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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1968
Page
2
In our opinion the trucking lobby pushes to expand interstate truck sizes to 60 tons and 108 inch width. The piece warns such rigs would destroy roads, worsen hazards, and shift loads onto secondary roads, urging readers to contact Washington lawmakers.
Harrisburg Senator Ernest P. Kline weighs a $10 million plan for a self sustaining system of lodges and cottages in Pennsylvania state parks. Five or six lodges and about 250 cottages could be built with furnishings, targeting bond funding or existing revenues. Rentals would vary by region, with cottages for four and lodges offering rooms, dining and recreation, aiming for public approval and long term self sufficiency.
Details emerge of the White House State Department clash as Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin sought a late evening audience with President Johnson at 8 p.m. The note warned against disrupting U.S. Soviet disarmament and Vietnam talks amid the Czech invasion, while Rostow and Rusk grappled with a communications slip.
Heat record as 96 degrees noted with the end of a heat wave not in sight. The Pennsylvania Electric Company employees hosted guests at The Bush hunting camp near Spring Creek. Cory Merchants and Titusville tied 55 in a fog shortened game at Loveland Field. Corry High School issued football equipment to 15 candidates for the Orange and Black pre season camp under Coach McCall. Labor Day celebration lined up Carl Litzenberger for air rides in Corry sponsored by the Corry Credit Exchange. Shop Your Corry Stores.
Jim Bishop notes improvements in U S health under Medicare and NIH funding. He cites lower death rates, longer life expectancy, expanded vaccines, and rising medical innovations while warning of ongoing illnesses and the need for continued public support.
On this date the world marks Henry Hudson discovering Delaware Bay in 1609 and Goethe’s birth in 1749. Tolstoy born in 1628, slavery banned in Britain in 1833, Carnegie gifts the Peace Palace in 1913, Germany declares war on Romania in 1916.
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