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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1965
Page
4
An opinion piece rereads Douglas MacArthur on Korea and argues Washington lacks a clear Asia strategy in South Vietnam. It parallels the Yalu bridge edict and Chinese intervention to today, warning that U S advisors die amid unclear aims and vacillating policy. It contrasts World War II morale with modern disillusionment and urges clear purpose.
World War II dispatches report American forces landing on Iwo Jima as Fifth Fleet presses Tokyo's southern approaches while German and Russian units clash 60 miles southeast of Berlin. Meanwhile World Day observances and local high school games punctuate a busy February period. Local concerts and community notices appear alongside obituaries and theater news from 1945.
Feature profile of Phyllis Diller detailing her rise from a college student with no diploma to a celebrated comedienne. The piece covers her Miami Beach booking, television fame with 20 million viewers, her husband Sherwood, and a life in Webster Groves with a large family, quirky home, and unconventional humor.
Washington column notes ambassadors from Australia to Japan meet in Baguio to assess risk of war in Southeast Asia. It revisits U S and Chinese bluffing about Indo-China, North Viet Nam, and responses by Dulles, Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, and Stevenson, tracing how threats shifted to massive retaliatory power and the limits of bold public statements. Phyllis Diller comedy career aside.
Coroner Merle Wood reports a River Rouge man named Steve Sulentis tentatively identified by three Erie witnesses after viewing the body found February 7 near the Perry Monument on Presque Isle. Autopsy shows drowning with unknown cause. Sulentis reportedly was ill and discharged from an ocean vessel in Erie.
Pennsylvania State Senator William G. Sesler accused Gov William Scranton of laxity for not naming a new state superintendent of public instruction a post vacant for ten months He urged action on the vacancy and called for a salary raise from 20000 to 30000 while serving on the Senate Education Committee He had previously announced a bill to increase the superintendent salary.
William Evans of East Liberty, Pittsburgh, reported his home was burglarized yesterday. Police say firearms, jewelry, and clothing valued at $1,015 were taken. The incident underscores rising crime concerns amid national debates on Vietnam policy.
Hal Boyle argues doubletalk masks motives and that a perfectly honest language would doom society. Sample phrases reveal true intentions behind polite phrases, from politics to daily judgments, illustrating how euphemism preserves social function amid hidden motives.
A columnist notes it is unusual for a father to resist seeing his children. Courts seldom compel visitation, though promoting father child relations remains beneficial. Normal visitation is viewed as healthy even when parents do not get along.
A Pittsburgh magistrate jailed James Trimble, 30, of Uptown for 99 days after he could not pay $350 in traffic fines dating back to 1959. The case underscores old warrants and enforcement of overdue penalties in city courts.
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The Corry Evening Journal lists its staff including publisher George R. Sample general manager William Eaton city editor Allan Hasbrouck advertising manager John McLaughlin pressroom foreman G. T. Bergman and production manager. It notes national advertising representatives and several office locations in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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