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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1958
Page
1
Loyal forces fight rebels across Lebanon with artillery tanks and jet planes as a UN watchdog mission moves forward. Tripoli bears the impact with the Crusaders citadel ruined, while rebels push toward Halba and links to Syria persist.
Street crews repair patches after heavy rains wash out paving on several blocks. Wind and rain damage rose bushes and shrubs while many houses lose numbers, hindering visitors. Roof leaks appear as slates lift and shingles loosen, slowing painting work and stirring neighborly tensions over dogs and yard visits. Pa Nene notes the need for clearer house numbering.
The forecast calls for sunny and cool conditions with a high around 65 to 74 F and a cool night with low 43 to 52 F. Friday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 76 to 84 F.
Beaver Pa UP I reports Theodore Pallow faces cross examination on charges he killed beauty queen Rosalie Leis last March 13. Pallow described a clandestine romance and late night meetings at hotels in Chester West Virginia and Ohio towns, while the state seeks the death penalty. He recalled the shooting with his finger on the trigger and said Leis uttered God help us as she died.
The New Castle School District board discussed abolishing the food services director role after a straw vote showed support. Donna Donati resigned and was hired as a homemaking teacher at $4,000, while the board reversed moves to abolish the job and unanimously approved her appointment.
House subcommittee led by Chairman Oren Harris dark plans to start hearings Monday on alleged influence for favors involving Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams. The inquiry aims to uncover any wire pulling ties to Bernard Goldfine and instances of special FTC and SEC favors linked to the industrialist.
City treasurer Marie C Hanlon reported that over 9.8 percent of 1957 property taxes have been collected toward a $1,041,556.13 duplicate, leaving $20,433.32 unpaid. Delinquent notices will be filed on the first Monday of July. School taxes for 1958 are about 21 percent of $1,473,281.46, and wage taxes paid in May amount to $3,449.02, bringing year total to $443,753.89.
Congressman Frank M. Clark challenged Thomas McCaffrey head of the Arsenal Corp. of Pittsburgh over a supposed lack of formal GSA discontinuance notice. Clark cited a December 1957 notice to the Thomas McCaffrey company about a lease discontinuance and said FDA dissatisfaction halted improvements.
The New Castle Education Association protests district hiring at salaries above the current scale. President Calvin DiCarlo says teachers were hired in social studies English and physical education at salaries higher than experienced district staff. The board took no action though President Samuel Byers plans a reply.
City set to introduce an ordinance creating a standard fire prevention code by July 1. Fire Chief Clyde Rohrer and team will enforce penalties, organize regular inspections, and coordinate with Building Inspector Earl Hildebrand to address hazards.
Ohio restaurateur linked to several bank robberies was wounded in a gun battle five hours after escaping Fort Wayne jail. Carl Dee Parker, 27, was shot in the abdomen and left leg by Ohio State police near a Hicksville roadblock as he tried to shoot his way through. Parker, accused in Fort Wayne and Sharon Pennsylvania robberies and a Baltimore hold up, was captured after forcing a deputy sheriff to strip and flee with a guard, then hijacking a car to Hicksville. He is back in Terre Haute maximum security prison.
Winners in yesterday afternoon drawings by the county commissioners to break ties for Committeeman posts include George Harper Sr in the Republican Second Ward Third Precinct Ellwood City James Lash Wayne Iwp Fourth Precinct Percy Wright and Democrat picks Milon Bryan North Beaver Township First Precinct Mrs Burns ie Steele Slippery Rock Township First Precinct John Wesley Shaffer Slippery Rock Township Third Precinct Paul H Allison.
Gen Charles de Gaulle orders arrest on right wing in Algeria and faces Paris deputies and Algerian committee opposition. He summons Soustelle to Paris amid rumors of a top North Africa post and recalls Nauwirth to bolster the movement backing his regime.
Severe storms and tornadoes hit Indiana Nebraska and Kansas with Wichita and Scottsbluff sustaining damage. Flooding driven by Wabash River crest near Peru and widespread rainfall flood concerns from Indiana to Illinois while east coast sees showers. Thousands flee homes as crops suffer and waterways rise.
Police report only 99 bicycles registered and inspected so far this year with six registered yesterday at Vine Street Third Ward Fire Station where the inspection occurred. The schedule runs until June 26 with inspections planned from Monday at Park Avenue Second Ward Station and ward stations June 17 to 26.
London court awards Mrs Dorothy Hollingsworth $280 for slander and orders James Broughton Trowers to pay $1,120 in costs after his sons prompted a dispute in a candy shop. Trowers shouted that the shopkeeper was a crook, causing a scene outside the store and preventing the children from getting candy.
United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther has assumed personal control of contract negotiations with Chrysler Corp. He will direct bargaining temporarily due to illness of Norman Matthews, head of the UAW Chrysler department, as lab or disturbances followed the pact expiration two weeks ago.
Death records list Clark Parshall Edeburn 72 of New Wilmington RD 2 Rose A. Otto 86 of 1025 W Washington St and Jacob Zawaski 85 of 3801 Ellwood Rd with ages and addresses recorded.
Column of society notices and short items from the newsroom including social events and community updates.
Arthur Mometer swears at his garden where leghorn hens roam as autumn nears. He shouts and waves his arms in frustration, muttering of revenge. Neighbors notice his temper peaks at eighty five today.
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