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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1973
Page
10
Members of the Take Me Along cast devote hours to practice as Ed Wheale portrays Nat Miller, the patriarch and local newspaper publisher, delivering the night’s final speech yet needing another run before the show closes.
Saturday night showers are forecast for the Inner Great Lakes and Southern Florida with clear to partly cloudy skies elsewhere. Temperatures span from the mid teens to the low 80s across listed cities, with regional mild and unsettled conditions including afternoon and evening showers and thundershowers in Western Pennsylvania.
Merle De Milley of Turkey City Pa and John W Roch aged 64 of Slippery Rock are among residents noted in the 1974 obituaries column. Elmer G Hall aged 94 of 37 Spring Street and Kathrone Caven aged 1 listed at 521 Wildwood Ave are also recorded in the notices.
Norman Rigotti objects to relocating the Sales and Use Tax office from 1212 Butler Avenue to the Central Building at 1018 Mercer Street in August. He argues higher rent, less convenient customer access, lack of bids, and questions centralization as a reason while naming officials and lawmakers in his appeal.
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev near completion of a 20 page communique signaling the end of Cold War tensions. Brezhnev arrived at La Casa Pacifica in San Clemente California and greeted locals with smiles and waves during a weekend stay.
Two scientists Archibald Tock-Menzies and E. Clayton Link died after deciding not to use a bailout bottle while trapped 880 feet under the sea off Key West. They believed Navy rescue would arrive soon and died of carbon dioxide poisoning before help could reach them. The men had discussed their plan with divers as the submarine became fouled and waited for Navy divers to arrive. The incident occurred a day after funeral services memorialized their work in ocean habitat research. The article also covers post-summit diplomatic notes between the United States and Soviet Union, including talks on arms reduction, trade and cooperation as President Nixon and Premier Brezhnev pursued a summit in Moscow.
Skylab 2 astronauts Joseph Kerwin Alan Bean Owen Mitchell Jack Loustan return from a 28 day orbital mission aboard the recovery ship. Kerwin suffers vomiting dizziness while Pete Conrad and Paul Weitz show better recovery. Doctors predict temporary postflight effects fade as astronauts prepare for future 56 day missions and a Cape Kennedy launch to orbit.
Merle D. Miller, 36, of Turkey City, Lawrence County, was killed when his pickup crossed the center line on Pa. 158 in Wilmington Township, struck a tree, and died of a fractured skull at the scene. The death was ruled a traffic fatality with 15 such deaths recorded in Lawrence County that year.
In Florence Arizona two guards were killed after prisoners seized control of cellblock 3 in the overcrowded state prison. Prison officials said inmates briefly held and then killed the guards during a three hour standoff before most inmates returned to cells. Authorities offered no clear motive and noted the prison has seen prior uprisings without tied demands.
An appeal from a Washington County murder trial argues prosecutorial deals and witness credibility tainted the verdict. Defense seeks reversal, claiming witness Paul Gilly would have testified under a plea deal and that special prosecutor promises affected juror decisions.
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