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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1968
Page
1
Viet Cong extremists attacked the Son Tra village sweeping through the perimeter and destroying 50 houses. Eighty eight civilians were killed and 103 wounded as 3,000 residents became homeless. Four Viet Cong were killed. U.S. officials called it a major atrocity during the war.
President Johnson signed the 10 percent tax increase in the White House Rose Garden ending an 18 month battle with Congress. The measure raises withholding, affects 82 million of 98 million taxpayers and some corporations, with exemptions for low incomes. The tax retroactively applies April 1 1968 and expires July 1 1969 for individuals and corporations.
Mostly sunny and warmer today in Western Pennsylvania. Partly cloudy, warm and more humid tonight and Sunday. Highs in the 70s to low 80s. tonight’s low 55 to 65. Weather stats show max 73 (81) and min 55 (60) for the 24 hour period ending 7 am.
Saturday obituary records report the death of Lee E. Whitmire Sr., age 71, of Ellwood City and Edwin C. Meyer, age 56, of Syracuse New York, on Saturday June 29 1968.
Gypsy king Al Charmack, 67, lay dying of lung cancer on the eighth floor of Wesley Memorial Hospital Chicago with three family members at his bedside. The hospital limited visitors citing a packed gypsy community, while caravans from across the nation mourn his condition and honor the leader once known as a fortune teller and horse trader.
Sirhan B. Sirhan won a three week delay before entering a plea in the Kennedy assassination case. Judge Richard Schauer ordered a psychiatric examination by Dr. George Abe at Metropolitan State Hospital with results kept confidential to Sirhan and his lawyer. The defense may pursue insanity as a possible defense, delaying trial possibly until fall.
Parsons said Sirhan will be visited Monday by his mother Mrs Mary Sirhan for the first time since his arrest. Mrs Sirhan declined Friday's court appearance health concerns. The family, under police protection after Kennedy's assassination, moved to Pasadena. Adel Sirhan attended Friday's session but did not exchange looks with his brother. A three week continuance was sought to study the grand jury transcript and push the trial past the November election.
Nationwide seamen walkout tied up about 60 percent of U S merchant ships and drew support from other unions. NMU demands raises under 1965 four year pact while management groups say reopenings are exhausted. Strike could widen to dockside cargo handling though military cargo not affected.
Firefighters searched Box 64 at Smithfield and Borough Line and Box 66 at W North and Sankey with no fire reported. They found no Box 65 and suspect a prank by someone pulling a higher numbered box and closing the door.
The Lawrence County Vocational Technical School on Wood Street completed its inaugural year despite unfinished facilities and space constraints. Administrators say 22 courses have emerged, with students praising the program and staff while planning for full operation next fall.
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