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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1964
Page
1
Local industrialists met showing optimism for the United Fund campaign which starts in three months. They noted corporate gifts must rise though past eight years average around $45,000 with 1962 at $56,586, and values have declined since.
A catamaran shaped oil exploration vessel with 43 men aboard struck a natural gas pocket in the Gulf of Mexico and exploded. Coast Guard said 26 survivors, 4 known dead, 13 missing feared dead. ship sank in 15 minutes. Search ongoing from Grand Isle Morgan City Biloxi and New Orleans. The C. T. Baker, owned by Reading and Bates Co was under Pan American Petroleum contract.
Old Timers Day on August 12 features a Grand March prizes and dancing in Cascade Park. Edwin M. Mc Bride Paul F. Butz and Bart Richards lead the committee urging letters to out of town residents inviting their participation.
United Auto Workers and General Motors launched a pivotal bargaining round seen as the most significant since World War II. Walter P. Reuther and Louis G. Seaton led the opening, with talks covering GM Ford Chrysler and AMC contracts. The union seeks early retirement at 60 with up to $400 monthly benefits amid a prospering industry.
A House Senate conference committee formed to reconcile tax bills agreed on a 1.9 billion excise tax compromise. The plan preserves the so called ladies levies by restoring taxes on jewelry cosmetics furs and handbags after the Senate had proposed repeal. Both chambers must approve the draft and President Johnson had urged a resolution.
A pilotless F86 jet crashed into three houses on a crowded Haverhill street killing Pamela Gifford, 11, and Todd Gifford, 8, as they slept. Pilot Dalbert Sullivan parachuted to safety. two homes burned and several cars were damaged.
A House Republican task force warns the limited nuclear test ban treaty endangers U.S. military superiority. It urges a full underground testing program and a ready to test stance across land sea and space to preserve deterrence and warns against overreliance on missiles for defense.
Juana Castro Fidel Castro's sister arrives secretly in Mexico and declares asylum while denouncing her brother as a Communist dictator. She accuses the regime of brutal repression and says she severed ties with Raul Castro, urging solidarity with Cubans seeking freedom.
Lake Erie shows southwest winds 8 to 12 knots morning rising to 11 to 16 knots afternoon and 17 to 21 knots tonight. Fair to day with a chance of thundershowers tonight. Western Pennsylvania warm today with highs 86 to 94 and partly cloudy skies. Widely scattered thundershowers tonight and Wednesday, cooler north Wednesday. 24 hour figures: max 92, min 61, no precipitation. Shenango River stage 4.2 feet.
W H Sammis, president of Penn Power Co, retires after long service. Details of succession and company plans to announce a replacement at a forthcoming board meeting.
Obituaries list five local residents including Mary Maravola 79 of Hillsville Mildred Blythe 60 of Wampum Beulah Hoffman 53 of Ellwood City Joseph E McCarthy 57 of Ellwood City and Beulah Wirth 37 of Ellport with Ellwood Page reference.
Manila wakes to Typhoon Winnie with 118 mph winds causing ten deaths and widespread destruction. Houses collapse flood streets and power lines fail as UPI reports roofs ripped from buildings and communications disrupted across the capital Manila.
UPI reports communist guerrillas shot down a U S Army turbo jet helicopter in central Viet Nam killing two Americans and wounding two. It marked the second fatal crash in as many days, raising the two day toll to six Americans killed and two wounded, with total U S service deaths in South Viet Nam reaching 243 since January 1961.
Cape Kennedy reports the Atlas Centaur moon rocket failed to reach orbit during a critical test for next year's unmanned lunar landing. The Centaur upper stage shut down two minutes early after eight minutes of flight, despite an initial appear good start and high expectations from scientists.
Britt Sullivan, 29, a former Navy Wave and mother of a seven year old, vanished after sharks surrounded her as she swam from Montauk toward Europe. Coast Guard crews conducted a daylong search, with a final dawn attempt, but she remains missing.
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