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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1965
Page
4
Editor notes Bill Mauldin is in Viet Nam recording on the spot cartoon impressions. His best World War II cartoons will continue to appear until Viet Nam reports begin early next week.
An opinion piece denounces a Harrisburg bill proposing a demerit point system for traffic violators. It warns such soft penalties would invite more reckless driving and highway rodeos, arguing judges and officers already fail to punish enough. The piece names sponsors Wade Stroup Frame Lane Mullin and urges readers to contact lawmakers.
The piece details how LBJ altered a budget draft after pressure from Hubert Humphrey and farm leaders. It cites a censored section arguing about the fate of smaller farms and the impact on family farmers, with reaction from Moyers and farm groups.
The notice lists mailing options and rates for the newspaper including prices for subscriptions and single copies. It mentions locations in New York Chicago Philadelphia and Philadelphia and includes terms for post office handling and weekly rates. The tone resembles early 20th century newspaper boilerplate.
Pittsburgh AP spec reports David Craig III, a helicopter mechanic, was killed in Viet Nam after not writing home about life there. His widow Berdetta Craig and their children learned of his death as the week-end combat rounds claimed more American lives in the war. He last wrote January 8, having left last September.
Yesterday's Memories of Carry notes American dough boys boosting Manila's defense against Japanese forces along the Pasig River as MacArthur pledges rapid liberation. Paris fronts report Third Army divisions crossing the German Sure River near Echternach, Luxembourg.
Jim Bishop examines astrology from its Babylonian roots to Hollywood power brokers and modern newspaper horoscopes. He recalls his father’s skeptical view and traces astrology’s spread from ancient Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages to 20th century mass print culture.
New York AP column Open mail to learn ideas about automation shrinking workweeks to 20 hours by century end. It riffs on travel fatigue, parking woes, hospital costs rising, mustache wearing cops in Mexico, and a collage of quirky facts from aviation to witch trials.
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