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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
5
Kathy Babcock presents a personal column argument about a tired, working American railing against welfare and college admission demands. He condemns entitlement, praising hard work and criticizing tolerance of benefits for non workers. He frames the issue as a drift toward a welfare state.
A Union City couple asks Erie County court to set aside a viewers report on four acres condemned for a municipal park claiming lack of notice and their absence from the hearing. The borough of Union City condemned land between Bridge Street and French Creek for future park use, with a viewers board later filing. The Cariburgs allege proper notice and counsel were present. They urge the matter be sent back to the original or new viewers.
AFA Center reports Apollo astronauts will be 200000 miles from Earth on Christmas Day and still have a traditional turkey dinner. The Amt prepared real turkey at Natick Labs, packaged in airtight foil, sliceable and edible with a spoon. Cranberry-apple sauce, coffee and grape drink accompany the meal, all freeze dehydrated and tied with red ribbons for a festive touch.
Titusville city council opened the first reading of a proposed mercantile license tax stationing a minimum $10 levy on certain businesses and a $2 license fee. Councilman Kriner called the tax discriminatory and urged budget cuts to cover the $14,000 potential revenue. The plan faces two other options when final reading is considered.
Mrs Mary Robins helps Mrs Robert McCauley pack food boxes to aid about 100 families under a tax funded proposal. The Salvation Army also includes toys donated or bought with cash to distribute today as council plans a Friday meeting to decide between extending the tax to all firms or sticking with the original limited aid.
The county remains uncertain about a 69 mill tax plan with possible rates near 11 or 1 percent while preparing salary board sessions on Thursday and Friday to adjust pay for courthouse and hospital employees under new salary systems from a Northwestern Pennsylvania Personnel Association committee. The proposed millage cut would offset higher county assessments averaging 54 percent as revaluation raises real estate values to 10 percent of full market value, replacing prior assessment rates that varied from 4 to 36 percent.
The piece reflects on Christmas as more holy day than holiday and compares it to a horizon of meaning. It ponders the hollow feeling despite modern advances and urges a deeper, more terror-stricken glimpse of the Christmas message. The sermon cites shepherds and the season’s splendor to urge lasting peace and good will.
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