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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1962
Page
4
The piece lampoons U R dorm policy proposals permitting coed floors private lounges and liquor in suites. It recalls aging writers, notes youthfulness of students at Rochester New York and jokes about magnets of youth and room rentals.
In a 1942 dispatch from London three Allied army groups converge on the Bizerte Tripoli corridor while air power builds for an impending strike on German Italian positions in North Africa. Hitler massing over 1000 planes across southern Italy Crete Sardinia and Corsica to halt Axis bases.
The piece argues China’s border aims stem from dynastic changes and peripheral losses. It cites Sun Yat-sen’s revolt, Manchu rule, and historical shifts to explain ongoing tensions with India and regional expansion toward the Bay of Bengal and Turkestan.
Jim Bishop recalls James Thurber posthumously published Credos and Curios from Harper and Row. The interview panels Thurber on humor and comedy, noting non fiction and non non fiction, satire, horror, and the changing meaning of funny as politics and culture clash.
AP report discusses how high tax rates influence business decisions from executive compensation to charitable giving and wage decisions. Economists warn tax cuts may hurt overall economy while firms use debt and tax avoidance to boost net income.
North East police arrested Henry Robinson, 31, of Erie, after a hit and run that killed Harry Springer, 60, in Erie on Saturday. Robinson confessed to fleeing the scene and faced arraignment with bond set at 1500 dollars. Investigators plan further charges following a coroner and district attorney conference.
Burl Belle, a Pittsburgh financier who fled four years ago, faces usury charges in Brazil for allegedly seeking 40 interest on a 250 loan in cruzeiros. Belle, 85, could face up to six years in prison and possible deportation as a foreigner. Rosa Margarite Portilho is named as his assistant in the charges.
Hal Boyle sketches light anecdotes from survey finds to quirky facts. A U S survey notes men glance longer at figures than faces while Britain hosts gas station bingo. Columbus brought rice on his second voyage. Napoleon’s autograph hardly sells.
Miami private funeral services were planned for Arthur Vining Davis 85 former board chairman of ALCOA. Further services and burial will be at Locust Valley Long Island later this week. Davis wealth estimated at 350 to 500 million began as a 60 dollar a month clerk in 1888. He left no close relatives.
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