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Newspaper

New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1961

Page

2

Moravia Fire Hall Sees July Pumping Practice Plans

Seventh Ward Firemen meet in Moravia to schedule July pumping drills at Lynn Davis Farm Moravia Petersburg Rd by the lake. Don Tindall presides while Chief Robert Brest notes June no fire calls and upcoming training plus new tables approved. Next session July 27 Mt Jackson Winger Hall.

North Beaver Moravia Don Tindall Robert Brest Lawrence County Brest Lynn Davis Moravia-Petersburg Rd Moravia Company Winger Hall Mt. Jackson

Pittsburgh Picnic Bus Chartered for Italian Day Trip

New Castle Council 74 Sons of Columbus chartered a bus for members to attend Italian American Day at West View Park Pittsburgh on July 2. Mrs Jennie Rainey handles reservations and a few spots may still be available before departure. The bus picks up at Love Coal Co S Mill St at 1 p m and near the Liberty Hotel N Liberty St Seventh Ward at 1 15 p m.

New Castle

Presbyterian Church Communion Sunday Service at 11

Mahongingtown Presbyterian Church will hold its quarterly communion during the 11 o'clock worship as Rev. W. F. Byers serves. The Pastor's Youth Class meets at 10 a.m. during the Sunday School hour.

Mahongingtown

Fractures Arm In Baseball Injury

John McConahy 11 fractured his left arm during a baseball game yesterday. He received treatment at Jameson Memorial Hospital and was released.

John McConahy Jameson Memorial Hospital

City Hopes for Uniform Union Pact Rates

City eyeing a contract with Union and Shenango towns to set uniform tap in and sewer charges. Council debates arbitration and the need for a triennial rate review while seeking to protect taxpayers from major repair costs. July 11 target pushed as negotiations continue and penalties discussed.

Richard H. Biddle Young Public Utility Commission Union Shenango Twos South New Castle Biddle New Castle

Storm shuts radio system and floods area

A storm swept the region disabling the police radio system briefly and bringing 1.63 inches of rain. No local Red Cross reports of losses followed, while Enon Valley Bessemer and New Wilmington also reported no damages.

The American Red Cross Enon Valley Bessemer New Wilmington

Maxwell Downs Sustains Head Laceration in Fall

Maxwell Downs aged 67 of 837 Croton Ave. suffered a one inch head laceration after a fall at a store in East New Castle yesterday. He was admitted to New Castle Hospital where his condition today is listed as fair.

Maxwell Downs Croton Ave East New Castle New Castle Hospital

Mercer motorists see giant eveonomy parking rates

Pa Newc reports low cost parking in Mercer County with two hours five cents four hours ten cents and ten hours twenty five cents. He also notes road work along Rt 168 without warning signs and praises Franklin office crews for safety.

Mercer Pa Newc Rt. 168 Mercer County Line Franklin

GOP Eyes Making Issue at July Voter Registration Plan

GOP leaders outlined a July plan to boost field registrations for August. Simp son will run sessions in the county on Mon Wed Fri, with Raymond Kearns arranging city meetings Tue Thu. An intensive campaign to out-register Democrats was promised, featuring county candidates and party officials.

Ings Long Simpson Raymond Kearns Coen John F. Henderson Kenneth E. Fox Jr Elmer D. Nesbitt Henderson U. S Barry Goldwater Arizona GOP Joseph Eckert Ellwood City The Second Baptist Church Cal McCracken Young Republican Club

Wolf Faces Embezzlement Hearing In Butler

Herman B. Wolf 28 of Valencia faced a hearing in Butler on a charge he embezzled about 5000 dollars from H. P. Kennihan and Son Inc where he worked as a bookkeeper. Middlesex Township police arrested him as an audit of the firm’s books began.

Butler UPI Herman B. Wolf Valencia H. P. Kennihan and Son, Inc Wolf Middlesex Two

Ready To Open Annual Dutch Folk Festival

The eight day Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival at Kutztown Fair Grounds opens Saturday July 1. Exhibits and Pennsylvania Dutch foods will welcome visitors with daily Dutch choruses and demonstrations of dancing and crafts. Farm women from church and grange groups will prepare and serve the meals.

Kutztown UPI Kutztown Fair Route 222 Reading Allentown

Recover Two More Bodies In Tragic Pacific Plunge

Ed Koterba a 42 year old United Feature Syndicate columnist and plane crash victim is flown to Waynesboro Pa. while Don Cornwell a 40 year old pilot for El Paso Natural Gas Co. is also recovered. The twin eng plane struck power lines and plunged into the Pacific Ocean near Lapush Wash. Wave crews recovered the remaining three victims from the surf shortly after the crash.

