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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1963
Page
4
Editorial notes a 47 page Census Bureau booklet showing 40 percent of historical U S population alive today and a westward shift from farms to urban centers. It predicts ongoing population growth and dispersion to urban areas, with rural regions lagging education gains and some farm areas shrinking or aging.
A wry remark on yawning, describing the habit as when a person unintentionally opens their mouth while wishing others would be quiet. The Langford (8.0) presents a casual, facetious meditation on everyday behavior.
Paul Harvey recounts Republican spokesmen debating civil rights, foreign policy, and Cuban threats while warning that Democrats glow with achievement. He likens excess federal power to Marxist totalitarianism and recalls a past feudal system where lords taxed serfs for protection, hiding welfare under protection claims.
A Corry case over emergency fire apparatus delayed by a crash prompts a letter to the editor urging red traffic signals to yield to responding trucks. The incident endangered a man’s wife, while local officials weigh zoning plans, council races, and urban development amid other notes on education, military service, and local business leaders.
Good hogs bring 15 to 16 percent, sows 12 to 14, beef cows 13 to 15 percent, cann ers and cutters 11 to 14, beef heifers 18 to 20, bulls 18 to 21, veal calves 33 to 37, heavy and medium calves 22 to 29, lambs 18 to 21.
Stalin salutes Russia’s army as an army of avetiners and vows relentless resistance against Germany while Eisenhower reports a tank led breakthrough in central Tunisia. In Corry 1611 residents qualify for No 2 ration books on the first day of wartime controls. Kenneth Paul Walf listed as missing at sea. one of four Walf family members serving in the Navy.
D A Hillstrom C S Bentley and C R Rogers were named by Chamber of Commerce directors to confer with railroad officials on building a new passenger station in the city. Miss Myra Crapier and Frank C Betts Jr plan marriage in Erie on August 20. Carnegie Musical Clubs to perform in local high school auditorium. An Elks Clock incident and a Tuscarora Indians game in the Armory are noted. Civil rights demonstrations result in 343 jail releases after a $200,000 bond is posted.
The Northwood Theater in Baltimore allowed Negro patrons after six days of protests and arrests. Morgan State College students joined the crowd, with 23 well dressed students buying tickets to see In Search of the Castaways, unimpeded in the lobby. Two days earlier 74 students faced arrest for similar actions as 389 had previously.
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