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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1948
Page
4
Public notice fragment states Associated Press exclusive local news rights and republication, plus postal and mailing terms. Mentions Corry, Pa, second class matter, subscription and carrier rates, and advertising deadlines.
A New York Times survey says tuition and related college costs rose about 50 percent since before the war, with similar hikes in other education expenses. The GI Bill nears completion, potentially restricting enrollment to higher income families, while the President’s Commission on Higher Education calls for federal scholarships and grants. It estimates 22 percent of Americans 16 to 24 could complete college but only about 16 percent were enrolled in four-year programs last year. The panel urges substantial federal funding, including at least 120 million annually for graduate fellowships, and notes the federal government must play a major role. Despite a pledge of 80 million annually for education below college level, new higher education funding may come later as the entering wedge for future federal spending. Also, U S life insurance reserves stood at about 45 billion dollars at end 1947.
Thousands of dollars in delinquent state county and school taxes have been paid into Tax Collector George H. Gordon offices during the past week. Gordon reports success in his campaign against delinquents.
Kennedy resident Merle Abbey, about 50, walked out of Brown Hill near Onoville after a search that began Monday at 1:30 p.m. He was uninjured and not in shock. In a separate incident, a hunter from Russell, Pa., was wounded in the right thigh.
Blanche Nichols widow of Charles Nichols formerly of Spartanburg died yesterday at Saegertown. Survived by sisters Mrs Seaa Boyd Mrs A Wi Gruser Mrs Hi 1M Story of Girard and Mrs Eva Ryer of Buffalo. Body at Willis J Arnold Funeral Home Townville. Visitation after 3 p m today. Services Thursday 2 30 p m Interment Greenlawn Cemetery.
Search for 10 year old Brookville contractor Ray H Richards intensified in Elk County Pennsylvania as volunteers scoured the big game woods after he became separated from his father while hunting. A plane assisted the effort. Two other lost hunters Elmer Walter 10 Warren and Robert Prosky 14 Emeigh were found.
A fragmented quiz page asks readers to track a monthly average score across ten questions. It mentions misprinted dates and unclear lines about displaced persons landing in the U.S. in October, addressing a commissioned officer, gender birth statistics, and a Chilean president removed by revolution.
The fragment lists a question about the oldest medical device for members of the medical field amid oversupply and shortages. It asks to name the largest U S state by area and to correct a sentence about an item just coming off an assembly line. It also mentions Graton Connecticut and a Sound reference.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports three young men Clarence Turner 21 George Turner 26 and Dorsey Bridges 19 jailed for alleged wilful destruction at five east end schools. Officials say actual loot amounts to about 200 dollars despite 5 000 in property value cited in initial reports.
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