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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1965
Page
4
The column argues that students who fail reading and English should not enroll in colleges and cites remedial courses as ridiculous. It blames schools and parents for neglecting early literacy and recalls a student who began with "We was" as evidence of widespread spelling and grammar lapses.
The text explains generally that parents are not liable for their children's negligence but notes exceptions. If parents know or should know of dangerous or unlawful habits and fail to curb them, or if children act as agents for parents causing harm, parents may be held responsible. An attorney should be consulted for each case.
Warren County Farmers Association president Frank Wilcox urges rural residents to oppose pure population based reapportionment. He warns urban gain could raise taxes and reduce rural influence, calling for letters or telegrams to representatives to ensure rural voices are heard in group decisions.
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Clifton von Kann, 49, the Army Aviation chief, is being pushed into retirement after a string of love letters with the wife of a former subordinate. The affair involved travel funded by the Army and several clandestine meetings, prompting Pentagon questions and a discreet exit.
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy fighting on Iwo Jima central airfield with no line changes overnight. Marines attack southwestern air drome tip aided by tanks heavy artillery naval barrage and dive bombers. London fronts push near Cologne as Eisenhower plans a Rhine breakthrough amid Soviet pressure. Officer Burlingame identifies a license number linked to a hit and run. Inflation topic addressed by BE Anderson at a joint Women’s Central War Activities Committee Victory Club meeting.
A large Sunday crowd heard Rev. W. A. Bartlett at First Methodist Church deliver a temperance and law enforcement address. The topic was Not Guilty But Pay the Costs or Bamboozled by Booze. Also reported are a golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Richard Wells celebrated with relatives, a police search for a hospital patient, a High School Alumni comedy performance To the Ladies, Martha Washington party hosted by Misses Iola and Thelma Long, and the death of Prof Charles Alexander Robinson Jr a Brown University expert on Alexander the Great.
E B Copeland, once division manager of Custom Foods, raises Tennessee walking horses and white faced cattle in Jackson Mississippi. His son Jere, after a life of indulgence, vows to study medicine and works while funding his path through Millsaps College and the University of Tennessee Medical School. Amid loans and low pay he perseveres, earning Phi Beta Kappa honors and pursuing neurosurgery with relentless grit.
Three men were under arrest and a fourth sought in the theft of 2000 liquor bottles from a state store in Pittsburgh East Liberty. Police were seeking Benjamin Miller 38 of the Hill District. Eleven cases of whisky were found at his home.
Public notice from the Corry post office showing Second Class Mail status and mail rates. It lists annual rates of $13.00 and $11.00 in advance, carrier and per copy charges, and advertising rules with a nine am deadline preceding the prior publication date.
Readable lines mention Blain pallid md Bad Mrs. Re Mortun and Mc Donald. Names like Mire and Wekkata appear amid obscure terms. Context and full meaning unclear but suggests personal notes or ritual phrases from a fragmentary archive.
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