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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1972
Page
2
A reader muses on contradictory education signals. National Merit semi finalists list seems unrelated to school quality, while PSU exemption for freshman English suggests strong high school output. The pondered link between merit aid and school caliber remains unresolved.
AP notes a humorous aging quiz listing traits of older adults. It highlights preferences for late reading over nightlife, nostalgia for early 20th century items, cemetery plots, caution about eating, memory of the Woolworth Tower, and self-identification as an “ald timer.” The piece playfully invites readers to reflect on aging and aging-related habits.
A $15 million fire aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal has been blamed on unsafe luxury quarters. Fire began in the admiral’s flag suite with flammable furnishings and sprayed smoke into sensitive combat gear. Seaman Jeffrey Allison faces a court martial on November 27 for the blaze, while senior officers face no announced discipline. Admiral Zumwalt urged removal of combustible materials fleetwide. the Navy and Congress consider curbing lavish shipboard interiors. Separately embassies in Europe prepare a pre Christmas visit by five congressmen and wives. Rogers directs embassy support with per diem limits and transportation costs. Representative Hanley and others weigh the trip, with Udall Brasco Hogan declining. Hanley undecided.
A reflective sketch recalls Frankie Carle in Albany at dawn as he tweaks a new piano piece for Columbia Recording Company. The veteran pianist, now older yet buoyant, performs 88 notes in a Midwest circuit of one night stands while memories of earlier hits mingle with present craft.
In Corry area the belated small game season opened across 16 counties with strong pheasant shooting. The local stocking by the Corry Rod and Gun Club and State Game Commission yielded good results for hunters. Also noted were political fund efforts by Relief Fund chairman John Blatt, reporting $3,074 pledged to date.
A mixed Washington and Harrisburg contact list appears with senators and representatives, followed by a vignette about a musician named Carle. The scene shifts to a dawn moment as Carle composes a song under a police officer's watch, culminating in the title Sunrise Serenade.
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