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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1972
Page
1
The piece notes longstanding rumors and alleged linkages between Frank Sinatra and organized crime figures, citing Sam Giancana as a reported guest at Sinatra’s Cal Neva Lodge. The discussion continues in "The Mystery of Frank Sinatra" on page 20.
Tuesday night brings rain or drizzle along parts of the middle and North Atlantic coasts with showers in lower Florida lower Plains and upper Rockies. Elsewhere mainly clear to partly cloudy. Western Pennsylvania expected warm humid weather with afternoon showers and possible thundershowers, highs upper 70s to mid 80s, tonight rain and thunderstorms, cooler Wednesday with more showers.
Mrs Helen Bobosky of 611 Etna Street and John H Spain aged 70 of 209 North Shenango Street are listed among deaths. Also shown are Dr Robert D Dickson 55 of Ellwood City Mrs John W Louer 87 of 1006 Delaware Avenue Harold A Gibson 89 of 908 South Cascade Street and Andrew Ratonsky 77 of New Wilmington Route 1.
Hurricane Agnes killed at least 13 people in Florida and Cuba with dozens missing in the Okeechobee area after tornadoes wrecked six mobile home parks. The storm weakened over land as it moved through south Georgia, while Bermuda faced a separate tropical low and a Newport to Bermuda race faced gale warnings.
Bishop Vincent M. Leonard of the Pittsburgh Diocese will speak at the 25th annual Lawrence County Catholic Day in Cascade Park. The program runs 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. with concerts by the Red Coat and Blue Coat Bands, Blessing of the Shrine at 1 p.m., and a 9 p.m. shrine award after Leonard’s address. Mayor Rogan to welcome at 2 p.m. Bus transport will serve outlying parishes.
Pilots returned to work ending a 24 hour strike over hijackings led by IFALPA. The U N Security Council met again but no action. Eastern Air Lines faced the heaviest disruption with 1400 flights canceled and 75,000 passengers affected.
The state Compensation Commission is expected to recommend an annual package of 25 200 dollars for Pennsylvania legislators, comprising 19 200 dollars salary and a 1 000 dollar expense account with required accounting. The current package is 7 200 salary plus 8 400 unaccounted expenses. Commission members did not confirm the report. chairman Richard Schier briefed Gov. Milton Shapp on Monday.
Dr Denton A Cooley testified that he told patient Haskell Karp the truth about donor prospects and that he implanted an artificial heart after failed corrective surgery. Karp died 36 hours after a human heart transplant, wife Shirley sues Cooley and Dr Domingo Liotta for 4.5 million alleging negligence and use as a guinea pig.
In Maine Sen. Margaret Chase Smith 74 defeats mill owner Robert A G Monks 38 by over two to one. She will face Rep. William D Hathaway 48 in November. Hathaway wins Democratic Senate nod after visiting more than 40 Maine towns. Porteous Cohen Violette also secure GOP and Democratic congressional nominations with precinct tallies reported.
The Senate approved a bill extending the President authority for two years to allocate materials for defense contracts and authorize loans and purchases to sustain defense capacities. The power originally set to expire June 30 now continues.
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