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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1964
Page
4
A provocative opinion piece argues that long running conflicts in Southeast Asia and Africa show the unlikelihood of victory without war. It calls for offensive use of foreign aid to drain communist power, urging minimal U.S. involvement and exposing the costs of aid to curb aggression.
World War II news reports Liberation of Paris proclaimed by Gen. Charles De Gaulle after four years under Nazi control. German retreat toward the Seine indicated French forces of the interior advance. Allied operations and bombings continue across Europe as the war progresses.
A compact reflection on language’s enduring presence in culture contrasting spoken and printed forms. It notes how spoken expression influences written text and how printed words preserve transient speech for later readers.
Drew Pearson notes 1928 era pageantry fades as Negro politicians in the South move to the Democratic camp, transforming party power. He describes lavish hospitality by airlines and firms for delegates, while underlineing a change from lily white to mixed delegations and a push toward a two party South led by educated Black leaders.
Robert Wiltines Swanson, 35, of Celoron, is charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of Lawrence K. Pransen, 43. Swanson was arraigned before Peace Justice Edward P. Seaton. case adjourned to Wednesday. Pransen died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Jamestown WCA Hospital after a beating during a family gathering at Raymond Head’s home.
AP: Kirby Thornton, 56, of New Kensington Pa, sailed to West Alton for a picnic then aimed for the Great Lakes in his home made aluminum boat. He traveled from the Allegheny and Ohio rivers toward the Mississippi and Illinois rivers toward Lake Michigan, joined by his brother Stephen of St Louis and family.
Jim Bishop writes from Madrid where the family experiences a late dining rhythm and sunlit streets. The narrative follows their meals, travel on a TWA flight, a Plaza de Toros bullfight, and daily life details amid a city that shifts its routine with the quiet heat of siesta and renewed activity after 4:30 a.m.
Richard Huttner, 16, a Horace Mann School student in New York, wrote a profile of Hal Boyle for the Overseas Press Club bulletin. Boyle, a veteran AP journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, discusses deadlines, journalism as a craft, and his view of people, with reminiscences of war reporting and his aim to teach someday.
Gen Lawrence Loesch 47 of Meadville was among three Air Force officers killed when their two engine US quality aircraft failed after takeoff from Andrews Air Force Base Maryland. The plane en route to Keesler AFB Miss crashed in a wooded area. Loesch son of Mrs Florence Loesch, Meadvillle, had been in the Air Force since 1990 and was director of supplies and services.
Two boys from Pittsburgh’s North Side were in juvenile custody over a theft of 240 dollars from the First Federal Savings and Loan in downtown Pittsburgh. James Davis, 12, and Sylvester Lighty, 14, were arrested after officers spotted them with a new Go Sart. The youths admitted the Friday daylight theft.
In a candid interview, the speaker notes life’s hardness for everyone and values courage loyalty and nerve. He admits a central fear of not summoning talent to meet duties and dreads the tomorrow column. The tombstone wish is an epitaph about rest and upward progress.
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