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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1969
Page
2
The Erie Lackawanna may discontinue the last two passenger trains through Corry, trains 5 and 6, as losses mount. The editorial notes trains are aging, service is uneven, and public demand is weak while government rules and unions complicate decisions. The piece leans toward entrusting the Interstate Commerce Commission to decide, given the lack of demand.
Inflation accelerates past five percent as Americans seek to offset rising costs by cashing savings bonds borrowing on life insurance policies and drawing from savings. May redemptions exceeded new sales by 12 million, with personal savings dipping to 6.1 percent of disposable income in early 1969. Life insurer loans rise, and large firms hold growing policy loan shares, exemplified by Metropolitan Life climbing to 4.12 percent by April.
It Happened In Corry item recalls three fishermen clinging to their overturned motor boat for 15 minutes two to three miles off Lake Erie shore before rescue by unidentified fishermen. Also notes Corry Country Club golf team lost inter club match 60 30 to Maplehurst and Garter Hill Ladies Aid gathering at Alton Peterson home with brief program. 40 years ago item mentions Corry High School Alumni Association fifty fifth reunion at Junior High School and planned community band formation with meeting next Tuesday to organize.
The failed Rockefeller mission echoes Eisenhower era riots in Japan as Venezuela bars him after decades of U S influence. Rockefeller, long a Latin American ally, faced internal delays and hostile reception amid shifts in leadership, optics on Pan American ties, and weaker White House engagement.
State Representative Assemblyman Forest Hopkins of North East can be reached at the State Capitol Harrisburg PA. State Senator James Willard of Pulaski Mercer County can be reached at the State Capitol Harrisburg. U S Senators Hugh Scott and Richard Schweiker can be contacted at the Senate Office Building Washington DC. U S Congressman Joseph Vigorito of Erie can be contacted at the House Office Building Washington DC.
A humorous sketch lists possible female contenders to the U S presidency, spoofing public personas from Adele to Twiggy and Phyllis Diller. The piece satirically weighs political viability, gender expectations, and the impracticalities of female leadership in a bygone era.
On June 6 1944 Allied forces landed on Normandy beaches in D Day. Nathan Hale born 1755 in Coventry Conn. Alsace annexed to Germany in 1871 after Franco Prussian War. Belleau Wood action in 1918. SEC created in 1934. Yorktown sunk at Midway in 1942. James Meredith wounded in 1966 march. Lee Kuan Yew began in 1965. Saigon rally claims Buddhist bias in 1970. Kennedy died in 1968.
The Corry Journal invites brief legible reader communications on one subject. Include signature and address for publication. All are subject to condensation and the paper assumes no responsibility for statements.
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