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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1969
Page
2
The piece questions federal values noting Aid to Dependent Children at 800 dollars yearly versus 2300 dollars per federal prison inmate and 11000 dollars for Job Corps training. It argues for public funding to support dependent children and better rehabilitation and education to reduce aid dependence. It compares household children with dependents to those in welfare.
A fragmented compilation notes Fourth Amendment protections amid stray quotes on dissent and literacy. It references political columns and statements by Evans Novak and remarks about signatures on the Declaration of Independence, weaving a collage of readable passages without a clear single event.
Television networks plan extensive coverage of the Apollo 11 moon mission with CBS NBC and ABC assigning hours of live air. NBC anchor quotes reflect need for new vocabulary while longtime observers note the era’s unique significance as the world watches from around the globe.
On this date in history several events shaped world and national affairs. The Spanish Civil War began in 1936 and Florida was ceded to the United States by Spain in 1821. Other notes include 1898 Santiago surrender, 1917 Windsor name change, 1955 Idaho powered by atomic energy, 1962 senate Medicare vote, and 1965 B52 strikes in Vietnam.
Contact details for state representative Forest Hopkins and state senator James Willard in Harrisburg. Also lists U S senators Hugh Scott and Richard Schweiker and U S congressman Joseph Vigorite with Washington contact addresses.
A visiting writer details Neil Armstrong’s Ohio boyhood in Auglaize County. He grew up on a third generation farm, loved books about flyers, built a wind tunnel, earned a physics A, took flying lessons, and became a licensed pilot before serving in Korea. The piece leads to Armstrong’s selection as civilian spaceman and his moon mission.
A satirical New York column blends wry opinions on marriage, wealth, nature, and human foibles. It riffs on judgment, ambition, and cheerfulness, noting cynicism as a form of guarded optimism, while mocking politicians, dieting regrets, and daily quirks with sharp, humorous observations.
CAPE KENNEDY Fla. Wer nher von Braun emerges as the pivotal, persistent force behind the moon program. The piece traces his early fixation on space, wartime rocket work, capture by U.S. forces, and the Kennedy era decision to spend $20 billion to place Americans on the moon, shaping the space race narrative.
The Manhattan, a 115000 ton tanker fitted with an icebreaker bow, eyes a summer voyage through the Northwest Passage from Alaska to Valdez to test oil transport viability. Backed by Humble, Atlantic Richfield and BP, the project weighs economical routes versus costly pipelines, with oil from the North Slope poised to reach West Coast markets.
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