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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1972
Page
19
Alive Santa Abner W. Dechant, 68, began in the Boy Scouts at 12 and now leads Shenango Township Troop 46. Each Christmas he dresses as Santa Claus asking children what they want for the holiday.
NATION-Tonight shows shower activity across the southern Plains into the west Gulf Coast, mid-Atlantic, Pacific Northwest and upper Plains with fair to partly cloudy elsewhere. Temperatures range from the mid 40s in Chicago to around 102 in Phoenix, with highs in the 70s to 80s in many areas.
Death records list George Vaughn 86 of 233 W Pittsburg Rd Robert W Rogers 25 of 412 Vine St Raleigh Bud Koonce 57 of 2801 Ellwood Rd George E Hunt Sr 76 of 750 E Washington St Minnie Wamsley 78 of 1268 Mt Jackson Rd Mrs Robert Meister 55 of 1023 Adams St Mrs Fred Miller 84 of Lowellville Rd 2.
Storm brings 1.82 inches of rain and fierce lightning causing extensive damage in New Castle. Four trees fall in the city damaging four cars and a home, with other trees down and widespread street flooding and sewer problems. Power outages affect several areas as crews work through the night to restore service and clear debris.
Lawrence County jail lodges 22 year old Donald L. Short on a murder charge for the shooting death of 25 year old Robert W. Rogers in a Mahoningtown auto body shop. Rogers died of three bullet wounds. Hearing set after Short pleads innocent. Autopsy scheduled. A second fatal shooting occurred 52 hours earlier at the courthouse.
A Cathay Pacific Convair 880 with 81 aboard including a West Bend Wisconsin family of six vanished and crashed 35 miles southeast of Pleiku. Seven bodies recovered with no survivors found among 70 passengers and crew. The crash site remains in a jungle as authorities investigate the cause amid initial reports of possible anti aircraft fire or enemy action. The Kennys from West Bend were on a three week Orient Paradise Tours vacation with organizer Orient Paradise Tours Inc.
Federal prosecutors call the 1966 Pecora and Martire scheme the most significant labor conviction in western Pennsylvania in a decade. A jury found Pecora and Martire of Laborers Local 1058 guilty for funneling 61 500 to a reputed crime boss and using 130 000 to buy an Uptown parking lot from John Sebastian LaRocca. Sentences up to five years and fines to 10 000 await them. The case links organized labor to the underworld and aims to influence municipal employees in Allegheny County.
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