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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1969
Page
2
A reader letter belittling Corry prompted rapid rebuttals praising hometown defenders. The exchange emphasizes ordinary citizens as patriots who defend American life against rioting crime and obscenity. The piece contrasts common people with ideologues and lauds the value of the local defense.
American firms hire specialized executives for abroad posts as corporate ambassadors and scientific attaches. Demand has risen 40 percent in a year with salaries from 35 000 to 70 000 dollars. Companies like Honeywell Occidental and Standard Oil expand international staff and local partnerships.
A humorous Ballantine paperback satire cites Myron Roberts Lincoln Haynes and Sasha Gilien lampooning Nixon era politics. It parodies biblical style to mock GOP figures and LBJ era policies with theatrical dialogue and mock prophecies.
A former LBJ aide Fred Panzer, now with the Tobacco Institute, urged softening HEW anti smoking releases in a memo to Doug Cater. He claims two sides exist and says he investigated before joining the lobby. Dennis Rohen linked to Al Aksa fire and holy war tensions rise in Middle East. White House aides attended Colorado college editors conference on draft reforms, Nixon pushes changes. Boeing 747s spark airline exec concerns over capacity and viewing options for Pan American flights.
In Corry and much of northwestern Pennsylvania a region wide blackout occurred late last night when a steam turbine failed at the Pennsylvania Electric plant in Seward near Johnstown. The outage affected counties including Erie Venango Crawford Somerset Clearfield Jefferson Indiana and Cambria. The town reports a series of civic notices and community updates follow including a Business and Professional Women's Club meeting and a new medical practice opening on North Center street.
On September 10 in history relevant events include 1813 Battle of Lake Erie victory by Oliver Hazard Perry, 1608 John Smith elected Jamestown governor, 1776 Acadians banished, 1848 Howe patent, 1898 assassination of Elisabeth of Austria Hungary, 1907 New Zealand dominion status, 1939 Canada war declaration, with notable anniversaries: Dalai Lama appeal to UN, Taylor report on Vietnam, Czechoslovakia returns refugees.
CBS televised meditation on the 1968 campaign based on Theodore H White’s The Making of the President. It argues the old politics died amid riots, war protests, and Kennedy’s shooting while Nixon and others left a fragmented, chaotic year with no clear future mandate.
A grab bag of curiosities cites Kim Novak and Charlie Chaplin as left handed, warns on hearing loss among troops, and notes federal employment surpassing state payrolls. Mental illness rates loom with hopeful recovery for many. Alaska headlines cite high pilot licensing. folklore and smog bits close the column.
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