Citizens urge prudent use of higher taxes for street repairs
In Our Opinion backing the two and a half mill property tax rise, readers urge city funds to patch horrendous streets and clear eyesores. They push for blight eradication, cleanup of West Main and Second Avenue, Mead Avenue widening, and safer roads, plus downtown sidewalks and a move of city garage to improve the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Main Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
East Washington Street
Maple Avenue
West Main Street
Second Avenue
Mead Avenue
West Washington
West Smith Street
Grass Roots Opinion in Nashville Banner Attacks GNP Defense
In a Nashville Banner opinion piece, the phrase Gross National Product is critiqued as a shield for Washington excesses. The author argues lavish spending exceeds income and uses Germany’s historical inflation to illustrate the folly of mismeasured national output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tennessee
Washington
Gibraltar
Germany
Corry remembers 1946 strike and city budget approval
The notice recalls the 13 day soft coal miners strike that idled about 150000 workers as steel furnaces burned on. It also reports Pittsburgh city council approving first and second readings of a 1947 budget totaling 104 862 dollars. Victor Cragg Jr. returns to Slippery Rock College after holiday with his parents on West Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Pittsburgh
Victor Cragg Jr
Slippery Rock College
Victor Cragg
West Main Street
Anon, A
Anon. A
Resignation of Corry Police Chief Sparks City Changes
George W. Dunkle has offered his resignation as chief of police to Mayor C. W. Bracken, with reports of drastic departmental changes to take effect January 1. The Mayor confirmed the resignation amid the looming shakeup. Hunters Harrison Keppel and Francis Slattery report successful deer hunts near Torpedo camps. Joan Place's seventh birthday party drew 16 girls to the Wright Street home with games music contests and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Dunkle
C. W. Bracken
Bracken
Chief Dunkle
Torpedo
Harrison Keppel
Francis Slattery
Claud Place
Wright Street
Joan Place
Corry Evening Journal Publishing Details and Rates
The notice lists publisher George A Sample and staff including Wiliam Eaton and others. It names advertising and pressroom personnel and national wire service credits. It states mail rates and advertising deadlines, noting editions in Corry Pennsylvania and offices in Detroit Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euoumed Watly
Ounuy
Weightman
Philadelphia
Associated Presap
Il AP
Paul Harvey Details Vietnam Bombing Lull Debate
The piece discusses calls for a Vietnam bombing pause urged by humanitarian voices and even Pope Paul while Pentagon officials oppose any lull. It cites Robin Moore on morale, tribal ceremonies with blood bonds, and argues that the best path is to continue and expand bombing to win the war.
Francoise Hardy: France’s Swinging Youth Star Travels U.S.
In New York Francoise Hardy, 22, famed French singer and songwriter, discusses fame and life. She notes high government taxes on her earnings, a cautious view on marriage, and her ambition beyond singing while performing with a staff of five musicians and composing about half her songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Francoise Hardy
France
Charles de Gaulle
Beatles
Elvis Presley
Barbra Streisand
Francoise
Miss Hardy
Europe
Savoy Hotel
London
21 Club
Youu
Paris
Thiel College honors and local city notes reported
Ruth ann Lord and Frederick Dahlstrand among 100 Thiel College students receiving fall honors. Local teaching, city council talk on ambulance subsidies, Moose Club toy drive, a junk car sighting, and hunting misadventures plus moths invading homes and police file notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthann Lord
William G. Lord
Elgin
Frederick Dahlstrand
Alan F. Dahlstrand
Corry
Thiel College
Lord
Thiel
Dahlstrand
Margaret Alsdorf
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fort Wayne Bible College
Adams School
Corry Area
Corty
Hileman
Moose Club
West Main Street
Second Avenue
City Hall column answers water tax and hunting queries
Corry Pennsylvania readers ask about water rate hikes and hunting within city limits. Officials say a Public Utility Commission complaint will trigger a public hearing to justify rates and address fire drill water charges and service gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anon. A. Council
Public Utility Commission
Today In History December 3 1968 Almanac Snapshot
On this date in history events include Illinois admission to the union in 1818 the death of Mary Baker Eddy in 1910 Woodrow Wilson urging a declaration of war in 1917 the Arab League boycott of goods in Palestine beginning in 1945 and a Brooklyn pier explosion and fire causing ten deaths and extensive damage a decade earlier with 246 injured and about 15 million dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mllnois
Christian Science ‘Church
Mary Baker Eddy
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Austria-Hungary
Arab League
Palestine
Brooklyn
Advances and pitfalls in medical testing and heart attack tools
A survey of rapid pregnancy tests reports rising speed but ongoing false positives caused by nonpregnancy drugs. New syphilis office tests promise quick results for mass screening, while early heart attack diagnosis benefits from enzyme blood tests. Practical health advice emphasizes medical guidance and professional care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Paoletti
Detroit General Hospital
East
Gino di Vergilio
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Louis Cohen
J. Henry Wilkinson
Westminster Medical School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Grass Roots Opinion
Petty Carter
Paul Harvey
Johnson
North Vietnam
Armch
Paul
Pentagon
Vietnam
Robin Moore
Green Berets
Moore
Korea
Ruark
Africa
Hal Boyle
Giees
Spring Creek
Warren
General Motors
THE
Journal Today
City Hall
Ek Add
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Dr. Colon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!