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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1963
Page
4
The Wattsburg High School wrestling team, mostly first year students under a new coach, staged a courageous display against Beaver wrestlers. The editorial praises their refusal to give up and argues that effort and character matter more than winning, urging that how you play the game is the true measure.
A Bremen Ga. Gateway item frames life as a constant conflict between a man and his adversaries and a woman with her allies in a reflective aside. The tone suggests editorial wit on gender dynamics and social expectations.
Jim Bishop critiques the used car trade describing a chaotic open lot system where haggling and misrepresentation flourish. He notes undercutting by dealers and wary buyers, cites a Long Branch New Jersey case where a lemon was traded down from nearly $1,000 to $350, and warns of widespread stall tactics and fragile vehicle quality.
A 1943 Washington dispatch reports the United States nearing wartime production capacity for guns ships and planes as President Roosevelt submits a budget for the next fiscal year. It also notes Allied advances on Guadalcanal after artillery and air bombardment amid strained domestic enforcement actions and local incidents across several cities.
Fragmentary text describes a person and organization with references that are garbled and difficult to interpret. Key names and locations are not clearly readable, limiting reliable reconstruction of events or details.
A dealer faces conflicting pressures when negotiating a new car sale and a trade in. He may quote retail on the new car while paying top dollar for the old one, masking true costs through dual pricing. A suggested reform calls for a dealer association to regulate fair trade and restore consumer confidence in the auto industry.
In Tunisia twenty years ago an American field hospital held a young Jewish private whose story unfolds after a patrol encounter with Nazis. He remained restless and unbandaged, while the wartime memories lingered long after the battle.
Fragments show publication details for The Corry Evening Journal with editor names and staff, Associated Press rights, and subscription and mailing rates. Advertisements and office addresses are listed, including price information and delivery terms.
Hal Boyle recalls a Jewish American youth who faced two Nazis. He killed one with a bayonet, then killed another to save himself. The survivor’s arm became paralyzed from guilt, a conflict between self defense and creed. The story ponders whether he found peace years later.
Rogers Hornsby 66 died Saturday in Chicago from a heart condition. He was buried yesterday in a cemetery near Hornsby Bend Texas beside his parents amid a gathering of more than 100 relatives and nearly 200 attendees including many baseball figures. The services were conducted by Rev. William A. Crosland at the First Southern Presbyterian Church in Austin.
John Henry Adams 2 a direct descendant of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams died in San Francisco after a prolonged illness. He served as supervisor of pipefitters at the Navy shipyard for 16 years until an accident five years ago.
Advice column on household money management for a husband who spends freely and three children. Recommends gradual transfer of budgeting control to the wife, a joint spending plan, and a monthly breakdown including housing, food, savings, and discretionary allowances. Also suggests letting the husband make big expenditures and maintaining a small luxury allowance to ease the transition.
United States records call for stronger independent action to unify Africa and shape alliances. The discussion follows comments made at Palm Beach and reflects a broader push for U.S. leadership in international diplomacy, signaling a notable shift in policy.
New York AP report notes boaters as a barometer with rising pleasure craft sales after a dip. Consumers expect greater prosperity and more leisure time in 1963, signaling optimism in the American market viewed by foreign observers.
Fifteen men and a woman from Washington County were released on $1,000 bond each on charges of failing to purchase $50 Federal gambling tax stamps. Federal agents arrested the defendants in Washington and Pittsburgh and they were arraigned before a U. S. commissioner. Agents said two other persons were still being sought.
The National Motor Boat Show in New York features about 500 boats from five countries including Denmark France Britain West Germany and Canada. About 125 exhibitors display boats and outboard motors from Britain’s F Perkins Ltd competing with Johnson Evinrude and Mercury. William C. Scott of Outboard Marine Corp. cites rising disposable income and leisure time driving the late 1950s boating boom, with 1963 expected to be strong though sales leveled in 1960 and 1961. Estimates from the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers and the Outboard Boating Club of America place 1962 boating retail at 2.5 billion dollars with 37.24 million American participants and 7.469 million boats in use, outboards leading. The show opens to the public Saturday in New York.
New Delhi officials said a number of Soviet Mig21 fighters are en route from Russia to India. The foreign ministry spokesman did not disclose the count, routes, or expected arrival.
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