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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1969
Page
2
The piece argues ROTC remains essential on campuses amid unrest, countering antiwar critics. It asserts ROTC supplies officer candidates for the armed forces and defends the program against claims of war promotion, noting even those who oppose war envy professional roles elsewhere.
A compilation of quick notes: high school driving course uptake rose to 50 percent while traffic deaths edged up from 24 to 28 per 100000 over a decade. Dentists seek barnacle cement to improve fillings. A USC professor offers a three-month prenatal sex-determination test from fetal fluid. Queen Elizabeth I owned 1000 dresses. Quotable lines critique marriages and honesty, and a Twainism about truth endures. Everett Dirksen finances big private interests in Washington, pressuring officials. Hruska aids the scheme. The Alexander chairmanship was removed after a clash over fair employment, while civil rights suits target Chicago slumlords.
A sweeping profile links Senator Everett Dirksen to defense contracts, veterans affairs, and corporate ties in Washington. It notes his opposition to ABM plans, influence in cabinet appointments, and alleged closeness to insurers and steel interests while criticizing campaign positions on tax credits and import quotas. It also mentions industry lobbying and a House hearing on cigarette advertising regulation.
Corry High School A Capella Choir will present in the high school auditorium next Thursday and Friday, promising one of the best Spring Concerts in its genre. The Junior High Elementary PTA met with 53 members, Mrs. Edwin Keppel presiding, award to Miss Louise Mount's Room 2. Four decades ago April 29, 1929 George Kinley began work in his barbershop purchased with Floyd Blick from Walter DeJean in the Barlow block on East Main Street. Gor ey High School baseball beat Junior High Field 15 to 6 for its first victory, pounding two Lakewood furlers for 15 hits.
On this date in history several events are noted: in 1945 American soldiers liberated prisoners at a German concentration camp at Da venl an 1429 Joan of Arc entered Orleans and won a victory over the English. In 1962 New Orleans fell to Union forces during the Civil War. In 1944 1000 American bombers pounded Berlin. Five years ago Princess Irene of Netherlands and Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon Parma married in Rome.
A damaged OCR fragment of the Corry Evening Journal lists publication details and staff names, noting exclusivity of republication rights and pricing by mail or carrier. The text includes partial names and scattered lines about advertising and dates, with unclear context due to corruption.
Paul Harvey discusses a national debate on sex education in public schools. He cites El Paso Texas votes against SECUS programs after ministers denounce them as corrupting, arguing spiritual dimension and history matter to a total education. The piece contrasts secular and Christian school approaches amid rising sex education tensions and concerns about permissiveness and disease.
In a New York AP report, 1968 data from the Investment Company Institute show steel stocks among the 40 largest mutual funds fell to 383 million dollars, 1.2 percent of portfolios, the steepest decline among 26 sectors as technology expands and new materials compete. diversifying into oil and office equipment with rising computer use, while railroads push for multi modal ventures and insurers eye mutual funds amid inflationary psychology.
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