No Jobs For All But Those Willing To Work
In Corry PA the State Employment Service lists 15 openings from unskilled labor to school teaching as unemployment runs at 2.5 percent locally. The Erie and Buffalo papers show heavy help wanted ads as the nation debates welfare and a guaranteed annual wage. The editorial says only the unwilling to work deserve sympathy and rejects broad welfare expansion.
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Corry
Pennsylvania
State Employment Service
City Hall Q and A with Corry officials on wages and rules
City Engineer and Administrator answers questions about minimum wage compliance as a $3,600 probationary assistant salary shared by three taxing bodies, housing officer pay at $6,000 rising to $6,500, and no education requirements for the housing job. The columnist notes no pay for the column and that writing it tires him.
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Corry
Ann Onemus
Erie County
Anon
Bonita Granville Rediscovers Life After Fame
Bonita Granville, once a beloved child star and now a married TV assistant producer to Jack Wrather, reflects on a career spanning 55 films. Born in New York to stage performers, she rose from child roles to dramatic parts, studied little, and avoided scars despite a lucrative early path.
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New York
Bonita Granville
Jack Wrather
Rosina Timpani Granville
Hollywood
Ann Harding
Laurence Olivier
HLM
Putnam
Stanford University
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Johnson eyes keep Phantom jet sale to Israel alive
Washington weighed canceling the 50 Phantom jets to Israel after the Beirut airport raid but has not canceled the sale. Nixon and Humphrey backed the sale publicly yet Johnson hoped Russia would curb Egypt’s jet deliveries. Dayan and Eshkol press discussions shaped a militant stance, yet Johnson signaled he would not rush a reversal despite near-term uncertainty.
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Washington
Israel
Beirut
Johnson
de Gaulle
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Allen
Eshkol
Abba Eban
Nixon
Humphrey
White House
Lbj Ranch
United States
Russia
Egypt
Lyndon Johnson
Nasser
Cairo
B’nai
B'rith
Near East
Bare Bone Budget Critique by Paul Harvey on Spending
Paul Harvey profiles federal spending patterns since 1965 highlighting lavish allocations for arts, overseas study, and various programs. He notes bureaucratic bloat, Congress-ordered cuts, and mixed results, citing agencies like FAA, NIH, and university grants, while praising limited savings at FBI and Passport Office.
It Happened In Corry 20 Years Ago January 4 1949
The city reports mumps as the leading communicable disease in a council briefing. Influenza cases total 160 as Miss Florence Joy suffers a left ankle fracture at Corry High School after a stair fall. The Kiwanis install H Lynn Rice as 28th club president with Richard R Bach er conducting pledge and Arthur J Martin named vice president. The Corry Rockets defeated North East Athletic Club 92 to 40 in a county league debut.
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Harley Drake
Corry Rockets
North East
Athletic Club
Passers
Kiwanis International
H. Lynn Rice
Kiwanis Club
Richard Rossbacher
Board of Health of
C. B. Porter
Porter
Florence Joy
Corry High School
Miss Joy
Today in History Highlights From January 4, 1989
On this date notable events include Britain's 1948 independence grant to Burma, Isaac Newton's birth in 1642, Utah's 1896 statehood, the Rockefeller Foundation yellow fever note in Ecuador in 1921, and WWII era Army actions. Also referenced are MacArthur forming a democratic school system in occupied Japan, a Soviet rocket's near-moon pass, Pope Paul VI's Holy Land tour, and vaccines against mumps.
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Britain
Burma
Isaac Newton
Utah
Rockefeller Foundation
Ecuador
Germany
U.S. First Army
Belgium
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Moon
Paul VI
Holy Land
U.S
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