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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1974
Page
2
In a critical opinion piece the writer accuses State Rep. K Leroy Irvis of forked tongue for proposing fully funded public education up to graduate school. The column argues taxpayers would bear the cost and questions reliance on socialism while fearing private enterprise would seize education.
A humorous Corry Evening Journal column laments an personal energy crisis from 5:30 AM wakeups to daily tasks. The narrator jokes about laziness, proposes comic schemes to raise energy via higher prices, and compares himself to Nixon’s Six Crises while noting everyday chores drain him. The piece quotes local staff credits and publishing details.
Senator Hubert Humphrey has completed X ray therapy for a suspected malignant tumor with a 70 percent chance of cure, while the Space Administration reports Russians opened facilities for American visitors during a high level space talks in Moscow and Star City. Separate items note veterans’ education bills and Pennsylvania tax collection reforms.
Legislators oversaw a stamping program that pays 3 percent of cigarette tax collections to CSAs. With taxes rising from 8 to 18 cents per pack, CSA commissions now amount to about 5.2 cents per carton despite no work increase. A 1972 Governor’s Task Force report urged lowering commissions, estimating $4.9 million annual savings. the 22 month delay costs nearly $94 million in public funds.
New York AP reports Emerson Consultants found 2.6 productive hours in an eight hour day across 35 plants in 12 industries. The study cites union breaks and poor management, with 22 minutes lost daily to idle time and 157 minutes of direct wrench time. Devereux urges better planning and broader skill definitions to cut costs.
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