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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1968
Page
2
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The piece promotes travel agent careers for retirees, women facing employment barriers, widows, and anyone seeking work. It cites growing industry demand, commissions up to $25,000 yearly, and training from the International Travel Training School in Chicago, with 1968 data on travel spending and industry size.
Corry plans as air mail service continues per Civil Aeronautics Board ruling. Homestead Grays to be hosted Friday in a featured league showcase. Local fiddlers and Labor Day program set with town events including Kiwanis meeting and merchants’ picnic.
A collage of local notes covers a gent tipping waitresses then paying it forward, singing groups for hire, sports figures shifting jobs, Army honors, degrees earned, gas station tank facts, and community happenings. Rambling items connect people, places, and plans around Corry.
The fragment outlines advertising rates: 1800 dollars per year by the mall, advance payment, and per copy charges of ten cents, sixty five cents weekly. It mentions a deadline for advertising submission and that rates are set by the publication.
Hal Boyle weighs the myth of dangerous secretary seduction in business offices, arguing most advances come from male daydreamers. He catalogs eight office Romeo types from Junior Executive to Senior Vice President, noting many are dull and deterred by a simple yes.
A Q and A with the Corry city engineer and administrator clarifies that a housing officer inspects for code conformance and safety issues rather than increasing property taxes. The discussion notes meter revenues fund local taxes, and praises the department head and streets staff for a photogenic likeness.
Events include 1914 Battle of Tannenberg where Germany defeated Russia in Poland. 1290 Jews were exiled from England by Edward I. 1880 birth of Queen Wilhelmina. 1935 Roosevelt signs neutrality act banning arms exports. 1940 RAF bomb Berlin first time in WWII. 1954 Hurricane Carol devastates the Northeast. 1964 California overtakes New York as most populous.
Assemblyman Forest Hopkins of North East can be reached at the State Capitol Harrisburg PA. Senator James Willard serves Pulaski Merce County and is addressed at the State Capitol. U S Senators Hugh Scott and Joseph Clark of Philadelphia respond from the Senate Office Building Washington DC. Congressman Joseph Vigorito of Erie can be reached at the House Office Building Washington DC.
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