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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1964
Page
4
In an election year debate, lawmakers consider higher salaries for top federal officials while noting fringe benefits. The piece critiques a proposed raise to 32 500 dollars for senators and representatives and highlights deductions and allowances as contributing to overall pay.
Rep. Bob Wilson questions President Johnson's claim of 2000 a month in White House savings on electric bills. He calculates that at 1.2 cents per kilowatt hour the impact would require lighting two million 100 watt bulbs for an hour or 5000 bulbs for 14 hours nightly. Press Secretary Salinger declined to comment.
In town is Sgt Lester B Watson a veteran of the air war over Europe who has downed 25 missions and earned multiple awards. The city notes a draft board action calling younger men up to age 25 in line with state selective service orders.
Ninety years after Frank Babbitt first appeared as a pupil at Hatch school and met Jim Morris, the two will mark an annual anniversary with a Blue Bird dinner. Officials withheld project details but reliable sources indicated new construction plans were learned this afternoon.
Jim Bishop argues the government undercounts drug addicts, estimating far higher numbers in New York and nationwide. He describes addicts' lives, costs to taxpayers, and the spiral from addiction to crime, urging recognition and help rather than criminalization.
District Deputy Grand Master Albert Carlburg and his assistants begin a lodge tour this evening to install newly elected officers. Attendants include C. L. Auer E. E. Bush Al Jacobs John Orn and Frank Amidon. G A Stockton butcher on East Washington street was swindled by a check writer last week. Darius B Cooper 66 died at his daughter Mrs Roy Mather 614 South Center street Tuesday morning.
An unsigned Norwalk California letter to Mr Bishop reveals the addict's downward slide from narcotics starting at age 13. He describes withdrawal, shattered schooling, failed relationships, and a plea for help that goes unanswered amid broader social indifference and political priorities.
Washington notes highlight Senator Fulbright's forward look on Cuba Panama and the Cold War and his friction with Secretary Dulles and Johnson. The column credits him with exposing brinkmanship shaping VOA and US information efforts and predicting space race and UN shifts. It links his warnings to current Senate civil rights actions and Panama Canal traffic.
75 year old former Republican congressman Dr Ivor D Fenton was appointed medical director of the State Public Welfare Department in Harrisburg. The longtime delegate who led Pennsylvania's GOP delegation in Congress was defeated two years ago ending a 24 year tenure in the U S House.
A family gathering at the home of Gordon White in Clymer covered by Bear Lake area notes. An all day prayer service was led by Rev Hunsberger at the Bear Lake Evangelical United Brethren Church. George Morton and Grace headed to Texas to visit relatives. Adolph Hamm family visited Mrs Shaffer. Master Sunday in Jamestown and 13 new church members joined the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Harold Ayling and his mother Mrs Barlow returned from Florida.
The nation's official clock was set back 0.1 second as the National Bureau of Standards notes the earth is slowing. Factors listed include tides, the moon, quakes, volcanic eruptions, and satellite absence when boosted or released from the atmosphere. The previous official time change was November 1, 1963.
General Alfred M. Gruenther aged 65 retires as president of the American Red Cross after a seven year and three month tenure. At a farewell ceremony in the Red Cross building lobby he bade staff farewell and received a certificate praising his distinguished service.
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