Corry teachers approve joint school contract in unanimous vote
In Our Opinion commends five Corry Area School Jointure teachers who helped craft a contract for six districts. Nearly 160 staff members backed the pact, with the Joint School Committee granting unanimous approval. The piece notes no excess demands or disruption, praising professionalism and urging taxpayer restraint. It also includes brief AP-style observations on office colds, Venetian gondola color history, monument maintenance, and travel habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
New York
Venice
Washington Monument
Mail offerings and social notes from Hal Boyle
In a column featuring Hal Boyle, readers learn of mail offers mentioning 47 percent spend for two to five nights away. The piece explores aging independence, noting older women seek more freedom, and that many live alone. It references inflation since 1860, shifts in barber and haircut prices, and cites alcohol as a major killer per medical authorities, alongside other leading causes. It closes with John Dewey's quote on principle and learning from experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dewey
From Goddess to Calcutta Back Then to Now
A personal reminiscence traces film and stage language from the 1930s through the Nixon era. The author recalls The Green Goddess and Gone with the Wind, compares old onscreen audacity to modern obscenity, and notes how ticketed progress in cinema mirrored broader political debates on budget and employment under President Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Arliss
Arliss
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Scarlett
Gable
Erskine Caldwell
Tobacco Road
Henry Hull
Jeeter Lester
Claudette Colbert
Walt Disney Productions
Nixon Budget Push and Senate Filibuster Debate
President Nixon touted an expansionary budget to lower unemployment while pushing back on inflation and steel price effects. Budget chief George Shultz predicted rising profits if the economy improves, as senators pressed for deficit justification amid filibuster rule talks and Agnew rule concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shultz
Shultz
Capitol Hill
Colorado
Gordon Allott
Delaware
Caleb Boggs
Nebraska
Carl Curtis
Arizona
Paul Fannin
Senate
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
White House
Mike
Agnew
Sin and Sinners of New York Promiscuity and Pride
A columnist cites a century old work by James D. McCabe detailing vice in New York City. The piece mocks moral claims of old time virtue, recalls street life, bawdy ads in papers, and the complicity of editors, while praising reformers who would stamp out social evil.
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England
America
Roger Straus
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
James D. McCaba Jr
McCabe
New York City
Straus
New York
Special dividend for Corry ex servicemen in 1951
Corry veering back to 1951 notes a second special dividend of 685000 to National Service Life Insurance policy holders. The spring payout follows prior dividends. Also mentioned is a local card party for hospital funds, with canasta and a high scorer. A 1931 item notes no paper on that date.
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Corry
National Service Life
George Aldrich
Snyder Circle
Robert Barfo
Veo Lindsey
Edvence
Fittom
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E-Corry Journal
Hal Boyle
Calcutta
Washington
Peter Dominick
By Jack Anderson
Michigan
Robert Griffin
GOP
Griffin
William “Fishbait
Miller
Fishbait
House
Carl Albert
Hale Boggs
John) McCormack
William Ruckelshaus
U.S
Bowery
Harry Hill
Houston Street
Harry
Tilly
Caer Street
Grand
Sameurs
Jersey Ferry
Madison Square
Broadway
Tenth
General Post Office
National Theatre
Romano
The
New York World
Ross Galley
Singleton
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