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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1975
Page
2
Our opinion notes conflict between state and federal welfare funding. We question eligibility rules and urge better communication to define legitimate welfare claims. If a $62 million gap exists in Pennsylvania, the nationwide spread could be astronomical, prompting calls for closer bipartisan cooperation.
A satirical tirade mocks smoking bans and “no smoking” rules while imagining smokers forcing rents, with jokes about doorkeepers and funding via nickels. The second part profiles former president Richard Nixon facing steep personal finances, pensions, taxes, mortgage renegotiations, and a charitable effort to raise funds to acquire properties for a nonprofit study center.
Former President Nixon battles financial strain despite a strong support base. An appeals drive targets 300000 sympathetic letters and 100000 allocated by Congress, with 59000 spent on stationery. Rabbi Korff aims to raise 1 million for Nixon, 400000 for legal costs, 600000 for government aid, while personal memory of poverty shapes his resolve. A separate note praises Katherine Garrison Chapin for a Presidential Medal of Freedom nomination endorsed by major poets.
In Bayonne New Jersey a former priest known as Mike Mulligan grew from seminary student to monsignor at St Henry's Church. His mother kept a two cent lead statue of St Joseph, binding faith to daily life through quarry hardships and a lifelong hope of owning a home and a priestly son. The tale contrasts devotion with changing fortunes and ends with the statue returning home with the mother.
Chauncey reads scripts about Sam Kharcher a detective who wears tights and has a mixed backstory. The actor notes Kharcher was a former New York cop fighting crime and later a Los Angeles TV anchorman who quit over investigative reporting. The piece blends parody with showbiz remarks and references to cinema.
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