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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1963
Page
4
A reflective editorial on the past year highlighting tragedies from mine air and sea to racial unrest and the assassination of President Kennedy. It lauds the United States resilience after the Dallas event, noting President Johnson's swift succession and the nation’s continued stance as the free world’s backbone.
W20 years ago December 20 report that Allied invasion forces on New Britain Island near Arawe air strip six miles east of the peninsula tip are advancing. Japanese air attacks on U.S. Sixth Army positions on the opposite coast are diminishing due to strong Allied air support for ground troops.
Washington column notes President Johnson pressed Sen. Hubert Humphrey for a wheat program by 3 30 p m and Humphrey's plan favors voluntary controls with price supports for farmers accepting them. The piece comments on Johnson's legislative skill and foreign policy approach and cites aides Acheson Bundy and Erhard. Opening game set for January 4 in Europe.
Aged policy disputes feature Johnson relinquishing leverage on German tariffs and NATO troop withdrawals, while State Department factions clash with defense leaders over pressuring allies. The piece notes Adenauer and De Gaulle’s opposition and details Latin American diplomacy, Duvalier’s stance, and an aide’s Haiti mission as Washington seeks to shape alliances and democracy.
In December 1908 at Bayonne New Jersey Eddie Stern and Maria, a 19 year old Singer Sewing Machine worker, walk toward the West Eighth Street station on a cold night. A shoe catches on a rail switch as a 7:22 train approaches and Eddie, unable to free Maria, comforts her before the locomotive crushes them both.
A Booz Allen survey shows 13 percent of new foreign ventures come from U.S. firms with under 500 million in annual sales, with 348 new units in the first half of 1963. Most seek ownership or majority stakes, while six nations hold over half of activity led by Britain, Canada, and Japan.
Venango County Aide Harry F. Fowler criticizes proposed state welfare plans. He notes county advisory committees for aged, indigent, unemployed, disabled, and blind would require local tax revenues to fund operations. He warns of county responsibility for child welfare and civil service administrator under Department of Public Welfare rules.
A garbled masthead from the Corry Evening Journal lists staff roles and multiple advertising agencies. It notes post office details, pricing, display advertising deadlines, and street addresses for agencies in New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia and related publication terms.
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