Four State Legislators to Visit Corry High for Government Session
The Journal will host a December 13 gathering at Corry High where four state General Assembly members will explain their roles and the workings of Pennsylvania government. Forest Hopkins cannot attend. a substitute representative will be invited. Citizens are urged to attend, participate, and ask questions to better understand Harrisburg.
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General Assembly
Corry
Erie County Commissioners
Erie
State General Assembly
Forest Hopkins
Harrisburg
State Capitol
Mailbag musings mix science and satire from New York
A collage of thoughts warns colonists about population growth and planet capacity, notes on space suit costs and uranium energy, quips from notable figures, Singapore’s youth, and muscled vs brain power, ending with a Chinese proverb on conscience and ambition.
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New York
Earth
Santa Claus
Folies Bergere
Mervyn Stockwood
Singapore
National Geographic Society
Birthday Party Honors Local Resident in Corry
In Corry, 20 years ago on December 8, 1952, Joseph Donoghue was feted at a surprise birthday party hosted by his wife on Franklin Street with 20 friends. A late shipment delay postponed foundry work at Ajax Iron Works. In a local Military Order of the Cooties meeting, Mrs. Archie Bishop presented an American Flag to the Cooties.
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Joseph Donoghue
Franklin Street
Ajax Iron Works
Military Order of the Cooties
Archie Bishop
Pearl Harbor
Corry
John 4. Piquet
Iron -Age
Squandering tax dollars on failed MBT-70 and M60 programs
Washington reports reveal Pentagon secrecy over multiyear blunders in tank programs. The MBT-70 XM-803 and M60A1E2 projects missed operational goals since 1963 with delays into the 1980s, engine failures, and halted Shillelagh missile production, while remanufactured M60 variants and foreign sales kept an active base amid costly restructuring.
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Army
Europe
Shillelagh
Israel
Jordan
The Worst Year in American History 1932
A retrospective on 1932 as the deepest economic crisis in the U S history with mass unemployment and bank failures. It recalls Hoover era actions from budget cuts to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, social distress, and the Roosevelt election changing the course of the nation.
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Hoover
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Eugene Meyer
Shanghai
China
31St Regiment
Housing boom may peak as starts near two million in 1973
New York AP reports builders forecast a third straight two million plus start year in 1973 amid abundant mortgage money and booming demand. Analysts warn rising unsold inventories and vacancies could slow the pace, with lenders likely charging higher rates but sustaining funds through 1973. The debate over mobile homes and housing statistics persists as inventories grow.
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New York
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan Associations
National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
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