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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1972
Page
2
A weary businessman vents about heavy regulations that curb enterprise. He laments consumer pressure, superficial watchdogs, misleading advertising, and the loss of quality due to unfair costs and empty promises.
Secret U.S. embassy dispatches portray Leonid Brezhnev fending off leadership challenges while facing new crises from a disastrous harvest and grain shortages. He reduces pressure in the Middle East and Vietnam, blaming mismanagement and weather. Sadat withdraws Soviet forces, and Brezhnev’s faction resists hardline moves, keeping him atop Russia’s power structure amid murmurs of internal dissent. Admiral John McCain, praised for bold aims against North Vietnam, retires after pressuring for bombing and mining, leaving a legacy of aggressive strategy and praise for his Pacific command.
A collection of trivia and quick observations from a New York AP piece. It cites quirky facts about alligators, driving accidents, spectacles, saltpeter myths, identical twins, and historical prices in Montgomery Ward’s 1872 catalogue, ending with a wry quote about children.
Corry welcomes a special 14 car campaign train carrying Senator Richard Nixon and his official party scheduled to arrive Friday afternoon as part of the Eisenhower ticket campaign. Fire Prevention Week remarks by Jerone Davis at a Rotary Club meeting highlighted fire hazards and prevention. Local 500 Club awards were won by Mrs. Rodney Knowlton, Mrs. Edward McElroy, and Mrs. Robert Hunt in a social gathering led by Mrs. Charles Weston.
A veteran editor guides a reader through the rhythms of a Maine weekly, from the cluttered newsroom to the red house of Flora McCurda. The piece paints winter in Damariscotta, recalls local shopkeepers like Mr Chase and Mr Sewell, and recounts Henry Rines’s humorous hospital misremembering after an accident and his return to a changed town.
The writer argues for professional governance over elected officials, proposing trained pros fill key county posts like controller and treasurer. He supports a board of directors to watchdog professionals and favors certified accountants for controllers, trained peace officers for sheriffs, physicians for coroners, and full-time district attorneys. He plans to push this view in upcoming Home Rule meetings and invites others to share sentiments.
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