Reliefers Demands Move Welfare Help Ahead in Pennsylvania
In Our Opinion the Pennsylvania Welfare Rights Organization lists eight Philadelphia addresses and urges state legislators to grant 18.3 million dollars more welfare payments starting July 1, 1968, plus 100 percent of the minimum living standard and new health standards. They compare to teachers who demand more pay, noting teachers threaten to quit if unmet. The piece questions whether relief recipients would quit welfare if demands are unmet, reflecting on strange times.
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Pennsylvania
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Corry area news notes police force grows and local students honored
The police force expands with a new officer and two prowl cars for high crime periods. Dr Joseph Seitz, a Corry chiropractor, returns from Chicago post graduate study at the National College of Chiropractics and Graham Rockley Research Center, accompanied by his wife. Sailor Terrance Shamp, 19, son of Wesley and Mrs Shamp, graduates basic training at Great Lakes. Conny Area High School eyes a science student and teacher for the National Youth Conference on the Atom sponsored by Pennsylvania Electric Company. Former Corry man J Gerald Kennedy named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities at Grove City College. Army Private Ronny King, 21, of 4th Infantry Division near Pleiku, Vietnam, served with wife Jimmie at 101 Meadow Lane.
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Grove City College
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Army
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Jimmie
Meadow Lane
4Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
South Vietnam
Dim Seitz
Corry Area High School
Unclear high school language and local events in Corry
A column notes adolescent behavior from Adrian College wrestling to school language, a chase prompting police pursuit, and a Corry growth snapshot. It reports a student in Okinawa advancing in military service, a dean’s list recipient, and Little League needs. It cites a rescue truck critique, a WWI veteran wreath, and golf course records plus clubhouse renovations.
Industry Boon To Housewives Says Hal Boyle
Joy Stilley reports from New York that industry increasingly aids housewives with disposable pans aluminum foil dishes and plastic bags multiply in kitchens. The writer notes clutter from products yet finds odd usefulness from foil pie containers and a potential sieve. Hal Boyle is on vacation.
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Housewives
Joy Stilley
New York
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Housing Chowder: Corry Chamber Seeks Builder List
A new Corry Chamber of Commerce housing committee calls all prospective builders to contact the chamber office by phone letter or postcard to compile a complete list. City Council begins preliminary steps for a municipal employee and police pension fund after receiving the fund’s first payment. Corry Senior High will graduate a record class of 127 on June 2 under Principal Howard Sheen.
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Gerry JourNAL reader letters policy note
The Gerry JourNAL invites brief legible reader communications on one subject only. Letters must include the author’s signature and address for publication and are subject to condensation. The paper assumes responsibility for the statements contained.
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This Day in History Highlights Vintage Milestones
A May 4 history digest recalls events across centuries from Peter Minuit's Manhattan purchase in 1696 to the 1961 Freedom Riders starting their Washington to New Orleans bus test of segregation barriers. It also notes Napoleonic exile, Lee's Civil War victory at Chancellorsville, the 1886 Haymarket bombing, Coral Sea battle onset, and Rhodes Island's 1776 allegiance renunciation.
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New Orleans
City answers on county assessment and radio frequencies
A city official explains that Corry could save costs by using the County Assessment Office but cautions against moving too quickly and notes the need to preserve fair, accurate tax assessment. Dispatch frequencies for fire and police remain separate with no current plan to merge. A humorous closing remark deflects a reader critique of the columnist style.
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Paul Harvey On Taxes and The High Cost Of Living
A speech extols that only people pay taxes and argues hidden levies inflate food and fuel costs. It cites 151 taxes on a loaf of bread, multiple federal and state charges on cars and gas, and claims corporations shift tax burdens to consumers as they press the price rise while farm profits shrink.
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