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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1967
Page
2
In Our Opinion the Corry area high school football season nears its end with one game left at Meadville. We condemn unsportsmanlike conduct by players and coaches of three opponents and urge Corry to drop clubs that turn football into mayhem while preserving hard but clean play.
Our Man In Harrisburg analyzes a year of legislative inaction in Pennsylvania as Republicans in both houses failed to move major bills including a near 300 million tax plan. The piece questions whether administration or legislative leaders hold ultimate responsibility amid a stalemate in a local election year.
Jim Bishop observes India from New Delhi, detailing vast poverty amid wealth like a swimming pool view from a hotel roof. He notes untouchables, crowded slums, and malnutrition alongside rapid modernization and spectacle for tourists.
In Harrisburg, Governor Shafer backs a one percent income tax while the Ways and Means Committee resists. The House adjourned rather than vote on the discharge resolution for HB 1136 aiding parochial schools. The column notes party tensions, local bills, and reform ideas amid vacation season as legislators push absentee voting rules and school district matters.
Washington notes President Johnson keeps a first draft tax reform message hidden to avoid provoking lobbyists pressuring the House Ways and Means Committee. The piece argues closing loopholes could slow the tax drain and help fund Vietnam, while highlighting the danger of a broad tax revolt among middle and lower brackets. It cites billionaires paying little or no tax in 1964 and criticizes the intended 10 percent increase as unfair to middle and low income earners.
The Pennsylvania Gas Company has staked a tentative new site about 2 000 feet southeast of the only successful well, suggesting drilling for natural gas will proceed. Light rainfall measured 0.38 inch in the past month. Corry saw one of its quietest Halloweens with only minor prank-related calls.
Mr and Mrs E W Mathews of Maple avenue had a narrow escape on the Union City Waterford road when their car skidded off the road and overturned. Both were shaken but not seriously injured. the wife suffered a deep cut to the right hand from breaking glass as the vehicle was badly damaged.
A divorced father cannot claim a child as a dependent for federal income tax if he does not provide any support for the child. The exemption is based on the parent providing support, so no support means no deduction.
On this date November 1 1987 the 305th day of the year notes key events 1962 hydrogen bomb test at Eniwetok 1785 colonial defiance of Stamp Act 1788 Continental Congress adjourned 1858 Victoria proclaimed sovereign in India 1864 postal order system began 1948 Dewey Truman election forecasts 10 000 sheep perish in Australian brush fire.
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