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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1967
Page
2
The Department of Labor seeks 2.5 million government workers amid a 300000 annual turnover and calls for field economists to manage wages, prices, and living costs. It urges new ideas to curb federal spending, reduce overlap, and organize social legislation for clearer outcomes.
Britain's National Childbirth Trust releases a booklet for expectant fathers with advice on testing baby carriages, sharing chores, planning hospital routes, and modeling time and motion studies. It urges fathers to join their partners in exercises, monitor car maintenance, and prepare for postnatal reading and budgeting.
Paul Harvey discusses assassination odds for U S presidents, noting eight attempts with four successful and detailing figures from Marcus Cunliffe’s analysis. He argues the rise of public exposure increases risk, citing Lincoln Kennedy and other leaders as examples and warning of the modern dangers posed by notoriety seeking individuals.
The Corry area joint school committee saves the YMCA several thousand dollars by providing high school wrestling facilities for its program. Other notes mention a wind blown transom at a North Center street store, Union City shelving urban renewal plans, Route 277 studies in Corry, and various local notices about military service, community events, and civic matters from January 1947.
Chimney fire at J B Patterson bungalow on East Washington street prompted a quick fire department call this afternoon. Fire was extinguished with little damage. Contractor Frank G Jones reports progress remodeling the Livermore block on North Center Street now owned by the Masonic fraternity, with upper floors being rebuilt into lodge and club rooms for local Masonic lodges. Corry Radio Club plans a meeting next month inviting a radio expert, with officers to be elected as revival of activities begins.
City Hall letters answer readers on mobile homes under 1964 zoning rules limiting installation to authorized trailer parks, and on fire station doors improving space and light. The office guides inquiries to the city property index and maps, with public access to owner histories and deeds.
Today marks the B1st day of 1967 with 44 days left in the year. Notable events include Stonewall Jackson's birth in 1824, Goethals' death in 1928, a 1941 anti Nazi rebellion in Romania, U.S. troops relieving Marines at Guadalcanal in 1943, the Burma Road reopening in 1945, and Eisenhower and Nixon publicly taking oaths in 1953 while ten years ago an American tourist died in custody in Russia.
The article discusses fluoridation of water as beneficial for teeth and bones, citing a Public Health Service statistic on 257 percent fewer deaths from falls among those who drink fluoridated water. It mentions leukemia research and the Lasker Award to Dr Sid ney Farber, stressing ongoing search for cures and the need for funds. It also notes guidance for readers on health concerns and consulting their own doctors.
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