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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1955
Page
10
Public notice outlines mailing and delivery rates for Corry Pennsylvania readers. Details include post office registration, AP exclusive rights, yearly mail price, carrier copy price, and display advertising deadline at 9 a.m. the previous publication date.
Federal aid to education may be postponed by House Education and Labor Committee log jam. After nine weeks of hearings the panel remains split on how much and what form of aid to recommend. Administration seeks a three year emergency school construction program totaling seven billion, with loans and grants. Bailey calls the plan a temporary fix. Perkins and others push for more targeted aid, including more for poorer states.
Federal funding of 500 million yearly over three years faces opposition from Education Committee members like Ralph W. Gwinn who oppose any federal aid. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. also opposes aid to segregated schools. Debate touches on desegregation rulings and parochial-school limits as the committee shelves the bill amid partisan waver. A separate note covers Conrad Maelich, a Chicago four-service veteran, who has served in Coast Guard Navy and Air Force and contemplates the Army.
Metropolitan Life Insurance statisticians report rising longevity with mortality declines since 1900. About five of every six men aged over 20 will reach 65, while seven of ten women born in 1890 could survive to 65, signaling broader retirement and widowhood trends and longer lifespans for future generations.
Corry residents face a Monday night special session of the Board of Education to fix the 1935 85 school budget and determine the tax levy at 17 mills with the same per capita tax. Frosts yesterday damaged fruit trees and meadows around town while a theft of three chickens from Will Dingfelder’s farm west of Mac's Inn was reported near the Roosevelt Highway.
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