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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1970
Page
2
Opinion urges voters to press gubernatorial candidates for concrete tax relief plans and spending cuts. It urges letters to candidates detailing options to curb reckless spending. The piece also reports on a 1969 mid air collision blamed on inadequate FAA radar and warns of unsafe airspace conditions.
Laxman warned eight radar inadequacies that caused mislocation and loss of contact, calling the sky over parts of Virginia and North Carolina a danger area where two planes collided at about 21 000 feet on April 16. Kelley rejected fixes due to Nixon era budget cuts, delaying improvements despite real concerns.
A long personal reminiscence recalls Rocky, a 14 year old German Shepherd from Rock of Shrewesbury. The narrator describes Rocky’s loyalty, training, nightly bed checks, protective nature, and close bond with grandchildren, ending with his euthanasia after a bout of illness and paralysis.
A Watseka Illinois Republican column argues that welfare programs now target the poor with subsidies in housing health and dental care university scholarships and other benefits. The piece frames government aid as a path to a “good life” for those deemed disadvantaged.
A Corry Evening Journal reader praises Navy trainee expositions at Great Lakes Naval Training Center Illinois where 1040 seaman recruits in a two hour ceremony demonstrated esprit de corps. He argues most youths serve with pride, rejects blanket claims of widespread AWOL behavior, and urges others to visit Great Lakes to see graduation ceremonies every Friday. He credits the training cadre for instilling pride and notes long-term support for the U S Navy and youth.
A fragmentary mail column cites Ben Franklin as an early inventor of swim fins carved from wood and worn on hands and feet. It mentions vast ocean wealth and a hypothetical tax burden of $2,990 per family for the new fiscal year, reflecting a pulpy miscellany tone.
Members and guests met at West Smith Street home last evening with Mrs Lillian Ottaway. 60 attendees at the church social saw Mrs William Haenel and Mrs Charles Cook win the game.
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