New Castle Airport seeks federal grant for light jet runway
The New Castle Airport Authority plans to apply for a federal grant of about 163 125 to fund a new 75 foot wide 4 000 foot asphalt runway with lights. A bid by B L Paving Co was 245 763 for study with final costs projected under 290 000. Construction would start within 10 days and be completed in 100 days with a possible September 15 jet operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
B&l Paving Co
N. Liberty St
William G. Eckles
Federal Aviation Agency
Daniel Cassiday
Gerald Curtin
Cnstractors
Penn-Ohio Road Materials Co
Edi RD 1
Ro-Med Construction Co
Ellwood City
Trumbull Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Jerry R. Beavon
Authority
Beavon
Hershey Opposes Draft Switch in Congress Hearing
Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey testifies before the House Armed Services Committee, opposing any change to how young men are drafted. Chairman Rivers hints at lowering the peacetime draft age, potentially to 22 or 23, while noting no commitment to the idea. The debate centers on fairness and access to college for draftees.
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Washington
UPI
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Rivers
Tragedy in Greenville as four drown
Four young Mills children, ages 4 to 8, watched as their mother Irene Mills 54 and daughter Connie Jean Mills 14 drowned in the Shenango River at Greenville Pennsylvania. William Mills 54, a laborer, went in to help and also drowned. The bodies of Irene and Connie Jean were recovered. dragging operations continued for William. The family lived in Hempfield Township and five of seven children were wading near deep holes when Connie Jean ventured too far.
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Greenville
UPI
Wiliam C. Mills
Shenango River
Connie Jean Mills
William Mills
Irene
Shapp to Run Alone for Pennsylvania Governor
Democratic candidate Milton Shapp announced he would run independently of party leaders after failing to secure his preferred state chairman. He will support running mate Leonard C. Staisey and may form his own statewide and county groups and a separate finance committee.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Robert P. Kane
Thomas Z. Minehart
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Leonard C. Staisey
Staisey
Wisconsin lawmakers charged in bribery indictments
Dane County grand jury indicted Assembly Minority Leader Paul Alfonsi and Assemblyman Willis Hutnik for taking bribes to speed a road and banking bill. Milwaukee banker Howard Meister was accused of directing a lobbyist to offer a bribe. Alfonsi and Hutnik pleaded innocent. Meister seeks to challenge the jurors. Trials set for July with motions to quash.
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William E. Hayda
Madison
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
Dane County
Milwaukee
Warren Knowles
Patrick Lucey
Knowles
Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
Willis Hutnik
Howard J. Meister
Alfonsi
Hutnik
Meister
Edwin Wilkie
Western Pennsylvania Weather Fair and Warm Through Friday
Weather today in western Pennsylvania remains fair and warm with highs from 84 to 92 and lows in the 50s. Record shows 24 hour max 89 and min 56 with no precipitation. Shenango River at 4.5 feet, last year 4 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Union Area School Budget Battle Delays 1966-67 Plan
Union Area School District faces a unsettled 1966-67 budget eight days before the fiscal year. Director Joseph Park demands a detailed review of services cut amid a millage reduction and Sunny Ave School closure. Supervising Principal Wendell E. McColgin updates a 1,085,709 spending plan with cuts in winter sports kindergarten milk and about 13 000 in teacher salaries. Park plans a formal letter to President Russell Bowers for a special budget review. The board also votes 20 payments to four teachers for moving supplies from Sunny Ave to Memorial School.
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Union Area
Joseph Park
Park
Sunny Ave
Wendell
E. McColgin
McColgin
Robert L. Pearsall
Russell Bowers
Sunny Ave. School
Memorial School
Clayton Houk
Instrucon
Offensives Grow as U.S. South Viet Nam Crush Communists
UPI report cites two major victories by American troops and South Vietnamese marines, aided by a turncoat lieutenant, with enemy casualties reaching 680. U.S. and allied air power bombed targets north of Hanoi and in Tuy Hoa, while Buddhist leaders clash with Ky's government over raids on sacred ground. Viet Cong faces possible voting restrictions in upcoming elections.
