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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1968
Page
2
The piece argues against increasing bid thresholds for public contracts in Pennsylvania. It contends the rise from 1000 to 4000 dollars in Second Class Counties weakens public protection and urges a modest rise to 1500 dollars to preserve safeguards for taxpayers amid inflation.
Senator Harry F Byrd Jr argues a 100 percent tax on all income above 10000 would yield only 13.2 billion, insufficient to cover interest on the national debt. He notes most revenue comes from middle and lower income groups, urging liberal spenders to consider this.
Philadelphia educator Brother Daniel Berman urges adherence to the 1966 Master Plan for higher education as Governor Shafer faces proposals to expand state control. Democrats push to empower the State Board and Council of Higher Education to coordinate campus growth and block autonomous expansion, while La Salle College claims no direct state funding.
Washington reports warn that post July 1 French industry will face a flood of goods from Germany Italy and the Netherlands as Common Market barriers end. The piece links French unrest to Gaullist policy and hints at De Gaulle's possible exit after a June 16 referendum and a leftist consolidation led by Francois Mitterrand.
Final plans were completed for Corry's Memorial Day parade and services in City Park next Monday. The Corry Board of Education approved a 1948 49 budget of 276115 with nine changes from the tentative budget approved April 21. The board also set a 16 mill tax levy and a 161320 budget for the 1928 29 term. Civil Aeronautics Board action in Washington yesterday threatens loss of airmail pickup for the city.
After careful item by item consideration of the coming year’s appropriations, the Perry Board of Education met in a special session last evening to fix a per. A separate theft report notes a sneak thief who stole 34 dollars from Mary Murray’s tailor shop on the second floor of the Pennsylvania Electric Company building on North Center street this morning. The thief gained entry by posing as one of the workmen remodeling the structure.
Jim Bishop sketches the aging Big John as alternately doddering and sharp witted. The piece blends humor and affection as the narrator recalls meals, pills, old stories, and a strained dinner with family. A portrait of a larger than life figure navigating aging and appetite.
Hal Boyle reflects on memory as the enduring reward of age, contrasting youthful fantasies with memory’s faded scenes of what has been. He recalls childhood moments, family quips, basement coal fires, bicycle stunts, and a grandfatherly teasing exchange, highlighting how time softens perspective.
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