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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1966
Page
2
In Our Opinion the Selective Service has inequities with deferrals for college, fitness, crime, or psyche while Vietnam sees varied Americans serving. Critics fault the war and drafts, but loopholes persist. Congress studies fixes, but avoid favoritism toward the uneducated or underprivileged. The call remains: those with means should serve.
The article notes consumer price index growth outpacing other economic indicators as living costs climb. Despite easing orders for durable goods and variable retail figures, consumer spending remains high, with April CPI reaching 119.5 relative to 1957-59, marking the largest January to April rise since 1951.
A mixed local news roundup reports shutdowns in soft coal mines despite a federal seizure as government efforts to avert wider closures continue. Local notes include Legion Band rehearsals, Beaver Club contests, fishing catches, barber shop sale, store management changes, and early economic hints amid postwar costs.
Fragmented OCR yields publisher and office details for the Corry Journal and Corry Evening Journal. Includes names George R. Samyule and John McLay, addresses in New York Philadelphia Chicago, and printing room mentions. no clear news item identified.
A collection of light anecdotes and trivia from Hal Boyle notes on aging career changes, child accidents, color psychology, dining superstition, Will Durant quotes, Beverly Hills phone density, Bahamas decimal currency, lunar pioneers food, and a history aside about Taft and Arizona's statehood.
Detective Frank Flanagan leads Chicago Homicide as the Escobedo case looms. The piece traces 1965 drug arrest and 1966 assault, noting public interest and the Supreme Court ruling on police rights.
California Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh is under scrutiny after two large testimonial dinners between 1964 and 1966 grossed about 400000 without clear accounting. Critics note his high living costs and insist on campaign expense reporting while he brushes off questions about how funds were spent.
May 23 marks key past events including the 1701 hanging of Captain Kidd and 1927 Charles Lindbergh receiving honors in Paris. Earlier moments note Kit Carson's death in 1868 Fort Lyon and the 1937 Supreme Court ruling on the Social Security Act.
Question column reviews myopia causes and the limits of exercises to reshape the eyeball. Glasses aid vision but do not alter eyeball shape. The body handles vitamin intake with a guard against excess, warns against overdosage, and stresses a balanced diet. Typhoid inoculations are advised for travel to risky regions. Western countries need not usually require them. Wrist lumps are ganglions best evaluated by a physician before any treatment, and Bible-smacking remedies are ineffective. Dr Coleman invites reader questions for this health column.
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