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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1969
Page
2
In our opinion the nation debates aid for older workers while youth get votes and subsidies. Employers face incentives if they hire people over 45, but benefits and costs influence employment. The piece notes older workers struggle to reenter the job market and legislative action may try to ease their burden.
Paul Harvey reflects on President Nixon and his family amid national concerns. He contrasts Nixon’s deliberate dignity with past presidents, notes family values and Julie Nixon’s hand stitched Great Seal gift, and cites issues of war inflation and crime as focal points.
On May 6 events include Grant and Ward bankruptcy in 1874 ending financier Ulysses Grant’s wealth, Stalin becoming Soviet premier in 1901, Igor Sikorsky unveiling his first successful helicopter in 1941, West Germany joining NATO in 1966, and Princess Margaret’s 1960 marriage to Anthony Armstrong Jones in London. A Picasso painting set a living artist price record a decade ago.
President Nixon, emerging from his first hundred days, appears more confident and relaxed at White House dinners while balancing support from party figures. He faces a developing Senate group of La Follette Republicans and navigates crisis management after the EC-121 incident, ultimately withdrawing a large Sea of Japan task force to reassure the Kremlin and the public.
New York reports discuss letter stock in mutual fund portfolios and the risk it poses to liquidity. Critics including Oscar Lasdon urge SEC action to ban further purchases and question valuation practices. The debate centers on whether funds effectively distribute letter stock to the public without proper registration or tests.
A dated AP column laments money’s decline from cherished symbol to nuisance. It argues coins and notes have faded in value and visibility, noting the disappearance of the half dollar, limited use of dimes and nickels, and a dollar that buys little today. The piece satirically contrasts past prestige with current cash handling attitudes.
It Happened In Corry May 6 19 The one hundred twenty voice A Capella Choir of the Corry Senior High School gave the first performance of their seventh annual Spring concert at the high school auditorium. Board No 64 will meet next night to discuss moving the Union City office to Erie for economy. Forty Years Ago May 6 1929 Thirty five office employees of Temples Telegram will be offered at the Senior High School auditorium on the eve- ning of Wednesday and Thursday with one guest Mrs Harland Robbins a former employee meeting at the home of Mrs Frank Parday 51 East Congress street tonight dinner served at 6 included a cake. A meeting will be held this evening at the city building for another effort to form a City High School Corry Jamestown Board members for Draft and Raymonds.
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