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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1967
Page
2
In Our Opinion a columnist warns that expanding big government programs loom as tax experts debate an $80 billion deficit. The piece cites proposed nationwide jobs, guaranteed income, socialized medical care, and steeper taxes as dangers to citizens finances and asks readers to consider calling their sisters for perspective.
A letter from a woman described a church in distress over finances after oyster suppers grab-bags and box socials failed. Horace Greeley suggested a blunt remedy in reply: Try religion.
In a year end recap from the Erie area, lawmakers discuss the Unemployment Compensation bill delay and a preferred Presque Isle bridge victory. Governor Shafer signs harness racing authorizing bill 188 in a reception, while Port Authority funding and mass transit issues face hurdles. Local figures like Rep Polaski, Wendell Good, and Neil Coughlin surface as mayors and candidates, with carol services in the capitol dome and Corry Water Supply red tape concerns.
A fragment from The Corry Evening Journal indicates a small ad text with references to copies priced at five cents each and sixty cents per week, plus mentions of Manet and advance terms, though the legible details are incomplete and scattered.
The article reports U.S. discreetly encouraging King Constantine to oppose Greece’s military junta while avoiding direct aid. It chronicles Johnson and Talbot actions, Papadopoulos’s confrontation, Constantine’s Rome exile, and broader U.S. stance on restoring constitutional rule amid regional Cold War tensions. The piece links to Nairobi to Omaha outreach and notes internal U.S. deliberations on recognizing the junta and pressures to maintain NATO ties.
Journalist Jim Bishop recounts Bryan Foy, Hollywood producer famous for fast output, evictions from a trailer camp, and a string of prison and circus film plots. Foy recalls ideas stolen and reworked, plus a warden tale of bribery and a jail yard joke figure named Shortie.
Corry today faced a heavy snowstorm with one to seven inches reported around town. In local hoops action the Corry Beavers defeated Sherman 35 to 28 before a large crowd, while earlier Erie fell short 33 to 19. A 1925 26 class reunion at Hotel Corry attracted about fifty alumni, with plans overseen by F W Miller and others.
Friday marks the 63rd day of 1967 with notable events listed from 1934 to 1947. Highlights include Japan renouncing the Washington Naval Treaty, the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170, Andrew Johnson born in 1808, Texas joining the Union in 1845, Polk’s White House gas lights installation in 1848, and Henry Wallace's 1947 presidential nomination stance.
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