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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1972
Page
2
In this opinion piece the author defends charity as voluntary aid and denounces the Welfare State as coercive redistribution. It argues only individuals can have consciences while bureaucratic welfare dulls virtue, and suggests abolition would cut taxes and revive private philanthropy with a call to readers to donate to a favorite charity.
President Nixon's shift on Communist China isolates Chiang Kai-shek and deepens his isolation on Taiwan. Intimates describe a long history of favors and gifts from Chiang to Nixon, but Nixon's pursuit of rapprochement with Beijing leaves Chiang embittered and bypassed as Washington rethinks China policy. He resents not being consulted on Nixon's Peking visit while US officials push for a meeting.
A writer debunks February 2 groundhog lore and other old wives tales with sardonic humor. He mocks beliefs about shadows predicting six weeks of winter, jokes about misinformed farmers, and recalls regional superstitions about cracks, cross eyed luck, brides, crickets, and pregnancy myths.
A columnist riffs on repeated atrocities from My Lai to Wounded Knee, citing Dee Brown and Sitting Bull. It recalls broken treaties, westward expansion, and the Seneca Kinzua ties, then meanders into wedding superstitions and luck myths with sharp, satirical observations.
In INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINN the elderly are described as gaining clout as their numbers grow and demand greater attention within federal budget limits. The piece argues older citizens should rank high with dependent children due to their vulnerability and need not be abandoned to an unsure fate.
Pennsylvania Railroad officials announce by June 30 all trains on the Erie Renovo run will be diesel powered, affecting both freight and passenger service in the Corry district. A wildcat strike involving 352 drivers in the Cleveland area limited local bus service today. Lady Rebekah Franklin Lodge No 140 and Jonathan Lodge No 485 OOF hosted a ham dinner for over 100 to celebrate burning the lodge mortgage, noting the event occurred January 3, 1932 Sunday, with no paper published.
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