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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1966
Page
2
About 17 percent of the 9 mill real estate levy has been received. The treasury reports 208 991 dollars in real estate taxes collected so far, with a total expected to reach 1 074 799. First bills went out April 29, versus June 1 last year, due to printer timing.
The New Castle Area School Board awarded contracts for audio visual, library, and home economics equipment totaling 21 015 dollars. Major item is 35 electric typewriters at 9 800 dollars to Paul Melvin Office Machines.
Benjamin F. Lowery 81 of 391 Erie St Akron died at home after a lengthy illness. He was born Aug 15 1884 in Terre Haute Ind and retired from New Castle Steel Works after 44 years. Survived by two sons, three grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Graveside service tomorrow at Oak Park Cemetery New Castle.
A private service will be held tomorrow for James Ernest Ramhoff 1 day of Youngstown who died at 4 10 a m today in North Side Hospital He was born yesterday to Ernest and Louise Zenn Ramhoff He is survived by his parents maternal grandparents and paternal grandmother The service will be in the Davis Welker Funeral Home Youngstown and private interment will follow in a Youngstown Cemetery.
Warm weather draws crowds to area swimming pools and beaches with busy days for sunbathers. Gaston Park staff member Dan Bailey returns to his long standing role serving guests with helpful information as oiling operations continue on county roads and drivers are urged to use caution on slick surfaces.
The General Telephone and Electronics Corp. has re-extended the protest deadline to July 6 for the proposed merger involving Princeton Telephone Co. No protests have been received. If approved, Princeton will join General Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania with 243,000 subscribers and York Telephone and Telegraph Co. may also be folded in. The PUC may rule without a public hearing if no protests are filed.
United Negro College Fund Inc. begins contributions to support 33 Negro institutions and fund scholarships for two local students. Local chairman Richard E. Rentz urges action amid perceived nationwide changes and rising violence, naming 1966 campaign officers and civic leaders.
Lawrence County jury found Arthur Goslee Lewis Forsyth and Keith Zeigler guilty of conspiracy burglary larceny and receiving stolen goods for taking 4700 in U S Savings Bonds 25 trading stamp books and coins from James Speer 208 Sheridan Ave last October. A separate fraud case against Owen Manner was dismissed and jurors were released for next term.
Heat wave in the central and eastern United States enters its fifth day with no relief in sight. Readings in the high 70s to 80s persist as a band of showers and storms stretches from Kansas to Minnesota, with Thursday bringing tornadoes and hail but no serious damage reported. Social notes mention several families visiting and returning home, including Leslie Douglas and family, George Dixon, Lester Held, and Alan Greenberg and family. Charles W. Garbett remains in intensive care at St. Francis Hospital. Jack Costanzo, divorced from Jodi, is noted for his work at a kiss club.
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Lawyers for Jack Ruby planned to petition the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for a new trial. Ruby, 55, was condemned to death for killing Lee Harvey Oswald after Kennedy's assassination. the court faces a summer recess with no ruling expected until fall.
A funeral directory appears at the start of the Want Ad Section listing interment fines funeral directors and the times for services and calling hours.
Patricia Livingston a Union Area School teacher has resigned after five years citing a wide gap between the school’s operating principles and her own. Her letter dated June 13 1966 ends her tenure in the fifth and sixth grades and she declines further comment.
Greyhound buses resume after a six week strike as drivers and station employees accept a federal mediated settlement. Union members vote 3014 to 1115 for the pact, with a 10 cent hourly rise for local drivers and 40 cents per 100 miles for over the road drivers. Full service expected within 24 hours outside the Bay area.
Buchanan County Attorney Harlan Lemon filed legal action to collect about $7,200 in fines from 13 Old Order Amish fathers for not sending children to state approved schools. He noted the fines remain on the books and may be seized against property. three families threaten to move to Wisconsin, with the Fathers named as Joe Borntrager William Schmucker and Perry Miller.
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