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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1971
Page
1
An elderly refugee woman sits at Dum Dum Airport in Calcutta waiting for transport to another camp. The mass movement of refugees from Pakistan saw many fromCalcutta moved to less crowded sites near the India Pakistan border.
Hazy hot and humid today with possible thundershowers. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and humid nights mid 60s to low 70s. Lake Erie winds southwest 10 to 15 knots rising to 15 to 20 knots with thunderstorms. Shenango River at 4.95 feet. Moraine State Park records 81 degrees and 3 mph south winds with 17,356 attendees on Tuesday.
Tass reports cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev died upon soft landing in Central Asia after a 23 day 17 hour mission. Investigators weigh weightlessness and re entry shock as possible causes. World leaders and agencies react with mourning and sympathy.
Joseph Colombo Sr a noted Brooklyn underworld figure remained in a coma after a shooting at an Italian American rally near Central Park. Doctors warned the next 48 to 72 hours would be critical as police pursued motives and the attacker Jerome A Johnson was killed at the scene.
Senator Gravel exposes hundreds of pages of the secret Pentagon study, reading from the summary in a public session. He accuses the Nixon White House of silencing the Senate and vows to continue reading the rest on the Senate floor.
The Lawrence County Industrial Development Corporation finances W R Grace Co six hundred thousand dollars to acquire renovate and expand the Dyfoam plant on E Cherry St with new machinery and a product line growth expected to create fifty jobs over two years.
Rep Frank M Clark announced federal approval for the city to purchase eight 33 passenger buses. The U S Department of Transportation will provide 110200 with an additional 36733 later, bringing total cost to 220400 with city and state sharing the balance. City funds come from a 1969 bond issue. Advertisement for the new fleet will follow once specs are approved.
A five member Democratic screening committee in Harrisburg will wait for guidance before filling jobs at the local PennDOT garage. The panel aims to approve names for submission to PennDOT personnel after a court ruling gives the governor hiring authority in patronage cases. The committee includes Ralph Audino and Dominick Cioffi among others.
The New Castle News was late yesterday due to defective newsprint causing tearing and press delays. No specific stories or names are affected beyond the timing note.
A Senate subcommittee says it has substantial evidence of union funds being misused in the $250,000 re election campaign of United Mine Workers president W A Tony Boyle in 1969. Chairman Harrison A Williams Jr says officers were required to contribute to the Boyle fund on a salary based scale.
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