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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1966
Page
2
The piece argues that the national push for safer cars ignores driver responsibility and questions the public’s willingness to pay for safety. It cites Stanford Research Institute five-point plan including speed limits, age restrictions, safer highways, vehicle safety, and mass transit to save 45,000 lives yearly, while noting cost and public pushback concerns.
The writer muses on merging NFL and MLB resources, proposes uniting U.S. and Russian Olympic teams as a hypothetical win. Women lawmakers press for equal opportunity but oppose strong draft parity. South Vietnamese officials claim the war is over for Americans, noting repeated costly involvement.
Jim Bishop explains how Kuwait transformed from a poor desert outpost into a oil rich nation after 1938. British and American interests, including BP and Getty, secured drilling rights, triggering British protection and regional power struggles with Turkey Germany Saudi Arabia Iraq and Britain. Oil fields expanded, a modern port city grew, and Kuwait's population and wealth exploded.
Yesterday's Memories recalls 20 years ago in Corry with David L Swartz named new school superintendent replacing Ralph S Dewey after two decades. Peter Russell signs to bring eight Brunswick bowling alleys to a West Main recreation center by Sept 15. Albert F Carlburg to retire Aug 1 after 30 years at the post office. St Thomas Church hosts a High Mass wedding for Marie Jane DeMauri and Robert Wotus with Mary Marty as maid of honor and Walter Wotus as best man.
Walter Swan, who left Corry as a youth about sixteen years ago, is visiting his brothers and sisters on Brook Street after living in New York and spending a decade abroad. Two industrial accidents in Corry injure workers today, V Korzor fractures a leg at U S Radiator and Wallace Cogswell sustains a smashed finger at Ajax Tron Works. The Journal’s old fiddlers contest at the State Armory draws about eight hundred residents, with His Pond and Charles Gates winning top honors. Robert Sullivan, visiting Columbus, may fracture a leg in a farm fall and will be x-rayed at Corry Hospital. Kuwait’s oil wealth and modernizing moves are summarized in a curious note about its not having a tax budget, oil exports, and new leadership.
Hal Boyle profiles Michael Dunn a 31 year old dwarf star weighing 78 pounds 3 feet 10 inches tall with an IQ of 178. He is the first person of his size nominated for an Academy Award for Ship of Fools and is poised for Broadway and TV projects including a cerebral detective role. He emphasizes being an actor not a professional midget and notes his athletic skills and ability to drive and fly with special rigs.
Washington column notes three morals for senators from the Dodd Klein letters. Mentions Abe Ribicoff and Hubert Humphrey, with examples of assistants drafting letters and one key line from Humphrey. Cites Sen. Eugene McCarthy and a 1966 exchange, plus Muskie reveals private funding of Bureau of Mines testing by the American Petroleum Institute.
Sound and fury marked the nations economy as 1966 began booming in the first quarter then cooling concerns grew about inflation taxes and tight money. GNP rose from 697 to 725 billion annual rate midyear while personal income and consumption climbed, savings fell, prices rose, and unemployment hovered around 3.7 to 4 percent.
On June 30 1906 Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drugs Act and the Meat Inspection Act. The British occupied Staten Island in 1777. Taft became US chief justice in 1921. Minsk fell in 1941. Churchill vowed to fight on in 1943.
Readers ask about connections between diabetes and symptoms like tingling in the feet, cramps, and insulin reactions. The column explains causes such as poor circulation from arteriosclerosis and Buerger's disease, and notes that staying to doctor orders, diet, and timely treatment are essential. it also outlines how to test water purity and how to respond to insulin reactions with orange juice.
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