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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1964
Page
4
The piece rails at Beverly Hillbillies top ratings and frets about TV's quality. It quotes Newton Minow criticizing broadcaster dependence on advertisers and warns about commercial influence on content. It notes Minow’s Washington speech and urges readers to send letters to him.
A witty column from The Lapeer County Press notes fashion outside allure contrasts with inner uncertainties. The piece playfully critiques vanity and social display while hinting at deeper character questions among contemporaries.
Reports from London declare Odessa the port of the Black Sea has fallen to Soviet forces as banners rise along the Russian frontiers. Berlin says U S air task forces launched mass attacks on Belgian and French factories and air fields, reporting light opposition and minimal flak. A separate note mentions an Easter Sunday church turnout in Corry and a gas-leak incident at Church and Concord streets Saturday night. A Pittsfield auto crash is noted with injuries. 20 years ago, April 10, 1944, the All-Asto Minstrel Show was postponed to April 22.
Frank G. Jones, local contractor, will break ground tomorrow for the new Corry northside fire station on the site recently purchased by the city on East Washington Street. The Corry Rotary Club plans a large delegation to Buffalo for the 27th district Rotary International conference with President Olin W. Bracken attending as the Corry club's official representative. Cho-Gho the health clown will visit the high school auditorium Tuesday afternoon to entertain and encourage dental health. Raymond Henry E Don’t MacKenzie, born April 6 to Mr and Mrs Henry Querreveld, joins the Family cast. veterans of Foreign Wars minstrel roles announced for upcoming production.
Washington column outlines long habit of congressional junkets by Rep. Adam Clayton Pawel and Sen. Allen Ellender, with Nedzi as a young offender, detailing travel paid by taxpayers and embassy funds. It notes Senate Rules Committee’s role in probe of Bobby Baker and campaign contributions, urging immediate inquiry and presenting leads on Kerr and Morton finances and a Tydings letter on Puerto Rico savings and loan schemes.
The text discusses subpoenas for specific documents versus fishing expeditions, a 1958 primary contribution by Hugh Scott, Alabama first lady snubs Lyndon Johnson, Johnson pressing enforcement of civil rights, and a shift in Chinese public schools from Russian to English after 15 years.
Pittsburgh police hold Sylvester Kleiber 41 and a woman after the death of Mrs. Alice Colgan 52. Colgan's body was found in an alley with facial injuries and skull fracture after being last seen at a Hazelwood tavern with Kleiber. Police say Kleiber admitted placing the body there and the woman is a material witness.
Jim Bishop argues lawmakers threaten free press, citing historic protections and recent attempts to curb reporting. He warns against censorship, cites legal pressure, and recalls cases across the United States where journalists faced contempt or restraint for reporting on crime and politics. He urges readers to resist measures that would handcuff journalism.
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