threatened to target Jackson and suggesting a letter linking Jackson to a federal job application may be introduced.
Greater New Castle Association directors met at noon in Castleton Hotel. They authorized cooperation with Salvation Army Advisory committee to select or improve a future home. Committees on Highway Industrial Development and Pennsylvania Ambassador reported. By law amendment on nominating committee appointment approved. Junior Chamber update by Don Nicolls and notes on Pennsylvania new commercial code by William Coban. Executive VP Murray S Stephens announced limited information folders and city directory preface reprints. Next meeting set for Thursday noon July 8.
A hit and run driver struck a three year old boy in the North Side of Pittsburgh on Friday. Witnesses saw the truck stall briefly after the impact. A 13 year old girl gave police the truck’s license number.
Tense exchanges between Rey M. Cohn and Robert F. Kennedy sparked new bitterness during the Army McCarthy hearings. Kennedy said he was enraged when Cohn threatened to go after Sen. H M. Jackson amid a payback plan related to Pvt. G. David Schine. Mundt warned of possible night sessions to finish the inquiry next week.
Betty Butler 26 year old mother of two was executed in Ohio men's penitentiary electric chair for murder of Evelyn Clark 33 near Cincinnati on September 6 1962. Butler claimed Clark made advances. She faced priests two sons husband and mother present. Governor Lausche refused mercy.
Vice President Richard Nixon was riding in an automobile involved in a collision in southern Los Angeles late Friday night. He was not hurt and continued on his journey in another car.
Death records for June 18, 1964 record six individuals: Mrs. Sarah B Johnston age 0 of 311 Newell Avenue. John Fair age 78 of 016 8 Jefferson Street. Adam W Anderson age 78 of RB D 6 Butler Road. Mrs Anna Baka age and address at 712 City Line Street. Willis B Cowmeadew age 30 of RB D 6 Frew Mill Road. Mrs Mary Elisabeth Phillips with address 404 West Clayton Street.
A government body fails to win a confidence vote amid turmoil over Indo-China policy. Officials report unresolved tensions within the coalition as the vote ends without approval, signaling potential leadership changes or new political negotiations.
Premier Joseph Laniel loses a confidence vote 306 to 293 on his Indo China policy in Paris. The eight ballot short of the 314 needed signals a likely resignation as ministers worry over Communist leverage at Geneva and possible cabinet shifts after a Cabinet meeting. Laniel warns of Communist pressure and an Asiatic Munich.
Mr and Mrs William Berkstresser of Northview Highland Avenues heard two crashes at breakfast. A frightened young deer forced its way through a screen door onto the porch and then escaped through a screened window. Berkstresser notes he does not carry deer insurance.
The text rails at a burlesque show featuring Arthur Mometer and figures like Stevens and David. It mocks a Wisconsin man Jee and complains the cast waste time on drivels and fluff. It urges Joe to speak plainly and return to work on a damp seventy seven day.
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