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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
2
In Our Opinion the Federal government must take the austerity lead to curb wage and price spirals. It argues voluntary controls have failed and proposes that only government-imposed limits will work, urging leaders to show restraint and set an example before asking others to follow.
Harrisburg column notes Governor Shafer and Budget Secretary Sampson vacationing in the Virgin Islands while Pennsylvania’s Legislature stalls a $522 million GSA borrowing increase. The delay pushes funding for parks, state colleges, mental hospitals, and the state-related universities into the 1968 session, with six months of the 1967-69 biennium already passed. The House committee holds the bill, and a March recess may push schedules into next year.
Investigative musings recount Bobby Kennedy allegedly ordering FBI bugging tied to Bob Kerr and Lyndon Johnson, the Baker probe, and a pattern of high level eavesdropping. The piece notes the scandal’s impact on Johnson’s 1965 inauguration and the Kennedy Johnson feud, with mentions of Hoover, Katzenbach, and Ramsey Clark.
Jim Bishop riffs on aging in a reflective column, noting arthritis creaks, fading teeth, and the shift from lively youth to a quieter present. He jokes about doctors, family, Sinatra memories, and the calendar misprint 1968, closing with wry wishes for readers amid elections and bills.
Corry Elgin and Concord townships saw a population rise of 262 persons in the year. There were 392 births and 130 deaths recorded in the 12 months, per local registrar Sidney B. Elston. The Corry Jamestown Mtg. Corp. opened a Philadelphia branch as the first in a planned series of small factories. West Spring Creek reports show mumps as the primary communicable disease, with one scarlet fever case noted.
Corry High School basketball used an early lead to beat Union City 28 to 20. Wilson Brown led the attack with nine points. The district notes pupil shifts with Colza area children now at Columbus school and Spring Creek students attending in Youngsville after the Kane Erie train service changes.
A Friday, January 12 entry marks key events from 1737 John Hancock signing the Declaration of Independence to 1968 era notes. Highlights include Samuel Gorton’s Warwick settlement in 1643, John Singer Sargent’s birth in 1856, Taft seeking Panama Canal funds in 1911, Hattie Caraway’s 1933 Senate milestone, Churchill and de Gaulle talks in 1944, and WWII events in 1945. Additional notes cover nuclear zone proposals and Cold War comments, with China’s Mao era alignment and Red China’s cultural revolution pledges in recent years.
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