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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1966
Page
2
An opinion piece argues that government rights are essential alongside individual civil rights. It lists duties citizens owe, including loyalty, obedience to laws, paying taxes, resisting exploitation of freedoms, supporting law enforcement, equality, preserving traditions, and voting. It frames government as democracy's final safeguard against tyranny.
A fragmentary report recalls early warnings from world leaders about rapid population growth and potential food shortages. It cites a UN study predicting doubling of population in forty years, with US birth rates dipping and leaders like Dr. Alan Guttmacher and Pope estimating drastic shifts in growth and policy responses.
Yesterday's Memories of Corry notes Chief Justice Stone's death prompting a seven member Supreme Court. Henry W Firster dies at Ajax Tron Works from a brain hemorrhage. Hillstrom buys Hatch estate land on East Wayne. Mrs Carl Peterson becomes tax office clerk. License plate missing then found. City Bowling League crowns City Market as champion. Olin Simmons leads.
Ex mayor C L Alexander and Barney Heyman escaped injury when a Cadillac sedan driven by Alexander overturned on Findley Lake road. Don Stewart reports radio club improvements, a new brick fireproof garage on Franklin street begins construction, Vera Young marries Robert Henderson in Mercer, police seize a suspect’s jug contents for analysis, and projections discuss birthrates and pacific fears amid looming bomb anxieties.
Corry high school alumni Dennis J. Becker and Leo Higley were named to the dean's list at Mid Term at Erie Business Center in Erie. Becker is the son of Mrs. Edward J. Becker of 139 East Irving Street and Higley the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Higley of 322 East Fifth Street. Dean's list honors go to students with an average of B or higher in all subjects.
The Corry Evening Journal issues a notice detailing subscription and mailing rates. It shows annual mail price of 13.00 in advance and cents per copy for local delivery, with weekly pricing around sixty cents, and lists advertising rates and office details.
City Engineer and Administrator respond to reader inquiries about composting as a waste solution and the city budget. They note composting is not yet economically justified for Corry, discuss central plants, and outline real estate and earned income tax figures totaling about 270000 dollars used for streets, police, and city operations.
On this date Shakespeare was born in 1564 and George Washington moved into the first presidential mansion in New York in 1789. In 1888 regular transatlantic service began, and in 1896 New York hosted the first public motion picture showing. A 1940 Natchez dance hall fire killed 212.
An article extols the National Institutes of Health as the U S Public Health Service research center in Bethesda Maryland. It summarizes institutes including Allergy and Infectious Diseases Cancer Heart Mental Health Neurological Diseases and Dental Research, noting goals like cancer prevention and vaccine-like immunization efforts.
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