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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1962
Page
4
The article questions American confidence in beating the Soviet Union to moon landing. It cites British magazine Plight reporting secret U.S. satellite launches since last November, including Samos and Discoverer missions. It warns that withholding launch details risks complacency and national danger.
Taccone Corp. files suit in Erie County against American Insurance Co of Newark, Associate Indemnity Corp of San Francisco, and American Auto Insurance Co of St. Louis seeking 15000 for a boring mill destroyed when a train derailed en route from Marion, Ohio, to Erie. The firm says a 1959 policy covers 15000 in damages to property in railroad custody. policy copy lost but available. Demand for payment denied per complaint.
The report covers U S policy talk through President Kennedy notes on Arctic submarine rendezvous and urges farm bill action. It mentions a constitutional voting amendment, a large United Nations loan, and foreign trade questions. A late September campaign trip to the Midwest and urban centers is described as a nonpolitical outreach.
Erie security and city officials push for a master plan to improve Glenwood Zoo. Security Peoples vice president Sumner Nichols Jr will contact a Chicago zoo architect for cost estimates. Toledo Zoo was cited as a model with concessions and a booster group funding a similar effort.
Two gunmen robbed Liberty Bank’s branch, escaping with seven thousand dollars. Police cordoned off streets as squad cars moved in, pursuing suspects described as male and armed with a shotgun. Federal court action referenced in local coverage.
George Sokolsky reviews Everett Allen's eighteen month investigation into the State Department and the book The Fourth Floor by Earl Smith. He argues the department is driven by a young expert class on the Fourth and Sixth Floors, risking policy being set by insiders rather than top officials, and urges preemptive unified policy from the presidency and secretary.
Paul Harvey surveys the Liberian experiment, noting freed slaves fled U S bondage to form a republic named Liberia. He contrasts their founding ideals with ongoing oppression, highlighting leaders, migration patterns, and evolving commerce while warning of continued bondage in the land of the free.
Washington reports a growing clash between President Kennedy and former President Eisenhower. Kennedy argues the United States lags in space but will lead by decade's end, while Eisenhower criticizes spending and the economy under Kennedy. The feud centers on space race pace and fiscal policy as both seek to frame the nation's direction.
A Black Angus cow owned by John K. Beach of Galloway was killed shortly after midnight when struck by a car driven by Mrs. M W McParland of Franklin on the old Cherrytree road. The animal broke from a pasture and darted onto the highway. The driver attempted to dodge but hit the left front fender. The cow and car valued at 150 dollars each.
President Kennedy faces a persistent labor-management rift as unions push for a 35-hour workweek to generate jobs, while the administration defends a 40-hour norm to curb inflation. The dispute spans labor guidelines, collective bargaining, price policies, and tax and tariff debates tied to growth and jobs.
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations urges a major drive for contracts of under forty hours and seeks Congress to amend the federal Fair Labor Standards Act to cut the standard work week to thirty five hours as negotiations approach.
Australia’s state radio network bans the music from The King and I during the 18 day royal tour of the king and queen of Thailand. A commission official says the policy aims to avoid offending the Thai royals. The musical portrays the Thai king and Mrs Leonowens in a fictionalized 19th century relation.
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