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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1963
Page
4
The editors urge swift Senate confirmation of B. Wilson Purdy to lead Pennsylvania State Police. They praise his FBI and Harrisburg police background, note potential morale and salary concerns, and stress the need for nonpolitical, fair law enforcement serving 11 million residents.
A letter argues local bond issues fund 70,000 new classrooms yearly and that college capacity outstrips demand is exaggerated. It cites Corry area plans to spend 1,045,000 to ease shortages, urging skepticism toward federal education aid as unnecessary.
A Birmingham Michigan paper opines that a real reality era is dawning across the Atlantic, offering more genuine events and less fiction than many TV dramas. The piece suggests viewers will increasingly confront unscripted life on screen.
The city plans to remove WRI screen telephones from firehouses to cut annual phone bills by about 2000 dollars. Safety Director Richard J. Hellen said one private line remains, with emergency contact still via the emergency fire number. Calls will route through the central switchboard for both emergency and non emergency use.
A report notes that a number of long distance calls were made on telephones without authorization, highlighting an access or security concern within the system. The statement underscores potential misuse and the need for investigation.
Doctor Gilbert Wilson of Triontown Pa, aged in his year, died yesterday at the Palmer House in downtown Chicago while attending the National Sporting Goods Association Convention. The man, Wilton, age 52, operated two sporting goods stores in Oniontown. No cause beyond a heart attack is given.
Dodgers travel to Pittsburgh on a private LaGuardia flight. Don Newcombe fears flying, despite encouragement from teammates Satchel Paige Duke Snider and others. The flight, a rare comfort in a season of trains, raises tension as Newcombe struggles with air travel fears.
President Kennedy proposes a tiered tax cut with relief for small business first and individuals next, targeting corporate rates on the first 25 000 of income to 22 percent and delaying the 52 percent rate for larger amounts until 1963. The plan aims to total about 13 5 billion in cuts, with 3 5 billion from closing loopholes and higher taxes offsetting some gains.
The passage shows laughter and high tension as Newcombe is guided toward a ship’s control deck. A reference to the captain’s seat and Satchel Paige appears, suggesting a dramatic or symbolic scene with aviation instruments and readiness.
A landlord issuing a sixty day eviction may advance the filing costs and the court, alderman and constable's fees. The evicted tenant is typically responsible for these costs, which can be collected by levying the tenant's goods if they have back rent due. In practice the landlord often bears the upfront costs.
A columnist critiques presidents reading habits and ghost writers noting Kennedy's quotations from Burke are misattributed. He cites Truman Eisenhower Roosevelt and Kennedy as indulging thrillers and popular fiction while urging leaders to study classic authors like Aeschylus and Thucydides for wisdom.
Twenty years ago Allied forces, led by General Douglas MacArthur, announced the collapse of the last organized Japanese resistance on the Papuan peninsula in New Guinea. The report noted enemy strength cut from 15 000 to under 4 000 as Australian command headquarters proclaimed the victory.
Francis A. Bill, 40, a prominent Route 7 farmer, was fatally injured when his horse ran away and he either sipped out the ice or was thrown to the ground fracturing his skull shortly before noon yesterday.
Mayor C M Bonne urged the Titusville council to consider establishing a State Police substation here to improve traffic accident investigations. Local experts cited recent fatal crash near Route 8 involving Richard Porter and a school bus as highlighting delays when vehicles wait for police arrival.
Public notice outlines advertising representatives in New York Detroit Philadelphia and Corry offices. It grants exclusive republication rights and lists mail rates 13 dollars yearly 11 dollars 00 per year and 9 am deadlines for display ads. It mentions delivery charges and advertising deadlines.
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