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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1966
Page
2
The piece argues for a direct municipal tax refund to cities like Corry. It criticizes a 90th Congress idea to send a share of state income tax back to state capitals, instead advocating withholding at the source to return funds with minimal cost. It condemns the complexity that likely hampers actual refunds.
In Sonoma California the Index Tribune notes the pattern of raising the federal minimum wage around elections. The piece argues higher pay reduces jobs, increasing welfare rolls, and claims legislation cannot create jobs to match higher wages.
Tokyo suffered a massive earthquake and tidal wave causing heavy death and destruction across southern Japan. Robbery at Recreation Alleys in Corry reported with about 159 dollars stolen. City officials recall Santa Claus style lights for West Main merchants. Milton R Tipton to become Kane police chief in Corry. Fostoria Hospital to gain new manager from Corry Hospital. Snow fence being erected to prevent drifting snow on streets.
Jim Bishop paints Greenwich Village’s psychedelic church scene with vivid detail. He documents a crowded loft six stories up where LSD and cheap gin mix with avant garde jazz and a mix of races and classes. The piece notes the bar Slugs and owner Robert Schoenholt, the band Roy Haynes Quartet, and the restless urban poetry of a city old and new.
President Johnson and McNamara steer toward an arms control pact with the Soviet Union that could halt new missile buildup and allow troop withdrawals from Europe. The Joint Chiefs resist, warning of rising ICBM site imagery, as NATO faces pressure to rethink force levels amid ongoing nuclear weapons discussions.
On December 21 1966 notable events include Benjamin Franklin arriving in Paris in 1776 Pierre and Marie Curie discovering radium in 1898 General Patton dying after a car crash in 1945 and a 1951 mine explosion in East Frankfort Til. Killed 119 men. Ten years ago civil rights bus boycott ended in Montgomery Alabama following a federal injunction.
The Death of a President rights deal highlights a publishing boom with Look offering 665000 for serials and Dell eyeing reprints. William Manchester and his agent stand to collect substantial commissions while the Kennedy Library could gain hundreds of thousands.
A reader asks whether to destroy a will and create a new one or add a codicil. Experts say rewriting is easier for many complex changes, while a codicil suffices for minor adjustments. The attorney who drafted the will should decide the method.
Medical column discusses safest ear piercings using sterile methods, warns against nonprofessional procedures by jewelers, and notes a new automatic device by Dr. Simon Coren. It urges parental consent for minors and stresses sterile precautions to avoid infection.
Fragmentary notes describe a search involving aircraft and a helicopter at 12 30 with two men involved. Details are unclear but reference an emergency response and year erly.
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