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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1968
Page
2
In Our Opinion the four U S Navy sailors who deserted to Russia did so from fear not conviction about Vietnam. The writer denounces them as cowards who fled their shipmates and uniforms, declaring the country Navy and shipmates are better off without them and Sweden is welcome to such “scrofulous pups.”
Drew Pearson reports FBI bugs in Fred Black’s hotel room captured conversations of congressional leaders White House aides business figures and columnists including Jack Anderson. The transcripts reveal links to Levinson and Levinson’s circle and show FBI interest in Anderson’s investigative leaks amid a widening Washington gambling syndicate probe.
Corry Evening Journal reports on Yemeni royalists hiring mercenaries from multiple nations, including Americans, Belgians, Germans and French, amid threats of retaliatory disclosures. The piece notes a Soviet pilot's aircraft wreckage and a MIG-19 downed during an offensive on a royalist village.
Jim Bishop decries student views on political science and power, tracing the evolution of the two party system, party ideologies, and the role of education. He argues political science may not be a true science and warns that future graduates will run the country, while elders fear losing influence.
Harrisburg notes a record cold opening to the 1968 Pennsylvania General Assembly with Republicans holding 101 seats after Evan Williams’s oath, while the new Donkey Dollar edition lampoons Washington and the White House. The feature also recalls a hunter’s “fatal” question and praise of ordinary citizen oversight.
Two councilmen Carlton Smith and Ross Fehrman and City Treasurer Irene Mullen took the oath during the reorganization session as Corry held its semi monthly meeting. Weather notes report snow totals and a mild winter night. 1927 police annual report cites 332 arrests with 213 for drunkenness.
A summary of notable past events on January 5 including Benedict Arnold burning Richmond 1781, Capt John Smith captured 1608, 1693 Great Northern spike, 1925 Nellie Ross Wyoming governor, 1983 Calvin Coolidge death, 1949 Truman Fair Deal, 1962 Paul VI meeting Athenagoras, 1968 Gen Gavin retirement, 1973 France Polaria missiles response, 1975 Vietnam casualties news.
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