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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
2
The piece discusses a proposed change to allow groceries to sell beer, backed by urban support. It cites a governor study committee recommending store purchases via distributors, argues grocers enforce age checks better than taverns, and notes convenience for customers despite concerns about youth access.
The piece examines Pennsylvania tax policy ahead of the 1969 session. Governor Shafer cites a larger 1969 70 budget, with a projected rise around 300 to 400 million dollars, implying higher taxes. Outgoing Speaker Kenneth Lee predicts a tax and spending reckoning as Democrats take control, while Lee opposes new taxes and warns against expanding sales taxes to agriculture and manufacturing.
Washington reports a proposed Johnson Kosygin meeting in a neutral European city. Discussions focus on an east west détente and a possible sequel to the Glassboro summit amid current Czech developments and near east tensions.
A 20 year old Corry item recalls a near fire at the EL Dimmick home 121 Lemon Street and a stolen auto found by officers at 4 a.m. A Corry Legion basketball win at Tidioute followed by an auto theft report. The 1924 note mentions a Watrous farm blaze from a defective chimney and an antiques appraisal by the Women’s Club Art Department.
Paul Harvey argues for orderly protest against war and inequities while condemning campus radicalism. He urges discipline and patient effort to improve an imperfect world and warns against catering to disruptive youths seeking mere grievance. He defends free expression when peaceful, but labels agitation as unworthy petulance.
A light AP styled piece catalogs quirky phobias from zoophobia to gymnophobia in playful tone. It notes contrived fears for social status and explains terms like merinthophobis pnigophobia and catagelophobe with humorous definitions.
On this day in history events include Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war against Austria Hungary in 1917 and Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential victory over John Quincy Adams. Other notes mention Para's founding in 1615 and Jefferson Davis treason trial in 1868.
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