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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1968
Page
2
In Our Opinion the Journal notes brisk local response to police petitions urging action by the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court. Readers sign to highlight hardships faced by officers amid rising crime, calling for changes to restore order and protect victims and communities.
A short editorial urges voters to take more interest in the men they elect and emphasizes personal responsibility as essential to political life. It notes the price of political participation includes heartaches but promises deep satisfaction from serving the country.
Pennsylvania state agencies ready for election scrutiny as the Bureau of Investigations reports on vote fraud probes, mercury disappearance, and a LSD blindness hoax. The Bureau, created in 1956, has 25 special investigators, with operations in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Dunmore, and has pursued cases across the state, including arrests and pleas in the Lackawanna County vote matter.
Restlessness grows in executive suites as one fifth of today’s corporate heads have under three years with their firm. Leaders leverage moves across companies, says Dr. Eugene Emerson Jennings, predicting widespread leveraging by 1970 and a rise in professionally transferable talent over loyalty. Shelves sitters fade unless dusted off, but can excel in new firms through leverage and fresh ideas.
The Erie County Democratic Committee backs Rep. Joseph Vigorito for second on the Democratic ticket, hoping strong Italian-American support in urban areas will help win in November. George Leader clarifies his Humprey support while lobbyists push two trucking bills and Congress adjourns ahead of conventions.
On this date in history, events include Jacob Barsimson as Americas first Jewish immigrant landing in New Amsterdam in 1654, British troops landing on Long Island in 1776, New Mexico’s annexation proclaimed in 1846, the Mona Lisa theft in 1911, and U S Army Air Forces raids on Yap in 1944, plus the Skate submarine’s 1978 cancellation.
Paul Harvey argues baseball has become a big business threatening bankruptcy with owners focused on earnings per share and tax writeoffs. He notes widespread corporate ownership eroding home-town pride, players seeking unions, and a fan decline despite series-time interest, urging local loyalty and a return to genuine sport.
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle F A T Is Now The In Word lampoons the dieting crisis in America. He jokes about his own 48 day effort shrinking from 220 to 196 pounds while noting the social pressure of invitations and gossip that haunt dieters and mock fat talk. He argues hunger is real for tens of millions who diet daily.
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