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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1971
Page
2
The opinion argues for legalizing bingo run by churches, charities, and volunteer fire companies to replace illegal gambling. It notes enforcement gaps, praises safeguards in a House bill proposed by Rep. Jay Haskell of Titusville, and suggests legal bingo could fund worthy groups while ending selective law enforcement.
A hush hush State Department report reveals Premier Kosygin spoke in uncompromising harsh terms about the Middle East during four hour Muskie Kremlin talks. Kosygin charged Israel with settling Arab territories and US support for aggression, while Muskie pressed for balanced security and possible settlement.
A retrospective on the Vietnam involvement cites immense expenditures and human tolls. It highlights vast U.S. spending, civilian improvements in Saigon, and a transformed South Vietnamese army, while warning of lasting costs and domestic strain from the war. The piece condemns interventionist outcomes and questions the value of aid versus drift toward isolationism.
New York dispatch surveys odd facts and trivia from letters and headlines. It notes America’s waste output at about 400 trillion pounds yearly, enough to bury Manhattan under 13 feet of trash, while quips compare deaf mutes rapid signing to spoken talk. It also lists presidential nicknames, grass cooling power, Sonja Henie’s mega fortune, and bird life humor.
A Grassroots opinion column notes the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC maintains a telephone directory. It highlights an unnamed person holding a lofty title, the Associate Assistant Administrator in the Office of Administration, and mocks the perceived importance of such a job.
The Nixon administration publicizes a reworked economy built from 1940s roots, stressing less inflation, reduced military dependence, and stronger productivity. It promises aid to aerospace and farmers, tax writeoffs for business, and potential broad tax cuts, while acknowledging pockets of recession and unemployment. The approach shifts from a hands-off stance to occasional market adjustments by the president as he acts as chief engineer.
The Power Commission in Washington granted permission for Pennsylvania Gas Company to lay 52 miles of natural gas line and add five new compressor units in Pennsylvania. An Associated Press dispatch notes the approval came yesterday.
Rev G B Morgan pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church preached at the evening service when thieves within earshot removed a spare tire from his car parked near the church. City streets rumor a new gasoline station will be built on North Center street north of Elk.
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