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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1963
Page
4
The editorial urges renewed planning for the next century as Corry marks its 100th birthday. It praises past progress but argues for bold Master Plan actions to guide fifty to seventy year growth, motorization, and urban reform. It frames the plan as essential to a future bicentennial slogan and local pride.
A fragment-like note credits the American people for progress as new cars populate highways, reflecting a public praise column in the Arcola Record Herald. The brief mentions a large measure of credit to Americans for progress.
American humorist Hal Boyle surveys quirky notes from daily life and world affairs. He riffs on women’s self-image, dog health translations, government spending abroad, grocery taxes, and curiosities from history, cuisine, and language.
Paul Harvey surveys Indiana public outrage over soaring property taxes on February 21 as hundreds of Hoosiers protest with signs like Save Our Homes. He notes tax levels near 35 percent of earned income and warns that continued government debt and rising costs threaten incentives and orderly government.
January and February show durable goods orders at record highs and housing starts remaining strong, signaling factory activity and construction may rise this spring. Steel and tire markets hedge against potential labor disputes while profits climb, boosting optimism for consumer and business spending despite weather and strikes.
AP correspondent Eddy Gilmore returns to the Soviet Union ten years after Stalin’s death to observe shifts. Khrushchev era reforms ease political repression, rising living costs, growing consumer availability, and housing efforts. Prices for food and goods rise, but lines and scarcity ease versus the old regime. Stalin’s body was moved from Red Square to a plain grave near Lenin’s tomb.
A traveler praises civility in police forces from Spain to Switzerland, noting Spanish officers hiss instead of shouting and contrasting British efficiency with old fashioned farmers’ sons. He observes Italian and French styles, laments American enforcement under political pressure, and recalls a Michigan city encounter where a cop growled at a pedestrian in winter.
Highlights include Pacific air raids on four Japanese bases and Aleutian positions. Local report notes a fatal shooting of Leo P. Knoll, a 45 year old trucker, after a prank in Erie cafe, plus defense worker William McCausland being held. State Highways supervisor George Stowe survives a crash with a freight train. Air warning posts rise on country roads as part of a new defense network. Local bowling hopefuls prepare for the Women’s State Tournament in Williamsport with listed players.
In liquidation of an assessable mutual insurance company former members may be liable to pay an assessment. Courts say policyholders are members, insurers, and insured, a cooperative, and upon insolvency the court may order assessments on former members for their proportionate share of indebtedness.
W Stewart named to head citizens committee guiding a hotel finance campaign with ~120 volunteers. C R Rogers, vp, to assist. Also reports sudden death of William Lewis in Kinmans, Ohio, former Corry resident. Donald Motfell injured repairing Spartansburg line fuse. Mrs Margaret Pirro dies of pneumonia. Carnegie Musical Clubs stage standout program at High School auditorium with Tech entertainers drawing large crowd.
Two gun bandits robbed Peoples Finance Co of 238 dollars yesterday in Youngstown Ohio. Police say the gunman forced a bookkeeper and two customers into a back room on the outskirts, grabbed the cash, and fled in a waiting car with an accomplice.
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