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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1961
Page
1
A June 9 to June 23 construction bulletin from the Pennsylvania Department of Highways uses the term detour again. The map shows no temporary routes in Lawrence County. Reunion time brings outdoor and indoor family gatherings as sunshine and showers vary.
Mrs Grace Thompson Bost 51 of Morristown New Jersey died June 7 in Morristown Hospital She was a former New Castle resident daughter of Charles Reynolds and Laura Thompson She married Robert N Bost in 1935 and lived in New Jersey since 1937 Survivors include her husband two daughters one grandchild her mother and several sisters The funeral and interment occurred Saturday in Morristown
Two New Castle High School graduation classes from 1931 join for a single reunion on July 29 at The Castleton. A joint committee met in the New Castle News room to report on class plans and send invitations. Reservations go to Howard Purdy, treasurer, via Charles Nolan.
Plans are set for the second annual music festival at the Clenmore United Presbyterian Church Friday evening. Mrs. George E. Strehler conducts with Mrs. John T. Love at the organ. The program features Rubinstein songs, Nevin pieces, Rodgers' Climb Every Mountain, and a miniature brass quartet.
A Canadian air mass bringing fair and cool conditions will move southeast over Pennsylvania through Friday. Highs Thursday and Friday range from the 60s in most areas to the low 70s along the southern border, with Thursday night lows from the upper 30s to 50s in southern regions.
Washington reports that state governments spent over 831.5 billion in fiscal 1960 per the Bureau of the Census.
Gov. Lawrence signed bills increasing state funds for the Industrial Development Authority and urban redevelopment by 8 million each. He noted PIDA has created 27,853 jobs in low income areas and highlighted more than 50 cities engaged in slum clearance. Also approved: DA salary boost in Philadelphia and land acquisition for National Guard armories outside city limits.
A light plane carrying three Ohio men crashed in fog near Ligonier Pennsylvania, killing Rudy Markey the pilot from Medina Ralph Barton 46 and Paul Schlariet 50 of Mount Vernon. State police seek the cause as wreckage scattered in a wooded area six miles north of Ligonier after a Johnstown to Mount Vernon flight with Philadelphia stopover. Schlariet Transfer Co. officials from Mount Vernon are identified among the victims.
Earl E. Filer of Mercer RD 2 mourns the death of his brother Horace G. Filer Mercer RD 5 who died in Grove City Hospital after a five day illness Born July 27 1888 in Findley Twp to Thomas and Mary Berrisford Filer His widow Myrtle Giles Filer died in 1957 Their children include Mrs Warriett Parker Charles W Filer Raymond W Filer Mont L Filer and brother Howard Filer Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. from Earl C Miller and Sons Funeral Home Mercer with burial in Findley Cemetery Friends may call today 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Richard Will eight-year-old of 711 Hill Avenue fell from a tree while playing in his yard suffered a fractured forearm. He was admitted to Jameson Memorial Hospital for treatment and is reported in good condition today.
State Police report a 1960 or 1961 red Chevrolet was found in a roadside ditch on Route 422 near the Ohio line early today. The driver appears to have abandoned the car. troopers towed it to a local garage. Officer William Ball conducted the investigation.
In Geneva Semyon Tsarapkin warned the United States would bear grave responsibility if it resumes underground nuclear tests. Rep. Holifield pressed for a resumption, while U.S. negotiator Arthur Dean accused the Soviet Union of abandoning serious talks and urged continuing the draft treaty at Geneva.
Health figures show mouth cancer claims about 6 000 lives annually in the United States, part of roughly 270 000 cancer fatalities each year.
A daily classified page provides a directory of upcoming funerals with interment details, directing funeral times and calling hours. The listing appears at the front of the Classified Section for easy reference.
Obituaries list Ralph E. Lutz 59 of 103 Osage Sr. and others including Miss Lovina Y. Floyd, Donald R. Young Sr., Mrs. Florence B. Kirk with details on birth, death, addresses, families and funeral plans across New Castle, Beaver Falls, and New Wilmington.
Henry David St. Denis, 24, of 11 S. Miami St., Peru, died about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in an automobile accident on US Route 31, three miles south of Peru. Born March 17, 1937 in Combula, Pennsylvania, he was married to Barbara Jean Pilch in 1959 and survived by his wife, a daughter Rene, his father Joseph St. Denis of Las Vegas, and his mother Victoria St. Denis and brother Victor St. Denis of Silver Spring, Maryland. He served in the US Air Force and worked as a field engineer for ACF Industries in Kokomo. The body will be transported to Noga Funeral Home in Peru with calling hours Friday 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Further arrangements will be announced.
Gen John B Medaris says the US goofed in space tech due to reliance on flawed guidance. He cites the Navajo weapons system, scrapped after 700 million dollars spent, as an example of premature halting and timing mistakes harming future relevance.
Federals mediators push a last ditch effort to avert a threatened midnight maritime union walkout that could halt U S shipping on three coasts. Five unions including the 37 000 member National Maritime Union are ready to strike if no contract is reached. A NMU spokesman said workers have been told no contract no work. Labor Secretary Arthur J Goldbert is expected to intervene to avert the dispute.
Bishop W Vernon Middleton of Pittsburgh told the Methodist Central Pennsylvania annual conference that fear of communism drives good people to distort the truth. He urged a return to simple religious virtues and warned against labeling and half truths. Dr Frank W Montgomery reported boundary changes will add 90 churches to the conference, largely in Pennsylvania, within the next year.
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