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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1964
Page
4
Art Buchwald in Reader’s Digest laments long commercial breaks and asks why TV shows interrupt with promos. He cites an ad where a plane follows a car and a girl replies, then the scene ends. He notes five station breaks after Carson and jokes about sponsor craziness and the TV ad age.
In France Germany and beyond Allied air forces push a day long raid with 1000 heavy bombers involved across France Belgium Italy and Germany. The campaign marks the 18th consecutive day of preinvasion air offensives and reports say enemy fighter and flak resistance remains light. Meanwhile in Asia Allied actions choke Japan's supply routes in northern Burma as airborne troops repulse Japanese roadblock attempts. Local notes include Walter H Scalt elected City Solicitor and Don D Williams as City Engineer for four years, the death of George Still owner of a cafe on East Main, and Corry High School's baseball defeat to Waterford in seven innings.
Paul Harvey extols competition across life and business, arguing it spurs growth in steel, cars, and industry. He contrasts rivals and smart competitors with complacent friends, says competition expands production and drives innovation, and cites Pitcairn Island as a cautionary example of competitive drive.
In a rambling collection of items from Corry Pennsylvania and nearby towns, readers learn about community figures and events. Highlights include Amer Industrial Development Council leader Paul Miller recalling football against Corry, a Navy retiree named Kenneth Matthews serving in Hawaii, a Space Sciences Division engineer from Corry, and local Red Cross Alaska aid reaching thirty-nine dollars. Also covered are a local jewelry theft case, highway safety concerns, a Corry library exhibit, and Civil Defense Red Cross welfare drill upcoming in Albion.
The firm has four pieces of equipment on the plane and is asked to forward a vial of water from Lake Chautauqua to be used with waters from 55 other communities when the bottle touches the nose of the aircraft.
The Soviets sold the four story Georgian style Park Avenue mansion at 68th Street once used for Khrushchev balcony speeches during his 1959 UN visit. It will be torn down with neighboring buildings to make way for a 31 story apartment house. The selling price was not revealed.
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