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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1966
Page
2
In Our Opinion: the rise of federal spending from Washington’s era to Lyndon Johnson’s potential trillion dollar presidency shows government growth outpacing inflation. The piece argues overfunded federalism and expanding needs drive costs, with few if any real cuts likely, as programs multiply across the nation.
New York AP reports government data collected this week show industry prospects for February 1966 look brighter. Steel executives raise production forecasts while auto makers expect U.S. sales to exceed last year’s 9.3 million cars as the economy trends higher after months of expansion. Government statistics track the late 1960s cycle and hint at ongoing growth ahead for industry and jobs.
The 1965 National Council of Churches census shows church membership rising beyond 123 million, yet worship attendance declines. Only 45 percent of American adults attended church on an average Sunday last year, with Roman Catholic membership up 1.7 percent, below the national 2 percent average. The piece notes enduring influence of evangelism and figures of religious life amid debates over modernizing church law and preaching.
Secretary Rusk acknowledged behind closed doors that American oil companies paid tolls to access routes through communist held territory in South Viet Nam. The testimony followed Sen. George Aiken’s questions about trucks avoided by Viet Cong controlled areas and suggests substantial payments enabling oil trucks to travel.
A partial transcript notes Tony Bender, Frank the plaintiff, and Charley Brush representing Frank Albert Anasusia of Tatehead ee Murder Inc. The text mentions Albert Anastasia and a start to a discussion in a restaurant room, but ends abruptly with unfinished details of the case.
Hal Boyle surveys modern life with brisk vignettes on sleep aids auto costs and pollution, notes on jobs for married women and zinc in food for healing, plus quirky historic factoids about Delmonico’s 1834 menu. Strong figures and named entities enrich the Americana snapshot.
On February 15 in history significant events include the 1898 explosion on the battleship Maine in Havana harbor killing 252 of 250 aboard, the start of the Spanish American War two months later, St. Louis founded as a fur trading post in 1764, Susan B. Anthony era landmark in 1820, Fort Donelson surrender in 1862, Singapore's 1942 surrender to Japan, and a Finland presidential election milestone a decade ago.
A meditation on how parental overprotection seeds lifelong anxiety in children. Excess control and threats, even in well intentioned care, cultivate fear and emotional injury. Emphasizes love, clear limits, and parental self‑care as antidotes to nurture secure, fearless growth.
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