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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1962
Page
4
A reader column mocks an insurance company release on traffic violations and accidents. It ridicules linking driver personality to crash risk and questions the value of psychological findings for public policy.
Rostov and key cities fall as Soviet forces resist German drive toward Stalingrad while calls for Allied second front resurface. A West Wayne man is fined for blackouts ordinance violations after a heat with Alderman George. Car crashes occur on East Park Place involving Mountaan and Sorenson. Arroites top Ramblers 225 in city basketball. Recreation Leaders Club heads to Columbus for games under Miss Haire. Mrs Bates hosts a refined North Center Street gathering with daughter Lily. A sacred concert is planned by the Presbyterian Church choir for Sunday evening. Professor Burth devotes effort to his program.
A fragmented Corry Journal page notes a 40 year ago celebration with attended events and cake, a county fair pond display, and a notable gathering of local attendees. The publication lists staff, advertisers, and production details, including city offices and rates, reflecting a small town daily newspaper format.
A joint resolution by the current Congress seeks to establish the former Hamilton home known as The Grange in New York City as a national memorial. The article recalls Hamilton as a Revolutionary War aide and ghost writer for Washington, his role in The Federalist Papers, and debates over his economic policies and power in government.
An article reviews a novel organization, a non profit group founded in Jackson Tech, where members including mayors, editors and executives wear lapel pins. Each swear word triggers a penny donation to the nearest person, as a humorous approach to curb profanity and inflationary talk. The piece notes mixed public reaction and raises questions about effectiveness.
Local readers glimpse a chaotic mix from The Journal about Tom Titus becoming sports editor at The Monmouth Message in Fort Monmouth Korea era outlets. The Corry library survey sparks talk of improving service while cinema at the Corry Drive-in draws crowds for Lad the Dog. Naval career notes for William Eaton and a radar school graduation lead into city pride displays and a divorce column rumor. A Navy family move, fishing and stocking news, and splashes of local chatter wrap this rambly page.
Staff Sgt. Laws of the 169th Infantry earned the Medal of Honor for heroism on Luzon in Pangasinan Province. He knocked out a Japanese pill box after sustaining multiple wounds, fought hand to hand, and carried on to lead an attack despite grave injuries. Now living in Altoona, he mails for a living and recalls the 1945 action with his wife Virginia and young son Robert Earl.
The column blends diverse fragments from Union City and nearby areas. It mentions pheasant chick distribution in western Pennsylvania, naval training group updates in San Diego, a Kennedy family assignment to Ship or shore duty, local resident tensions over dogs and noise, gift receipts from Grice Jewelers, hospital surgeries at Corry Memorial, rumored new city industry, Harold Wade's DeVry Institute training, and patriotic observations about storefronts displaying the American flag daily.
Erie County faces resistance to flood water dam proposals while officials note a drop in marriage licenses in June. The report mentions local leaders' likely stance on the French influenced plan and a captain’s cruise anecdote from a summer trip.
Thursday's sale featured good anti choice hogs priced from 18 to 19.21 per hundredweight, sows to 18, beef cows 14 to 15.5, canners and cutters 12 to 13, beef heifers 18 to 20, bulls 18 to ?, calves 26 to 30, heavy and medium calves 20 to 25, and lambs selling 20 to 24.
Don t Forgell, interior revenue director, reminds employers that several tax returns are due by next Tuesday for the quarter ended June 30, 1962. Forms 941 and 941 Schedule A must be filed with payments to credit social security taxes withheld. domestic workers and various excise taxes have specific forms and monthly deposit requirements.
The Warren office of the Allegheny National Forest recommends Pennsylvania Electric Co. be allowed to install a power plant on Kin- yua- Pam. Building would affect about 215 acres of forest land, require moving one road, and the local recommendation moves up to the regional and Washington offices for final Federal Power Commission approval.
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