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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1968
Page
2
The state governor calls the six LSD related blindings a hoax but warns the drug's dangers persist. The attorney general investigated and found fabrication, yet concern over LSD highlights risks from unqualified use and the need for caution among young people.
Paul Harvey questions if couples truly listen to the marriage vows and suggests that prosperity tests loyalty more than poverty. He cites sickness and health as real tests and notes vows date back to the 1078 England rite, evolved through generations and rooted in honesty as much as morality.
Twenty years ago in Corry Pennsylvania the city planned for potential federal aid for hospital construction as the State Welfare Department announced forthcoming funds. Grain dealers cut feed prices by six dollars per ton while slick roads caused minor auto mishaps on February 13 1928. Ice harvest at North Corry ponds measured ten to twelve inches as Frank Whiteley of Crystal Ice Company reports substantial progress and Love Pond follows suit on East Columbus Avenue. The Journal also notes entries in an add a line contest with winners C A Sorenson and LB Sears continuing daily submissions.
Sargent Shriver, longtime Peace Corps organizer and antipoverty administrator, is expected to resign as head of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Despite family frictions within the Kennedys, Johnson remains cordial and supportive as Shriver pursues new roles, including possible urban coalition work, while OEO funding shifts affect youth training programs amid race-related unrest.
In Harrisburg the State Elections Bureau faced a heavy filing day as candidates rush to file nominating petitions for 203 State House seats 25 State Senate seats 27 congressional posts and one U.S. Senate seat plus delegates for national conventions. The article notes high incumbent retention rates low dropout rates and the burden of processing petitions amid a holiday deadline.
In Buenos Aires a two month anti hippie drive targets youths as police raids increase. Officers trim hair and confiscate casual styles while detainees report beatings. Critics call the campaign a paranoid witch hunt driven by morality and anti communism amid political unrest.
Feb 15 marks events such as Johann Strauss in Vienna 1867, Benvenuto Cellini death 1571, Galileo arriving in Rome 1653, and Japanese attack on Bataan in 1942. The era spans classical music, art, science, and World War II to note historical detentions and early Pacific war days.
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