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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1968
Page
2
The Corby Journal honors police officers who completed the State Police M-40 course and held a recognition dinner. It praises public servants on city boards and committees, Raymond Division employees for surpassing a CHEER donation, businesses funding Up With People ads, taxpayers who promptly pay county and personal property taxes, and Corry residents who return found money to authorities.
Harrisburg column notes Pennsylvania lawmakers stay busy when the Legislature is not in session. Many lawmakers handle constituent issues, visit departments, and attend meetings in Harrisburg, often traveling to resolve local problems and coordinate with state agencies.
The National Park Service planted two rows of Chinese elm trees along both sides of a riverside promenade under the senator's windows. The trees are intended to provide shade for residents and visitors who sit on benches along the path.
Washington column notes Strom Thurmond's protest at freshly planted elm trees near his Har bour Square home while detailing mood shifts among freshman and sophomore Democrats and the influence of senior lawmakers. It describes leadership friction with Jerry Ford allies and Mike Kirwan's campaign committee.
Corry residents will see a one cent drop in milk prices after May 1 per a State Milk Control Commission decision issued in Harrisburg. A pine plantation was nearly burned when a grass fire scorched 2.5 acres on the Vance Howard property at Colts. The No Bar Riding Club and Columbus Volunteer Firemen’s Association announce their seventh annual horse show for Sunday June 6. Flooded creeks and inundated flats followed heavy rains. George Nagel caught a 14 inch trout from Hare Creek in the local fishing contest. the fish weighed a pound and four ounces.
A distorted Paul Harvey commentary cites Chicago unrest and white fear as it frames civil rights tensions as blackmail. The piece claims white and black actors, including Martin Luther King followers, push wage demands and threats to burn cities, urging Congress to resist coercion.
New York recalls Dame Edith Evans aged eighty describing her life philosophy. The celebrated English actress rejects retirement and continues to work, noting she has no retirement plan and will keep creating as long as she is wanted.
Today is Tuesday April 23 commemorating the transatlantic steamship service inauguration on April 14 1968. The entry notes 252 Sirius and Great Western days left in the year and recalls a 1853 arrival in New York from England marking the first landfall.
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