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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
2
In Our Opinion safety should start with drivers and highways not gadgets in cars. The piece cites England’s intoxicated driving checks and argues education, tougher laws, and enforcement are needed to reduce the 50 000 annual highway fatalities rather than rely on new safety devices.
Mason Denison explains in Harrisburg that the legislature is elected by the people and serves as a check on the executive. He argues the constitution assigns oversight to the people and legislative budget inquiries, warning against endless scrutiny of budgeting by the executive.
Drew Pearson surveys rumors about Governor Rockefeller amid presidential race chatter. He notes circulating dossiers and the risk of scandal themes, but argues Rockefeller’s divorce history isn’t the cause of his withdrawal. The piece links Nixon, Johnson, and Vietnam policy to campaign dynamics and probes into Bobby Kennedy, Sorensen, and GM.
The Corry Fire Department answered three calls as the Spring grass fire outbreak continued. Temperatures reached 118 degrees on the east side of Center Street, with 45 degrees recorded at 8 am. Motorists were urged to avoid driving for another week or two amid the heat and road conditions.
A New York psychologist Dr. Albert Ellis argued that adultery can be healthy to prevent marriage disintegration and questioned monogamy and lasting romantic love. The column criticizes the idea, cites Freud, and argues for traditional moral law amid a wave of sensational press coverage.
Hal Boyle writes about the value of silence and the harm of spoken remarks in everyday life. He lists common phrases that lead to trouble and notes that learning to bite words back usually comes from hard experience.
On this date 1953, Jonas Salk announced a polio vaccine. South Carolina independence was declared in 1778. Beethoven died in 1927. Walt Whitman died in 1692 in Camden, New Jersey. Japan occupied the Pescadores Islands in 1895. Ferdinand Foch was named Allied commander in World War I in 1916. The Soviet Union backed Laos unification in 1963, and Hubert Humphrey left for Europe in 1968.
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