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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1963
Page
4
An editorial laments Bible censorship in schools and condemns a bestselling book seen as trash, noting a shift in publishing toward lurid covers. It questions why the greatest story cannot be told to children while low‑quality, racy material circulates widely.
Two radiologists in Wheeling West Virginia discovered a condition they call eraserophagia after patterns of white spots appeared on X rays of students. They confirmed students nibble pencils erasers and even swallowed pieces as part of a playful experiment.
A brief opinion note in Greenwich Indiana remarks that a housewife can find privacy by washing dishes, highlighting domestic routines as a personal refuge. The remark reflects a local newspaper voice on home life and solitude.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton hosted a Sunday dinner for Mrs. Carl A. Marsh Mrs. John Hamilton and Ned Hamilton marking their birthdays on the fifth and thirteenth. Other attendees included Carl and Elewise Marsh Carl L Marsh Tonia and many Hamilton relatives.
Police Chief Jack Gilson reported meters are being reinstalled in Cambridge Springs and are active and must be fed. The council had removed them earlier to test shopping impact and has now voted to return meters to borough streets.
The Corry Evening Journal lists publisher George R. Sample general manager William Eaton city bakor Allan Hasbrouck advertising manager John McLaughlin pressroom foreman G T Bergman production and national rep bottinelli rimball with offices in New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to use and reproduce all local news printed in this newspaper and AP news patches.
The article profiles Rhode Island Senator Pastore as a modest Democrat elected governor then U S senator. It notes his influence in pushing for a staffer for his daughter and frames a wider discussion on detergent use and pollution. Rep Reuss criticizes detergent advertising versus research.
Paul Harvey portrays Frances Knight a 20 year veteran of the State Department Passport Division as fiercely patriotic and efficient, praising upgrades to a new building and detailing tensions over favoritism and salary. The piece also touches on West German detergent bans, defense contracting media influence, and racial dynamics in labor unions.
The passport division moved to larger quarters and sped processing from six weeks to under five days. Daily throughput rose from 1,000 to 7,000, turning a 1962 budget of 2.5 million into 6.5 million in revenue. Frances Knight faces opposition as two congressional committees probe her reforms and grooming campaigns amid claims of persecution for opposing lax passporting to suspected saboteurs.
Walter A Knapp describes evangelical work in Japan, noting cooperation with Corry and Wes tleyville churches and support from Rev Gerald H Fisher and local Presbyterians. He plans talks at a Christian high school in Sapporo and urges prayers for 14 ministers and 6 wives serving in Japan.
A stage blackout during a performance of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs halted the show at Okoboji Summer Theater in Spirit Lake on Tuesday night, leaving the audience in darkness and delaying the production.
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