Seattle UPS Ed Koterba United Feature Syndicate Waynesboro Koterba Pacific Northwest Pacific Ocean Lapush Wash Don Cornwell Fl Paso Natural Gas Co

Sunday Concert Program By St Margaret's Band Announced

The City Recreation Board opens summer concerts led by director Ralph Gaspare. St Margaret's Band performs Sunday 7 to 9 p m at Boyles Playground with pieces including Semper Fidelis Overture Malaguena and Stars and Stripes Forever. The shows travel to West Side South Side Cascade Park and Mahoningtown through local musicians union cooperation.

St. Margaret's Boyles Playground City Recreation Board Migon Malaguena South Pacific Stars and Stripes Forever Sumer West Side South Side Cascade Park Mahoningtown Ralph Gaspare

Christ Crusader Youth Conference Opens This Weekend

The sixth annual Christ Crusader Youth Conference of the Northwestern District of the Christian Churches of North America runs today through Sunday at the district camp grounds in Sharpsville. Featured workers include David Wilkerson of Teen-Age Evangelism New York City and the Couriers Quartet of Harrisburg, plus a district choir and local youths from Christian Assembly Church Taylor Street.

Christ Crusader Christian Churches of North America Sharpsville David Wilkerson New York City Couriers Quartet Harrisburg Christian Assembly Taylor St

Picnic Saturday at Camp Grounds

The Dewey Ave Free Methodist Church schedules a picnic at the Free Methodist Camp Grounds on Scott Street starting at 12 30 p.m. Rev John Alden is the church pastor.

Dewey Ave Free Methodist Church Free Methodist Scott St John Alden

Forged $800 Check Passed At Local Bank

An $800 check was forged and passed at Peoples Bank of Lawrence County. Det. Sgt. Sam DeCarlo said several suspects have signatures sent to the FBI for comparison. A man used a check on R. J. Leasure Mobil Service payable to Teddy Kosciuszko at E Washington Street office near closing after three blank checks were stolen in a burglary last year.

Peoples Bank Lawrence County Sam DeCarlo Federal Bureau of Investigation E. Washington St R. J. Leasure Mobil Service Highland Ave Teddy Kosciuszko

Hollywood Pitcher Ronnie Kline Arrested for Drunken Driving

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Ronnie Kline, 29, told police he had ten to twelve scotches and failed a sobriety test after his car sped from a stop sign and scraped the curb. He was booked at Hollywood station and released on $260 bail with a court appearance next Wednesday. Teammate Eli Grba, not held, was aboard the vehicle.

Kline Pitcher Angeles Hollywood Callery Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals

Bar Association backs push for court administrator bill

The Pennsylvania Bar Association ends a three day session in Bedford with a call to pass a court administrator bill. President Thomas W. Pomeroy Jr. announces a special committee led by J. Wesley McWilliams to push for legislative action amid growing court congestion after a Senate panel defeated a similar plan supported by Attorney General Anne X. Alpern.

J. Wesley McWilliams Philadelphia Bar Association Senate Anne X. Alpern

River compact measure passes House for Delaware basin

The House approved by voice vote a federal interstate compact creating a five member Delaware River basin commission to develop and operate the plan. The panel will include one federal representative and officials from Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Delaware amid some Republican grumbling.

Washington UPI House Delaware River Judiciary Committee Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Delaware

U S Steel Told To Pay Miller Damages After 1957 Fall

A Federal Court jury awarded John E. Miller of Toledo $9,000 for injuries from a seven story fall during construction in Toledo on December 17 1957. Miller worked for Bentley and Sons which held a Bentley sub contract from U S Steel’s American Bridge Division.

Pittsburgh UPI U. S. Steel Corp John E. Miller Toledo Ohio Miller Bentley and Sons Bentley American Pridge U. S. Steel

Eisenhower to Receive First Gettysburg Fellowship Award

Former President Dwight D Eisenhower will receive the first Fellowship Award Medal from the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association at a 3 p.m. ceremony in his Gettysburg office. The award marks the start of a fundraising drive to buy battlefield lands not owned by the federal government and place them in a trust for the National Park Service.

Gettysburg, Pa UPI Dwight D. Eisenhower Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association Eisenhower Gettysburg National Park Service

New Charges Filed Against Robber in Pittsburgh Case

Leo Friel 35 of Pottstown and Pittsburgh faces added counts in Pittsburgh Central Police Court including bad check passing false pretenses to rent a car auto theft and using another man’s dining card. He awaits trial for an armed robbery of Lawrenceville Federal Savings and Loan and a separate $4 000 payroll messenger robbery in Malvern.

Pittsburgh UPI Leo Friel Pottstown Central Police Lawrenceville Malvern

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