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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1975
Page
2
The article contrasts the Governor’s Mansion, a costly public building on Front Street, with Gov. and Mrs. Shapp renting a suburban Harrisburg domicile for 400 dollars a month. It argues the public building is not a true home, even when expensive, highlighting the notion of ownership and personal residence.
The piece argues a governor's mansion costing 3.3 million fails to feel personal and urges Pennsylvania to remember Edgar Guest's line that it takes a heap of livin in a house to make it home. It cautions against grandiose state buildings and reflects on home value beyond expense and form.
Public accounting faces tougher scrutiny after Equity Funding and National Student Marketing frauds. Auditors must probe red flags such as related party asset deals, management asset sales, stock option manipulation, and complex diversified firms. A 70 page Touche Ross alert flags suspicious officer behavior and governance weaknesses.
President Ford's advisers ordered a renewed economic review to sharpen forecasts and craft contingency plans. Economists, headed by Seidman and McCracken, worry monetary policy may be restraining recovery even as unemployment claims fall. The piece also touches on CIA funding rumors, African affairs appointments, and Army outreach to Congress.
Paul Harvey argues higher education suffers from widespread illiteracy among youth. He cites one million Americans aged 12 to 17 unable to read at a fourth grade level, with schools promoting inept readers and colleges downgrading standards to accommodate them. Remedial English courses surge in colleges, while publishers resist lowering quality. He warns enrollment may drop 23 percent by 1990, with many colleges closing. The piece pivots to wildlife week and a call to cherish nature for future generations.
The article urges readers to defend habitat as the foundation of wildlife health, listing four essentials food water cover and breeding space. It encourages practical steps such as backyard plantings bird houses sunflowers and creating local refuges or group projects to revitalize unused spaces before spring.
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