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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1966
Page
2
The Pennsylvania Senate soon considers a consumer protection bill passed by the House. A dispute over the legal maximum credit interest rate could stall the measure. The piece aims to curb shady lending and require clear disclosure of interest and total cost to help consumers decide.
In New York, rising European rates hinder U.S. efforts to lower rates. Higher euro rates draw dollars abroad, risking a dollar slide and widening the U.S. balance of payments deficit. Eurodollar pools around $9 billion fund private deals overseas, while domestic rate debates split between easing money and fighting inflation.
Paul Harvey traces the Black Power slogan from its SNCC and CORE origins to its polarizing impact during the Chicago Soldier Field rally and national reactions. He notes King’s cautious stance, NAACP rejection, and McKissick’s backtracking, highlighting how the phrase spurred awareness yet carried risks of violence. The piece ends with reflections on the enduring power of the spoken word.
The piece reports lawmakers consider tying government drug reimbursements to generic-name prices, arguing taxpayers now overpay for brand-name medicines. It cites pricing gaps, examples like Chlor-Trimetone, Serpasil, Miltown, Equanil, and tetacycline, and notes the motion picture screening of The Russians Are Coming as a separate item.
On this date events include US Marines landing in Haiti to quell riots after the assassination of a Haitian president in 1915, Salt Lake City's Mormon Temple site chosen in 1847, Austria Hungary declaring war on Serbia in 1914, British repelling a Nazi attack on Malta in 1940, Nazi advances in the Caucasus in 1942, and the U S Seventh Army moving into Sicily in 1943. References to other phrases appear truncated.
The fragment lists staff and offices for The Corry Evening Journal including publisher general manager editor and ad manager. It mentions a New York address and Michigan Square Building along with pricing notes and postal information. The readable part references readership rates and delivery terms.
A light column notes how readers measure status in the rat race with everyday perks and foibles. It riffs on workplace perks, family costs, and personal gleans from a manager's quick cash to vacations, parking spots, and sleep, concluding that many feel they’ve achieved real status.
A pawning is a bailment of personal property for a debt or engagement. The pledgor and pawnbroker have a contract if any terms exist, otherwise bailment applies and the bailor may sue for damage while in the pawnbroker's possession in Pennsylvania.
Reader questions explore how blood travels from the heart through arteries to tissues and back via veins to the lungs for oxygen, a cycle repeating about 40 million times a year. The column then addresses the safety of oral contraceptives, citing AMA and FDA positions and advising physician supervision.
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