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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1974
Page
2
A bent steel flagpole outside Attorney Walter Peake’s office signals ongoing vandalism on North Center Street. The piece notes costs of 40 to 50 dollars for repairs and argues for swift community responses including possible curfews, civilian defense patrols, and stricter supervision to curb the wave of vandalism attributed to youths.
The Conference Board reports poverty fell from 40 million in 1960 to 23 million, but progress slowed since 1968 amid slow growth and high prices. Elderly poverty declined while more children in single parent households remain poor, with blacks and women heads of households disproportionately affected. Social Security gains are credited to reducing elderly poverty.
The piece reports that U S government actions allow travel agents and firms to operate in Rhodesia despite UN sanctions and presidential orders. It notes Ford Motor and Holiday Inn involvement, a Pfizer promotional program faced with controversy, and a delayed Interior Department study on Alaskan natives.
A column laments shrinking farmer numbers and active military personnel in the U S noting retirees and veterans face retirement pay rules while Congress targets double dippers. It argues retirees pay taxes on new earnings, honors pension promises, and warns against punitive legislation weakening democratic governance.
A reader asks how to respond to an out of town traffic ticket and to a cancelled charter flight and contract terms. The advice notes that notarized affidavits and notices to state authorities may help but outcomes depend on written clauses. if a charter contract lacks clear language you may demand original terms and possible refunds. Also questions on inheritance tax for jointly owned bonds explain Pennsylvania rules and rates for various heirs and ownership shares.
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