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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1965
Page
2
Our opinion notes Corry’s strong economy with payrolls rising assessed valuations topping 20 million and full employment. The United Fund exceeded its goal and the Chamber of Commerce surpassed 175 members, signaling improved local finances and industrial development benefiting both groups.
Washington reports on efforts to block Harley Staggers from chairing the House Foreign and Military Commerce Committee. Insiders pressed to delay Rep Oren Harris’s judgeship as lobbies push for a pro-Madison Avenue leadership, linking to gas oil utilities and TV networks.
Washington officials and lawmakers scrutinize Secretary Forrestal’s proposal to transfer excess U S Navy ships to the Republic of China. The move draws sharp questions from critics on Capitol Hill about defense policy and foreign military aid.
Walter Blair proprietor of Blair Brothers' grocery on West Main slipped on the walk this morning and fractured an ankle bone. He will be laid up for several weeks. Corry Lodge BPOE members enjoyed a top program and social at the club home honoring Capt. J. F. Austin and fellow charter members with venison and bear, thanks to Bill Speck who recently returned from a deer hunt. College students from this city begin arriving for Christmas break from Penn State and State College names include C. W. Christensen G. M. Butters A. L. Hoskins H McCray Boyd Parker J. A. Whitney Plorinel Starr. Keystones beat Jamestown Mystics 41 26 at Jamestown, keeping pace with Erie County Electrics for NYP Basketball League leadership. The rest are not clearly connected to a single coherent event.
Rogers Structural Steel president Bob Ott receives a wristwatch from shop workers during a break. S. E. Anderson hosts a son in law on a deer hunt that yields a buck. Donald L. Tanner opens a Rawleigh route in southeast Erie County. Corry officials urge public attendance at council meetings amid urban renewal talk. Harding School remodeling advances with occupancy soon hoped. Chuck Kennedy lauded for long service as Jointure director. A street scene at Concord School shows a Tom Sawyer style cartwheel display. A meter reader helps motorists avoid tickets. The library gains a Summer Employment Directory listing jobs, salaries, and contacts. Corry Jamestown Corp. leader Hillstrom attends NSCEA meeting. firm noted for office furniture. An Erie area Farm Mechanics winner Marty Tomcho designs a steel car ramp. Union City vandalism hits elementary school windows. a driver’s license suspension letter misleads an elderly woman. Urban renewal meeting exposes planning gaps. out-of-town fund-raising groups face local leadership shortages. Former Corry resident George Rogers named Chautauqua County public defender. William Arrison named aide. Ross Mead honored by fingerprinting group for 25 years of membership.
The article explains a Pennsylvania rule: a lawyer must be admitted before the court to represent a client there. It notes cross jurisdiction association with local Bar members. It also discusses driver duty in child injury cases and how age affects contributory negligence and settlements.
The speaker condemns dictatorial claims and praises civil disobedience by Thoreau while warning that court rulings favoring minority dissent threaten majority defense. He cites Kennedy Roosevelt and Lippmann and notes extremists on both sides risk societal disruption amid a call for loyalty and unity.
On this date 1965 the United States notes about slavery abolition and Washington burial at Mount Vernon. Harvard President Kellogg Briand era relates mixed with Czechoslovakia Bonnes Eduard Beneš elected and Lord Haw Haw case death penalty upheld in Britain.
A historical note quotes a speaker urging student activists to study a renowned Harvard figure, implying lessons from past campus movements without naming current protests. The remark links contemporary student energy to established public figures and themes.
Doctors at Downstate Medical Center New York report a safe local anesthesia method called black anesthesia that relieves pains in the first stage of labor without endangering mother or newborns. The technique has helped more than 200 women and aims to reduce fear of childbirth.
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