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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1966
Page
2
The piece argues police cannot stop habitual offenders despite repeated arrests. It notes officers can only arrest and bring to court, while fines and jail terms fail to deter. High alcohol use drives repeat offenses, wasting city time and resources and risking public safety. The column urges action by another agency to remove such individuals from circulation.
The New York AP report notes the new Congress faces finance driven issues from Viet Nam war funding to defense orders, tax schemes, and debt policy. Monitor price controls, inflation risks, and wage guideline impacts as lawmakers weigh spending, depreciation allowances, strategic stockpiles, and corporate repatriation effects on prices and activity.
Drew Pearson surveys Beersheba and Haifa noting rapid urban growth from 12 000 to 72 000, a thriving camel market, new seaports at Ashdod, and large scale tree planting. He cites immigration from North Africa and Eastern Europe, the Jewish Agency’s work, and Kalman Levin’s leadership in settling immigrants. Israel’s industrial output has doubled and exports risen sixfold in ten years, with a forecast to be self supporting by 1972 despite Arab boycotts and defense costs. The precarious truce with Arab states remains the era’s central risk to this achievement.
In a nostalgic column from New York, Hal Boyle reflects on memories as a personal castle free from mortgages and taxes, where time can be spent at will. He recalls child fears, the handyman's thrifty fixes, preacher patience, and a bygone Manhattan with horse cars, elevators, and small town pool shark tales, weaving a gentle, period voice through everyday scenes.
Summary notes reveal Admiral Halsey ordered ships sunk after internal Pearl Harbor task force remarks aired to lawmakers. Also reports death of Dr W W Graham at 58 after long illness, and a major fire at J W and A P Howard plant with rebuilding plans uncertain. Four Corry youths join pre induction list for January 17. Names include William T. O'Brien Rollin L. Jewell Richard M. Hunt Leon B. Shumsky.
Little Charles Rouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rouse, died after a shotgun accident at his parents farm home. An operation at Corry Hospital failed to save him. Separately, two men were arrested for chicken coop thefts, and Fred Gendron suffered severe burns when a soldering job on a gasoline tank exploded. Two youths from town were jailed for breaking and entering after attempting to rob Leon L. Maynard’s confectionery store in the Cloy block.
On January 11 1966 the day marks historical figures and events including Alexander Hamilton born on Nevis Island in 1757 and later Washington aide and U S Treasury secretary. Other notes reference 1788 Hartford Connecticut colonists heading to Ohio 1805 creation of Michigan Territory and 1861 Alabama secession and 1865 Missouri abolishing slavery.
The piece recalls horse drawn travel to hear speeches from wagons and public distrust of bankers seen as robbers who foreclose on widows and orphans. It notes common fears of downturns and awe at a balloon ascent at a town fair, with everyday childhood rites like tonsil removal and hair combing.
Paul Harvey argues the Selective Service Act could be unconstitutional and urges Congress to seek a better system. He questions the draft as a punitive tool and criticizes General Hershey for using draft power to deter dissent. He notes costs of volunteers and calls for a modern, fair approach to civilian service.
A reader asks how to help a husband living in fear after a heart attack. Dr. Coleman says recovery isn’t only physical and outlines emotional healing, gradual return to activity, and maintaining dignity. The mind must recover alongside the body for true health, with gentle guidance and continued professional support.
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