Lack of housing cited as top New Castle issue
Two members of a governor's housing task force said New Castle faces a critical shortage of adequate housing units. They noted many houses need repairs or demolition, low and middle income housing is unmet, and relocation due to urban renewal or highways worsens the problem. The group surveys 12 metropolitan areas, aims to form priorities and a statewide housing program, with findings due by December.
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New Castle
Barbara Dunlap
Russell Kulp
Commonwealth
Union to seek OK for water authority plan
Union Township supervisors will ask the state for permission to establish a water authority and apply for funds to lay water lines on Scotland Lane Cecil Ave and Burns St. Chairman Robert A. Matthews said 25 percent state aid is available. The board also seeks HUD allocations for fire hydrants and tee connections and will coordinate with the water line project.
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Union Township
Scotland Lane
Cecil Ave
Burns St
Robert A. Matthews
M. Jane Lanigan
Leonard Mauney
Housing and Urban Development
Harrisburg
Supreme Court expands Negro rights in housing and education
The 1967 68 term yielded major rulings strengthening Negro rights in housing and school desegregation, while expanding police powers with court ordered eavesdropping and frisking. It upheld textbook loan aid to parochial schools, allowed union picketing in private shopping centers, and supported free speech for teachers, with several liberal outcomes.
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Supreme Court
UPI
Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
New York
Marshall
Missing children back home
Ellwood City police ended a six hour mystery when 7 year old Jimmy Funkhouser returned home at 3 40 a m bringing the search for his 8 year old sister Bobby Lynn to a close. The siblings had left their home at 10 30 p m yesterday in pajamas with pillows and a blanket. They were found hiding in high weeds near their home under a blanket with their school report cards intact.
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Ellwood City
Jimmy
Bobby-Lynn Funkhouser
Clyde Funkhouser
Sewickley St
Anthony Casuccio
Bobby-Lynn
Guerrilla Warfare Spreads in Malaysia Amid Bloodshed
The Malaysian police report a bloodiest guerrilla attack in eight years near the Thailand border. A 50 man convoy was ambushed as 14 officers were killed 17 wounded and one missing. Government officials warn of a growing Communist insurgency with ongoing follow up and cross border pursuit.
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IPCH
Malaysia
UPI
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Zamani bin Abu Samah
Death notices for four individuals dated June 18 1968
The obituary list reports Concetta Venasco aged 83 of 224 Hawthorne Street Perry Frank aged 57 of 1201 Highland Avenue J Leslie McKissick aged 65 of 324 East Moody Avenue and Charles A Powell aged 74 of Ellwood City.
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Concetta Venasco
Hawthorne St
Perry Frank
Highland Ave
J. Leslie McKissick
E. Moody Ave
Charles A. Powell
Ellwood City
Scramble for delegates New York voters at polls
United Press International reports Hubert H. Humphrey and Richard M. Nixon leading in committed delegates for the presidential nomination. New York primary votes add to Humphrey's large delegate total while Nixon gains on Rockefeller.
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United Press International
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eugene J. McCarthy
George Wallace
Western Pennsylvania Forecast Sunny Warm Thursday
Sunny and warmer today with highs in the 70s across western Pennsylvania. Mostly fair tonight with lows in the 50s and upper 40s. Wednesday brings considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thundershowers and a warmer trend.
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Pennsylvania
City GOP delegates split on Nixon choice in 25th District
One of four 25th District delegates to the national Republican Convention in Miami endorses Richard Nixon for President while the others remain uncommitted. Gov. Shafer released the 64 delegates on Saturday, shifting attention to new choices amid reevaluations by delegates and alternates from New Castle and Patterson Township. The district covers Lawrence, Beaver and Butler counties.
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Miami
Richard M. Nixon
Raymond P. Shafer
Ruth Crawford
New Castle
Nixon
George Campbell
Patterson Township
Beaver Falls
Shafer
Lawrence
Beaver
Butler Counties
County to receive 250 bed disaster hospital package
The FCDA will ship 423 medical equipment cases valued at 45 000 to Lawrence County to create a 250 bed disaster unit replacing a 200 bed 1955 package. The county stores units at Cathedral and Ellwood City. government pays for supplies and labor to ship back old kit. The storage area is donated and another 200 bed unit may be provided near St Francis Hospital.
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Lawrence County
Federal Civil Defense Administration
FCDA
Clarence C. Frampton
Ellwood City
Wampum
Cathedral
Frampton
St. Francis Hospital
Mass surrender of Communist troops near Saigon reported
A company of Communist troops laid down arms three miles northeast of downtown Saigon in the war's largest mass surrender. About half of 121 surrendering guerrillas were North Vietnamese, hunted by South Vietnamese Marines who had killed at least 60 of their comrades in two days of fighting.
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Malayan Communist Party
Ipoh
Kulala Lumpur
Saigon
UPI
Charles Bentley
Richmond
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Canberra
Hobart
Non-public school aid bill approved by Pennsylvania House
The Pennsylvania House gave final approval 107 to 74 to a bill sending about 4.3 million dollars in the first year to purchase secular educational services for private and parochial schools. Gov. Shafer indicated he would sign, with court challenges anticipated. The Senate had cleared the bill 30 to 17 after Shafer administration amendments.
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Harrisburg
UPI
House
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Chamber
Shafer
Senate
Pulaski Sportsman Club to Host 18th Homecoming
The Pulaski Sportsman Club will hold its 18th annual homecoming at the local baseball field June 26 to 29 near the Pa 551 and Pa 208 intersection. Adam Grell is general chairman and Wilson McClenahan is club president. Events include a pet parade with prizes, a Little League game, a drill team performance, games, rides by Merce Amusement Co., and booths from area churches selling food and baked goods.
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Pulaski
Pulaski Sportsman Club
Adam Grell
Wilson McClenahan
West Middlesex Vfw Coed
Merce Amusement Co
North Beaver supervisors explain township finances and tax effects
North Beaver Township officials detail 18000 anticipated revenue from the half per cent wage tax and a 32000 total expected return. They note balances of 8771 and 23686 in wage tax, discuss investing funds for interest, property tax cuts, and possible annex for equipment and meeting space while outlining road maintenance criteria.
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North Beaver Township
Robert Mackie
Mackie
Joseph A. McKim
H. Ross Strodecker
Brewster Rd
McKim
North Beaver
Mohawk
Donald Harmon
Harmon
Howard McConnell
Kyle Rd
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