25 Mar 1967
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1967
Page
1
Riot police from a dozen departments moved crowds away from the beach after a rock n roll dance. A melee followed a firecracker incident near Time Square. About 100 students were arrested and one officer was reportedly injured as rioters damaged vehicles and disrupted traffic on the beach highway.
FBI agents using three bulldozers hunted a so called gangland cemetery at a central New Jersey chicken farm where two Cosa Nostra figures were unearthed. Authorities expect more bodies as the investigation into disappearances linked to Tony Strollo and Vincent Squillante widens.
Washington reports light congressional mail on the draft with sentiment favoring continued college deferments. Proposals would shift to calling younger eligibles first, while maintaining deferments for students. Mothers and parents of 19-year-olds lead opposition to drafting the youngest group first.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says Chicago reneged on integration promises and faces intensified demonstrations this summer. He warns of a racially charged march into Cicero, comparing the struggle to Selma and urging action against open housing resistance.
United Press International reports the Great Plains endure a severe spring drought as record heat and 60 mph winds whip dust across Kansas farmlands. Cattlemen and farmers seek rain though none is sighted, with visibility near zero in many wheat regions and driving warnings issued.
Thieves attempted to burglarize a safe at Union Area High School during the night. Custodian Charles Clark found broken windows and plaster from the wall where entry was made. Desks in the office were ransacked but nothing appeared stolen. The principal Paul Rowland noted the safe no longer holds large sums, only permanent records. State police also investigate a burglary at George Moses home on Ellwood Road, where a rifle and pistol were reported missing.
In Freetown a military coup leadership asks Lt. Col. Ambrose Genda of Sierra Leone's UN delegation to return and take command. Genda reports no confirmation. Brig. Lansana's arrest triggers constitutional crisis as premier and governor general are detained and a new government claimed by Sir Albert Margai arises amid mutinous chaos.
With State Department approval two American doctors Hagler and Taylor slipped into Havana from Spain to operate on Rev. Herbert Caudill a 67 year old Baptist missionary jailed in Cuba for currency violation and counter revolutionary activities The operation aimed at saving his remaining good eye and was reported successful though performed under restricted access in Cuba.
Isadore J. Fratz aged 82 of 230 West Sheridan Avenue and Mary C. Rosano aged 82 of Pittsburgh are listed in the death records for Saturday March 25 1967.
U S Marines repelled multiple North Vietnamese attacks across the DMZ with 146 enemy reported killed and 25 Marines dead and 154 wounded. In the south near Da Nang Viet Cong ambushed three convoys, causing heavy South Vietnamese and Marine casualties and destroying 82 vehicles. Weather hampered air strikes on North Vietnam while Navy jets targeted Bac Giang power plant. Elite units pressed to seize Gio Linh and Con Thien mountains as big 175 mm howitzers faced continued assault.
Increasing cloudiness and warmer today with a chance of showers this afternoon and tonight. Highs in the 40s to lower 50s in the southwest. lows in the 30s to low 40s. Sunday, more clouds and scattered showers. Lake Erie winds southeast 15 to 25 knots with occasional showers. 24 hour period high 45, low 23. precipitation none. Shenango River stage 6.4 feet.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel welcomed their tenth child at Georgetown University Hospital. The six week premature boy, delivered by caesarean section, was in excellent condition in a nursery for premature babies. RFK said the baby takes after Ethel's side of the family.
Local NFO members met at the farm of Arthur Thompson in Pulaski and voted unanimously to keep holding milk as the action enters its third week. Two local shippers joined the boycott with local farmers, and contracts have been signed with dealers in Mercer County. NFC President Oren Lee Staley aims for a 2-cent-a-quart or $1 per hundredweight price increase, a 20 percent rise in many states, while some members consider donating unsold milk to charity.
New Castle man Michael Rozzi sustained hand lacerations while fighting a fire at 22642 S Cedar St. He lives next door and broke a window to reach the blaze causing 1200 dollars in damage. Four New Castle fire trucks responded. fire started from a discarded cigarette in a kitchen. Occupants were away. Also reports HI LO weather notes 89 in Omaha and 8 in Philipsburg.
The Shenango UP Choir will sing the cantata Hallelujah What A Savior by John W. Peterson during the Easter Sunday morning service. Solos by Olive Mason Tom Moore Bob Pitzer Walter Luikart and a duet by Bertha Tristman and Edythe Hileman. Harriet Hughes on piano Katherine Mitchell on organ. Ed Seh will narrate and Walter Luikart directs.
Washington UPI report says Mrs Lyndon B Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird return to Washington after a Virgin Islands vacation to spend Easter with the President. Luci and husband Patrick Nugent likely stay in Austin for the weekend.
The pursuit of the Kennedy assassination key witness in Jim Garrison's probe moves toward Chicago as Sheriff Louis Hyde Jr. asks city authorities to locate former club owner Gordon Novel. Novel's attorney says he knows his location and plans motions, while Novel himself calls the investigation a fraud after a Columbus, Ohio, call.
Pope Paul VI stepped from his throne to join the Easter vigil as a simple worshiper at St. Peter's Basilica, part of Holy Week rites. The pontiff will not officiate but participate in the service led by Cardinal Marella, then preside at Easter morning Mass in a Rome suburb before a vast open air Mass in St. Peter's Square.
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