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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1968
Page
2
An Our Opinion notice highlights a big Easter attraction tonight and Saturday late shows featuring an Academy Award winner Best Director Joseph E Levine. The ad proclaims a last feature titled Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.
Analysis suggests Lyndon Johnson faces a paradoxical political truce as Vietnam policy continues doubles as a shield. He remains commander in chief while party defections persist and Bobby Kennedy lurks. The piece frames a lame duck presidency turning strategic, potentially shaping August talks and convention outcomes.
The Board of Education postponed action on the tentative 146 49 school district budget to a special meeting scheduled for Wednesday April 21. City police investigated a gang beating on Grove Street as four youths fled in a nearby car after a street fight was reported late last night. Gas prospect on Carter Hill north of Corry brightened as the Pennsylvania Gas Company struck a small gas flow in its fourth well. Mayor Bracken urged county leaders to curb peddling at a meeting of the County Credit Exchange directors. Raleigh VanTassel was elected to the Erie County Game and Fish Protective Association board at its annual meeting in Erie.
A collage of local notes reports minor police mishaps, education honors, and public matters. Items include a patrol car bump, a gas tank puncture incident, academic honors for Corry and Tri-State College students, a push for industrial arts at Corry Area High School, and remarks on budget timing and Easter vacations.
Text appears to be a partial masthead for the Corry Evening Journal with staff roles and publishing details. It lists editors and managers, a note on Associated Press affiliation, mailing rates, and advertising deadlines, but lacks a clear news event or story to summarize.
The City Engineer responds to inquiries from Corry residents about removing unsightly steel hoppers near West Washington Street, paving dirt streets, and the status of a drozea project. He notes legal limits on city powers, costs, and zoning rules for heavy commercial use, promising to contact the owner about the hoppers and reporting two new drayza constructions planned this year.
Hal Boyle profiles Albert R. Broccoli known as Cubby, builder of the James Bond empire. His five Bond films cost 22 million and grossed about 150 million, with seven more planned and a 12 million project Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in progress. He notes Sound of Music’s success and his path from a Long Island farm to Hollywood via varied early jobs and a Navy career.
On April 13 events include Thomas Jefferson’s birth in 1743 at Albemarle County Virginia and Richard II of England’s birth in 1386. Henry IV’s Edict of Nantes in 1598 offered Protestant Huguenots liberty, Washington’s 1776 arrival in New York, and Britain France pledging aid to Greece and Romania in 1939.
The increased interest applies to all outstanding Series E bonds. Bonds issued prior to the change would not be required to redeem to receive the higher rate. The rate rose from 3 3/4 percent to 4.15 percent effective December.
The notice lists contact details for state and U S officials including Assemblyman Forest Hopkins in the Northeast, State Senator James Willard in Mercer County, U S Senators Hugh Scott and Joseph Clark in Philadelphia, and U S Congressman Joseph Vigorito of Erie with addresses at state and federal capitols.
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