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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1952
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal lists ownership and offices in Corry Pa and Philadelphia and Chicago. It notes Associated Press exclusive local news rights and announces mail and carrier rates and display advertising deadlines.
National Civil Service League urged President-elect Eisenhower to reorganize the federal civil service, claiming potential yearly savings of up to 1 billion dollars from a 10 billion payroll. The league called for new leadership of the Civil Service Commission and integration of private industry training in government personnel programs.
A report urges a single clear policy for recruiting hiring promotion and training across the Federal service. It calls for executive supervision of civil service and to replace current red tape with unified standards affecting all agencies. Recommendations stress recruiting and training business executives for government and rapid action by the new administration.
Corry City Council approved a 1-mill city levy for 1993 and rejected a Corry Taxpayers Union appeal seeking a 19 percent salary cut for all city employees to fund a further half-mill reduction in next year’s assessment. The measure set the city budget at 78,374.82 dollars. The council also adopted a new garbage collection fee schedule that will save property owners about three dollars yearly if they pay promptly at a downtown office opening. Christmas party honors and a flu season note follow as residents cope with illnesses and a resident suffers a leg fracture in a reservoir hit accident. The Corry Relief Fund seeks underclothing donations for needy families.
A stream of short items from Corry and nearby areas covers parole hearings, social clubs with slot machines, and local arrests. Highlights include a former local on parole, charity fund plans for a new pool, a social club reintroducing slot machines, and Travers Company tracking heirs of Thomas Giblin among other community snippets.
A fragmented Q and A item asks 10 trivia prompts including college football winners, celestial hemispheres, saccharin value, first US college granting a degree to a woman, battery life, Alva’s middle name, Passover faith, cerebellum meaning, presidential term limits amendment, and historical figures. notes Jericho’s biblical walls and Jericho’s modern village.
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