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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1972
Page
2
A late issue of U S News & World Report portrays centralized bureaucracy as strangling the country through rules and paperwork. A photo shows two young women on chairs amid a towering stack of forms for a federally aided Illinois highway project.
Paul Harvey notes a 28.5 percent raise for Meany and portrays AFL-CIO leader George Meany as confrontational toward President Nixon during the Miami convention. Humphrey accuses Nixon of provoking unions, while observers see Meany aiming to oust Nixon from the Pay Board. The piece critiques big labor's influence, citing public doubts and rising government red tape.
New York AP reports mutual fund sales have fallen while redemptions rise, signaling trouble for the $58 billion industry. Augenblick of the Investment Company Institute notes sluggish sales over a year and ongoing redemptions, with competition from real estate trusts. Some funds still offer professional management and diversification, but many lack real performance or clear benefits as the industry matures and the era of easy money fades.
In Corry during the night a gang of what police deem amateur burglars struck two Union City garages and a Centerville station, netting only four dollars in coins from the Thomas Chevrolet agency and nothing from the Henry Plymouth agency. Meanwhile, Stanford Hose Company plans its first summer tire training drill next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. akin to a two year old session, including hydrant work and ladder instruction to aid fire response. The Emmanuel Episcopal Church pie social yielded twenty five dollars, sponsored by the Young People's Fellowship and Chi Rho Society. City Council approved a ten thousand four hundred dollar bond repayment move from the Sinking Fund Committee. City Treasurer Frank Whittlesey authorized bond purchases. Mrs. Inez Fitch was re-elected president of the Corry Business and Professional Women's Club for the coming year at a meeting hosted by Mrs. George Mulderick.
A feature on Honk Coakley, nicknamed for his horn blasting, celebrating his 48-foot boat Momma's Sable with aboard family, friends, and a tense maiden voyage. The scene contrasts his bold, risky yacht style with his mother’s wary practicality as water seeps into the bilges and a Coast Guard call is placed. The piece blends coastal harbor scenery with a quirky character study.
The Corry Evening Journal excerpt follows Tracy and Hank as their teen talks about college life, independence, and career doubts. Lady Dottie remains chaste while college years mix with home life, boats, and a summer job shaping choices about acting or veterinary medicine.
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