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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1967
Page
2
A reader ventriloquizes about taxes in a humorous, rambling memorandum style. He lists numerous taxes paid and asks why a stray dollar remains, wondering if the government will pursue it. The piece parodies taxation overload and ends with exasperation at the IRS and state authorities.
Harrisburg analysis on Pennsylvania highway safety shows persistent high fatalities. Traffic safety leadership under Governors Lawrence Scranton and Shafer faced criticism for limited gains amid publicity stunts and new programs. Brainerd cites nine month 1967 figures showing fatalities up 4 percent from 1966.
Washington notes three foreign visitors Gustavo Diaz Ordaz Lee Kuan Yew and Prince Souvanna Phouma as lessons for peace. The piece credits Johnson with easing past blunders and argues a similar approach could aid Vietnam policy. It cites U S roles in Mexico Singapore Laos and Vietnam debates.
The Corry Evening Journal lists advertising rates and deadlines including 9 am submission for the previous issue. It notes publication by The Corry Evening Journal and Associated Press content, with staff roles and subscription prices per year and per copy.
Paul Harvey recounts Riverview Amusement Park's rise from a single ride to a 64 year landmark then its sale for 6 million dollars to become an industrial park. He cites escalating costs, rising wages, weather limits, and growing hooliganism as factors, noting forest preserves and beaches are now off limits to families. He warns about a future with lost flowers and children.
In this humorous Today in History column for Thursday October 26, 1967 the author laments being repeatedly mistaken for strangers and not famous figures. The entry recalls notable dates such as the Erie Canal opening in 1825 and other milestones from 1760 to 1967, including Zhukov's ouster and the Cuban missile crisis context.
Hal Boyle writes of mistaken identity as he recalls a high school classmate in Omaha and then, in Arizona, is repeatedly misrecognized by increasingly older, bespectacled women. He jokes about being mistaken for someone else and for the husband in waiting.
A widow cannot force a remarried husband to change a life insurance beneficiary. The policy is a contract retained by the widower, who may keep his son or daughter as beneficiary. If a gifted item was not secured by the store, its remedy is against the original purchaser. if a security agreement exists, the store may repossess the item from the gift recipient.
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