Stanton acquitted prompts review of Carcaci case
Lt. Col. Paul A. Rittelmann acting state police commissioner weighed whether to proceed with court martial plans for Det. Angelo Carcaci after Maj. Willard J. Stanton was fully acquitted on wiretap charges. The three member board found Stanton not guilty of buying wiretapping gear and of insubordination.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Paul A. Rittelmann
Angelo Carcaci
Willard J. Stanton
Stanton
Rittelmann
Rittermann
Huetle F. Dowling
Mesta Demonstrates Largest Dynapak press for Alcoa General Dynamics
Officials from Mesta Machine Alcoa and General Dynamics tested the Dynapak high energy rate press built for General Dynamics Electro Dynamic division. The 29 foot tall unit will be installed at Alcoa New Kensington to form aluminum impact extrusions including the Snakeye bomb retarder. The first model priced near 300000 will deliver over 550000 foot pounds of kinetic energy and was shown at a luncheon in Castleton with manufacturing starting last year.
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Mesta Machine Company
Castleton
Mesta
Alcoa
General Dynamics
Electro Dynamic
New Kensington
Bob Page
Mark Ziegler
Frank Moesta
New Castle
Charles LeRoy
Alvin Karp
Robert Boyce
Milton Chanin
Daniel Dugan
Roy Wagner
Ziegler
Page
De Gaulle discusses Vietnam peace with Soviet leaders in Moscow
President Charles de Gaulle met for three hours with Premier Kosygin and Party Chief Brezhnev in the Kremlin to seek Soviet backing for future peace efforts in Vietnam. The talks stressed expanding Soviet French ties and common views on international issues.
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Moscow
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Alexei Kosygin
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
St. Catherines
Kremlin
U.S.S.R
France
Viet Nam
Moscow University
Lenin Hills
Russia
Federal loan approved for 120 low rent homes
A $1.8 million federal loan will fund 120 low rent homes along Neshannock Ave in New Castle. Lawrence County Housing Authority and Central Area Renewal project will demolish about 50 older homes and build apartment and town house style units. Thirty units are for the elderly with rents set by household size.
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Neshannock Ave
U.S
Frank M. Clark
D-Bessemer
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lawrence County Housing Authority
Central Area
North St. Bridge
Rural Ave
Richard M. Hietsch
LCHA
Public hearing set on New Castle Bypass desirability
A public hearing will be held at 10 a.m. July 14 in courtroom one at the county courthouse to assess the desirability of the proposed New Castle Bypass expressway. William F. Troxell of the state Highway Department will hear testimony on desirability only, not damages, with local officials calling the project a key to county economic growth.
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New Castle
Richard E. Whittaker
Leawood Drive
Neshannock Township
France Sets 1968 Date for H-Bomb Test in Pacific
United Press International reports France plans to explode its first hydrogen bomb in the Pacific in 1968. A test program to evaluate atomic triggers will start late this month or early next at Moruroa Atoll in the South Seas, about 800 miles southwest of Tahiti.
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Washington
UPI
Pacific
United Press International
Moruroa Atoll
South Seas
Tahiti
Red attacks repulsed as ground fighting rages in Vietnam
UPI report from Saigon notes a stand off between American and Communist jets over North Vietnam. Meanwhile paratroopers and air cavalrymen repelled a Viet Cong assault, turning the ground fighting into a costly setback for the Communists as more U.S. troops engaged than in prior actions.
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Richard H. Growald
Saigon
UPI
North Viet Nam
U.S
Democrats face rift as Shapp loses bid for state chair
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania Democrats debated unity as gubernatorial nominee Milton Shapp failed to secure his choice for state chairman. The state committee elected Thomas Z. Minehart 59 Fort Washington over Robert Kane 35 York after a two and a half hour meeting. Shapp planned a separate campaign group while accepting the committee’s decision.
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Harrisburg
UPT
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Democratic State Committee
Shapp
Thomas Z. Minehart
Fort Washington
Montgomery County
Robert P. Kane
York
Robert P Casey
Minehart
Sha
Kane
Satz unanimously elected GOP county chairman in Lawrence County
Arnold Satz won a unanimous vote as Republican chairman of Lawrence County at Lakewood Beach Park. He also selected a two year slate including Mrs. Robert Gordon as vice chair and Dorothy Taylor as assistant secretary, with Eugene Glover as treasurer. Incumbents Ruth Crawford and others spoke on party direction and support.
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New Castle News
GOP
Arnold Satz
Sumner Ave
Right
Lawrence County
Richard N. McKee
Dominic Caminite
Ellwood City
Dorothy Taylor
W. Grant St
Robert Gordon
Satz
Lakewood Beach Park
New Castle Foundry Co
Florence Kildoo
Leon Shoup
Robert B. Gordon
Eugene Glover
Ludwig Rd
Taylor
Glover
Caminile
Gordon
McKeen
Arnold
Ruth Crawford
Philadelphia
Raymond Broderick
Robert Pearsall
Donald W. Fox
Enon Valley
Mark H. Ruthledge
Evans City
John Heath
Beaver
Congress
Pitch Blenders
New Castle
Sweet Adelines International Girls
Merle Hoover
Blind Mrs. Fox Joins Geneva College Faculty
Nancy Fox, blinded by illness at age seven, earns a science degree and postgrad work then becomes a speech therapist and future instructor at Geneva College in Ellwood City. She defies prejudice, using humor to overcome barriers and plan a teaching career despite blindness.
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Elliott Hall
Ellwood City
Nancy Fox
Geneva College
Fox
Charles
Slippery Rock State College
University of Pittsburgh
Penn State
Sunny Ave
Communist party eyes popular front leadership in America
The Communist party of the United States, now numbering about 12 000, seeks a new leftist coalition and names candidates for office as it opens its 18th national convention in Manhattan. Gus Hall, its aging spokesman, says the two party system stifles expression and a renew ed avenue will emerge through a popular front.
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New York
UPI
Communist Party of the
United States
America
Gus Hall
New York City
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Moscow
Hall
America’s
Soviet Union
Death notices for five local residents reported
Byron W. Pitzer 79 of 912 W Clayton St Mrs George W Seamans 74 of 220 Smithfield St Mrs Amanda Mae Sherbine 921 Maryland Ave William Joseph Glassel 86 of Bessemer Mrs James W Downing 71 of Portersville are listed with ages and addresses in a death record.
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Byron W. Pitzer
W. Clayton St
George W. Seamans
Smithfield St
Amanda Mae Sherbine
Maryland Ave
William Joseph Glassel
Bessemer
Courts on Trial as Crime Rate Rises Page 4
The section notes ongoing court actions as crime rates increase. A separate highlight calls Laurel High’s Section 6 all-star team dominating with four players on the first unit. A later item references Frank Robinson’s sensational catch drawing protests from the Yankees.
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Laurel High
Page
Frank Robinson
Yankees
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Carcaci
Viet
Joseph W. Grigg
Hietsch
New Castle Redevelopment Authority
Housing Authority
Shapps
William Edenburger
Genevieve Blatt
Miss Blatt
Shenango River
Ellwood
By Neil A. Martin
Dingy
Webster Hall
Lower Manhattan
East Village
Union Square
W. 26Th St
Fifth Ave
William Z. Foster
Eugene Dennis
Benjamin J. Davis Jr
Popular Front
James W. Downing
Portersville
Business World
Sr Society
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