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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1964
Page
1
In St Augustine Florida segregationists and civil rights demonstrators clashed as about 500 fought in the streets. Twenty one Negroes and three segregationists were hospitalized with injuries and roughly 15 arrests were made.
Barton E Richards editor emeritus of the New Castle News is named chairman of the 1965 United Fund campaign. The drive runs mid September to mid October with no set goal yet. Richards 71 has long journalistic and public service roles including state legislator and editor positions.
Sailors FBI agents and state troopers continued a dawn to dusk search for three missing civil rights workers Andrew Goodman Mickey Schwerner and James Chaney in Mississippi swamps and rural woods. A burned station wagon was found near a swamp edge and reports of sightings proved untrue.
James R. Harvey warned the City Council that rejecting a $600,000 health grant could bar a later similar award. The U S Department of Health Education and Welfare granted funds for a $3 million sewage plant, with a $700,000 Accelerated Public Works grant tied to council opposition.
The borough of Wampum requests a $15,000 federal grant to fund a new building project. Plans call for improved facilities and potential community services, aiming to support local government operations and public programs.
The Senate voted election year tax cuts that could reduce annual revenue by more than 499.5 million dollars.
Western Pennsylvania will see sunny and warmer conditions with a high of 80 to 86 degrees and a clear night with a low of 54 to 60. Saturday also looks sunny and slightly warmer. Lake Erie experiences southwest winds 12 to 20 knots with fair conditions. 24 hour stats show a max 78, min 50 with no precipitation. Shenango River at 4.6 feet.
Friday obituary notes the deaths of Raymond K. Coulter 42 of Aliquippa and William A. Ritter 93 of Frisco Ellwood Page. The notices identify ages and hometowns in a concise death record column.
A loud explosion in New Castle near the Pennsylvania Railroad spur yesterday killed six people and sparked a fire response. FAA official said F102 fighters could have caused a sonic boom, though no records confirm it. Police suspect sonic boom. plant tests denied by American Cyanamid.
A tractor-trailer loaded with ammonium nitrate burst into flames on a Pennsylvania highway near Bushkill, killing six, injuring ten, and blowing apart The Reptile Farm tourist attraction. Three volunteer firemen and a Baltimore woman on her honeymoon were among the dead, while the driver escaped. A 50 foot crater marred the road and nearby buildings suffered extensive damage as snakes were hurled through the air during the blast.
UPI reports a blazing heat wave and tinder dry forests in California with about 100 fires breaking out on Thursday. A fire-fighting plane crashed into Prosser Dam near Truckee killing the pilot while Furnace Creek hit 120 degrees, close to a U S record. Doris Book, 27, of New Castle is listed in fair condition after a barn roof fall with multiple fractures.
Gov. William Scranton denounces the Johnson administration for not believing in the future and the Goldwater wing for neglecting it. Speaking at a Detroit Press Club lunch, he outlines a program to harness automation, retrain workers, and align education with the new economy while courting GOP delegates for the nomination.
Washington reports the United States Britain and France say they are ready to seize any opportunity to resolve Berlin and a divided Germany with the Soviet Union.
Two earthquakes about 50 minutes apart shook central New Hampshire. The quakes were felt in a 50 mile arc from Laconia to Claremont and from Lebanon to Concord with no injuries reported.
City Council awarded a 29361 contract to Seltzer and Young Inc for a new bath house at Cascade Park. Work will start by Monday, with completion expected in late August. Total project cost 31122, including a 1761 architect fee and a 15100 federal grant matched by the city.
William P. Cioffi, 21, of 1706 Carlisle Street told city police yesterday that at 3 a.m. he fell asleep while driving south on Highland Avenue and his auto struck a parked car. The parked car is owned by Louis M. Conti of 70742 Highland Avenue, in front of Conti’s home where the accident occurred.
In Washington a bipartisan House vote approved a $375 million program to improve urban mass transportation. President Johnson called traffic congestion a threat to metropolitan areas as lawmakers backed the plan.
The county school board approved a 1964 65 budget of 216 954 for special education up 21 781 from the present year. Teachers salaries rise from 143 800 to 158 250 and add one new teacher in each of three instructional programs plus a speech and hearing therapist.
New York City's police department dismissed ten officers after a secret three year inquiry found payoffs to gamblers. Commissioner Michael J. Murphy promised more discipline as the 48 member undercover unit was dissolved and officers were reassigned. Lt. Stanley Koutnik was among those fired.
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