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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1965
Page
4
In Our Opinion the Journal argues for expanding the Pennsylvania State Police with 300 additional troopers. The piece warns funding is not just a dollar issue, asserting safety and the prevention of highway carnage outweigh money, urging lawmakers to raise pay and resources to recruit and train more officers.
Highlights from a wartime bulletin describe Australian infant troops advancing toward the Barneo petroleum port amid fierce fire while Tokyo flags tighten rationing as Allied bombers sink ships. Other notes mention Cherry harvest volunteers, a police robbery report, and a local wedding in Erie with Joan Klinger marrying Charles McClin tock.
Kenneth Ball arrives after Corry police report a stolen Chevrolet found in town and identified by Ball as his. A boy, Charles Hand, is badly burned by a fire cracker. Alexander & Company undertake improvements near completion, with funeral quarters refurbished. Two weddings occur over the weekend as Miss Phyllis Louise McCray faces a narrow auto mishap on Spring Creek Road near the Missionary Alliance Church.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a 19th century notice for a mail master at Corry Pennsylvania with a proposed salary of 1200 dollars per year by mail. The legible bits suggest a public posting about clerk duties and pay, but the text is garbled and difficult to reconstruct fully.
A wide mix of local items appears, including county health delays on city services, appeals over zoning and development, school bus cost questions, and church and lodge news. Military promotions and transfers, college honors, and community projects at YMCA and Peek n Peak are noted, with plans for road and education funding debated and ongoing.
A marriage license may proceed when a spouse is declared presumed dead by Orphans Court after published inquiries and a hearing. The decree of desertion becomes a final divorce if later the spouse is found alive. A death date is set from the finding.
July Fourth week YMCA calendar lists day camp swimming actions and classes across multiple age groups and levels. Highlights include adult and youth swim sessions, beginner and advanced cohorts, bus group coordination for Union City and Elgin, and daily day camp activities with evening family swims and basketball leagues.
The State Department memo outlines China’s extensive influence operations in Africa, Latin America and Asia to rival the Soviet Union. It depicts Chinese propaganda, foreign aid, and subversive training camps in Algeria, the Congo and other nations, led by Chang Hsi Jo and Liu Chang Sheng, with Maoist lines reaching Korea, Thailand, Burma and beyond.
Paul Harvey argues nations cannot mop up the world’s mess completely. He compares global politics to home care, noting over-extension wears down empires and that containment, not eradication, is reality. He cites Johnson and calls for responsible limits while fighting contamination at borders and abroad.
Harrisburg AP reports Gov. Scranton would sign legislation to prohibit rainmaking in Pennsylvania for two years. The House approved a Senate amendment excluding weather tampering activities supervised by the Pennsylvania Aeronautics Commission and the State Agricultural Department.
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