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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1964
Page
4
A column by Jenkin Lloyd Jones contrasts beatnik culture in Greenwich Village with Amish life in Lancaster. He remarks on unwashed poets and protests beside Amish simplicity, noting social welfare tensions and government pressure on the Amish while questioning the costs of war and societal values.
A brief, opinionated note from The Shamtokin Citizen in Pennsylvania arguing that self praise and free offers share a common nature as unsolicited perks. The column frames promotions and praise as unearned benefits in a local context.
In a March 13 dispatch, U S fifth Air Force destroyed twenty six Japanese planes during a 120 ton strike on Wewak New Guinea. General Douglas MacArthur announced the press. British Mosquito bombers targeted western Germany while Allied daylight formations moved toward northern France. At North Center street a theatre door was forced open and a local house on Shady Avenue was destroyed by fire. Corry events include a pirate baseball school planned for June and ongoing Junior High School excavation. Local issues include pan handling concerns and Kiwanis backing a new passenger station. Fayette Morton died and key sections of the State Army court game saw a narrow 26 25 loss.
Washington sources report the Federal Trade Commission will begin a major inquiry Monday into cigarette advertising claims. Parents teachers doctors and patients have flooded the FTC with demands that cigarettes be muzzled or strictly labeled. Officials expect tobacco firms to plead for more research before admitting health hazards while aging stars and physicians urge stricter controls.
Jim Bishop reflects on aging and social security, interviewing friends and a Jewish couple about lifelong partnership and the fear of being placed in an old age home. He critiques how society and policy push the elderly to the margins while urging humane, sustained care. The piece contrasts personal stories with calls for systemic reform and notes involvement in equal employment efforts.
A reflective essay on aging, describing how the elderly adapt to homes for care, mood changes, and social neglect. It argues against forced retirement at 65, suggests leveraging elderly women at home, and proposes a system where retirees can earn half their prior income. The piece stresses the need to feel needed and valued.
In Washington Pennsylvania police hunt four gunmen who again robbed the West Penn Power Co. collection office in downtown. The robber escaped with 145 dollars yesterday and is the same man who took 302 dollars in November and 1400 dollars in December. A male clerk pursued him for about two blocks but lost sight of the suspect.
The House of Commons expressed unanimous congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II on the birth of her fourth child, marking a royal family milestone amid official pages in Parliament.
The piece notes unusually high public and market confidence amid rising stock averages and income gains from tax cuts. It warns that a spending spree, excessive debt, or overexpansion could trigger inflation or a weaker dollar, with monetary policy a likely battleground if a downturn begins.
Washington AP Pennsylvania is named among seven states designated as disaster areas after floods from the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The designation covers affected parts of Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Indiana Illinois and Missouri. Home business church and charity owners can apply to the SBA for three percent loans to rebuild or repair damaged property with SBA offices accepting applications and temporary offices possible.
In Frankfort Kentucky the House voted to abolish capital punishment in all statutes that provide it. The measure now goes to the Senate where opponents expect a tough fight before passage.
The Corry Evening Chronicle lists staff and office details including publisher George R. Sample general manager Willan Eaton city editor Allan Hasbrouck and advertising manager John McLaughlin with production and pressroom leadership. It notes Associated Press use and postal status and states subscription rates and advertising deadlines.
An obscure report notes John Steir delivering a noteworthy performance as a figure named Nooker in a span described as across the author times. Details are fragmentary but indicate a public or literary event with Mrs. award play Ws. Cor remains unclear.
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