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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1969
Page
2
A selection of lighthearted items from various papers mocks the doom and gloom of headlines. It features Norton Mockridge’s levity column and a Journal feature poking fun at itself, including quips about politicians, drum corps, and cultural figures.
Monday Morning Wash reports Warren YMCA appoints Jack Hanson as executive secretary with Steve Welch moving to Corry after Hanson’s Schenectady departure. Also notes Joe LaRocca’s work with Drew Pearson on Walter Hickel, Sparta students’ Farm Show awards, lead poisoning confirmation for Green Holly Berry Ware by Lefton with recalls urged, and R G Nichols of Spartansburg winning a Lincoln National Life Insurance sales contest.
It Happened In Corry recalls a January 27 20 years ago event when the Corry district along with Erie and Meadville districts were honored at an Erie dinner. D W Jardine presided as awards were announced for districts with last year’s safety record of no lost time accidents. Cub awards and a musical show with den participants formed the program.
Washington report notes the appointment of David Packard as Deputy Secretary of Defense amid long fought disputes over opening contractor cost books to the GAO. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith presses questions on profits and SEC treatment as Packard defends disclosures. The piece also covers early moves in Congress and planned recesses shaping a slow start to the 91st Congress.
Jim Bishop rants on Hong Kong flu with spasms of coughing and sniffling. He mocks doctors, pills, and the sick room scene while bragging of trivia and a wish for action and visitors during illness. He recalls December 1, 1968 and a bitter, transforming illness.
A collection of quirky notes from Hal Boyle and others covers life at 65 with 12 years seated, a hint at armor wear, a mock doghouse price range, Churchill kinship with Manhattan cocktail lore, new hospital rooms, space microbes fear, Antarctic landing for germs, and a look at U.S. presidents' fortunes and debt after death.
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