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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1966
Page
2
In Our Opinion the Corey Journal notes heartfelt thanks to the late Cillford Philanthropist Bilns for distributing wealth to community agencies. The appreciation of beneficiary organizations is expected to endure beyond his passing.
Editor Sidney J. Harris argues for land value taxation to curb urban blight and discourage land speculation. He contends shifting taxes from improvements to land would reward building upkeep, reduce sprawl, and align incentives with community value, urging city reform.
Hal Boyle's Americana parodies urban life with quick wits about confidence men, stamps, divorces, bartenders, security, delicatessens, undercooked turkey, big pearl earrings, psychiatrists, grand pianos, Greenwich Village, cabbies, crooks, rain, umbrellas, and office water cooler gin.
Jim Bishop details Ernest Blank’s Grand Bahama hotel pursuit of perfect personal service. He cites Baur au Lac traditions, famous guests, and the friction between ideal guest care and mass tourism, noting conventions and repeat guests shape service expectations at top houses like the Plaza and Blackstone.
President Johnson backs a Civic Action push to aid South Viet Nam through market reforms, farm support, education, irrigation, and village development. With McNamara and Freeman backing, military red tape and Viet Cong resistance persist, yet progress grows from 1965 to 1966 as farmers gain income, anglers profit, and 61 village schools rise amid ongoing attacks on schools and teachers.
A collage of notices: a forgery case plea and restitution in Erie County Court. Col Frank A Bogart assigned to Alaskan supply duties. two church weddings at St Elizabeth's and St Thomas's. Jacqueline Williams weds Robert Armstrong. Robert Ream in the Cleveland Orpheus Male Choir. opening of Sam Jacobson and Company's new clothing store in the Brown Block. police continue search for a lone thief in a smashed window incident.
On August 19, 1812 the Dieppe harbor raid was described as a great commando attack. In 1944 U S forces overran Paris suburbs. In 195 American clergymen urged Truman to halt atomic bombs. Ten years ago Stevenson campaign linked to Truman. five years ago Johnson visited West Berlin. one year ago a Louisiana Angola prison sitdown strike began. Harold Taylor injured in a Corry Bakery truck crash. Columbus held a fifteenth annual town reunion at Mather Park.
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