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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1965
Page
4
In Our Opinion the country overemphasizes college material and neglects trades. Too few tool and die makers, machinists, and cabinet makers are produced. High school grads should pursue technical skills and apprenticeships, not assume liberal arts alone defines success. The piece urges a shift toward skilled trades for national workforce needs.
The Erie Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers rejected a 70000 surplus funds offer and urged the school board to use the money for instructional materials. The group proposed a 100 raise for teachers with over two years experience, while notes on a 300 raise and distribution plans were discussed for the next board meeting.
The piece lists the Corry Journal contact details and staff roles including publisher general manager city editor and advertising manager with addresses and associated press information. It notes subscription rates and terms as well as advertising and circulation notes.
The district notes regular supplies in social studies and English have been eliminated though needed. Library facilities are inadequate and additional texts, supplementary texts, references, and visual aids could be used profitably in all classrooms. Music stands and desk dictionaries could be purchased with the $70,000.
Paul Harvey argues that strikes lose value as a coercive tool as fewer workdays are lost yearly and costs mount for both workers and employers. He notes 1946 to 1956 averages, 1949, 1963 and 1964 figures, and cites GM losses and nationwide economic impact. He warns union leadership must balance militant aims with real costs and stresses responsible representation at the bargaining table.
Mrs John C Kunkel wife of Representative Kunkel Republican of Pennsylvania is named president of the Congressional Club an organization of wives of House and Senate members The group conducts Red Cross work hosts receptions for foreign visitors and publishes a Congressional Club cookbook
Debbie Marcuccilli, then nine, lost both legs in a February 1963 school bus crash. She and her parents sue the Waterloo Central School District board of education, the bus driver Ralph Worden, truck driver Robert E Turner of Texas, and the trucking companies for $1 million plus $200,000.
CUTTING The town meets to note the resignation of Joseph Nakoski as highway superintendent after 19 years due to ill health Lyle Gaberil appointed to fill the unexpired term Gaberil has farm work in French Creek area and will take office shortly. The report also lists community visits and acknowledgments across Cutting and nearby towns.
John Blatt Jr. is chosen to head Blatt Brothers Theatres, joining a company with a long Western Pennsylvania and New York footprint including Rex Theatre and several drive-ins. The Blatt organization, founded in 1920 by John A. Blatt, William Jr, and Charles R. Blatt, has expanded into TV via Corry CATV since 1957 and entered dry cleaning with Norge Laundry in Erie in 1961. Other officers named at the Pittsburgh meeting include John A. Blatt Jr. as secretary, Earl R. Beckwith as treasurer, and vice presidents Frank E. Lewis Ralph Dickey and Regis P. Burns.
Harrisburg AP Acting Chairman Dean Fisher of the State Liquor Control Board hopes Lehigh University's student newspaper will refrain from publishing a raid photo. Agents seized film from a student photographer. the film was turned over to university president W Deming Lewis. The board objects to a shot showing an agent with a fraternity member, fearing it could hinder enforcement. The raid uncovered about $180 worth of untaxed liquor illegally transported from New Jersey in violation of the Pennsylvania Liquor Law.
Inquiries about intestate succession state that if a man dies without a will his children from the first marriage share equally with children from the second marriage in his estate. The widow, if living, is entitled to her share, but all children split the remainder.
Crawford H. Greenewalt said Radio Free Europe aims to break communist news monopolies in Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Bulgaria and Romania. He stressed RFE reports events inside those countries and the West while launching the 1965 $12 million fundraising drive.
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