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Bryce Miller
Saigon
UPI
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
U S
Tuy Hoa
Namese
Viet Hoa Dao
Viet Cong
South Viet Nam
Washington
Sept. Il
Dhist
Thich Tam Chau
Vien Hoa Dao Pagoda
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
Communists Eye White House Plan for 1969 Candidate
New York dispatch reports 300 Communist delegates approved a three hour speech by Gus Hall urging a leftist push into mainstream politics. The piece calls for a popular front with peace and civil rights groups to defeat Johnson and the 1968 Republican candidate, noting Sen Wayne Morse as a potential ally.
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Myron Feinsilber
New York
UPI
America
White House
Communist Party
Gus Hall
Hall
Johnson
Viet Nam
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
West Mifflin boys face murder charges in Greenville patrolman slaying
Ron ald Hardin, 15, of West Mifflin, jailed in Mercer County on murder and related charges for the March 21 pistol slaying of Greenville patrolman Rodney Wentling, who was questioning suspects about a stolen auto. Fawcett brothers, also 15 and 14, share similar accusations. earlier hearings were dismissed, prompting re arrest.
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Mercer, Pa
UPI
Ronald Hardin
West Mifflin
Mercer County
Greenville
Hardin
Louis Miller
Coolspring Two
William Fawcett
Edward
Rodney Wentling
Fawcett Brothers
John Q. Stranahan
Stranahan
Justice of the Peace
Virginia
Palmer
Mercer County Dist. Atty
Edward Bell
Allegheny County
U S to aid city's fight on blight
The city earned a federal grant of 21749 to support demolishing 15 large abandoned houses in wards three four and six. Local funds totaling 10000 will supplement the grant with owner contributions and non cash credits. The effort follows prior demolitions this year and last year by the Public Safety and Fire departments.
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U.S
Frank M. Clark
D - Bessemer
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Public Safety
George Rigby
Past President Officiates at YWCA Installation
The article notes a former president officiating the YWCA installation, detailing the ceremony and participants. A brief society update highlights the event’s significance within local civic groups.
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YWCA
Johnsons transportation bill clears first congressional test
President Johnson's proposed department of transportation gained unanimous support from the House government operations subcommittee. Republicans reserved the right to amend when the bill reaches the full committee on June 29 as it would consolidate federal transport activities. Senate hearings on similar plans are under way.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Department of Transportation
House
Federal Transportation
Senate Government Operations Committee
Senate
British war hero denies killing pirate radioman
William O. Smedley a World War II veteran and raid organizer faces murder charges after a mid night boarding party seized Radio City 12 miles offshore. Calvert the station owner was shot in his Wendens Ambo cottage as negotiations failed. Police say Smedley hired ten men to force the broadcast outlet to stay on air.
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Ry Richard A
Radio City
Thames Estuary
P. Reginald H. Calvert
Calvert
Smedley
Wendens Ambo
Scotland Yard
Smediey
Purdy to testify on state wiretap fund inquiry
Former state Police Commissioner E Wilson Purdy will return to Harrisburg from Battle Creek Michigan to testify about the confidential fund used to buy wiretapping equipment. Harry Rossi says investigators aim to learn how the fund operates and who spent from it as part of an audit update and may call additional witnesses after Purdy.
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Harrisburg
UPI
E. Wilson Purdy
Pennsylvania
Harry Rossi
Grace M. Sloan
Purdy
Battle Creek
Mich
Rossi
Willard J. Stanton
Paul A. Rittelmann
De Gaulle Tours Siberia on Russia Visit
President Charles de Gaulle flies to Novosibirsk with Madame de Gaulle on a week long 6000 mile tour of Russia. He is among the first Western leaders to visit the million strong industrial city and may visit a secret rocket base. He will also tour Leningrad Kiev and Volgograd before returning to Moscow June 29 for talks.
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Novosibirsk
U.S.S.R
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Siberian
Russia
Yvonne de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Moscow
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Kiev
Volgograd
Stalingrad
Deaths in local area dated June 23 1966
Frances M Ackerman of 1906 Stanton Ave Mrs Victoria Magusiak Jaworski 79 of 1317 Division St Mrs Eileen Kelley 66 of Enon Valley Charles J Streit 80 of 1407 Delaware Ave
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Frances M. Ackerman
Stanton Ave
Victoria Magusiak Jaworski
Division St
Eileen Kelley
Enon Valley
Charles J. Streit
Delaware Ave
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