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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1971
Page
2
The piece defines heroin as a hard drug from poppies and notes its addiction potential and high crime link. It describes street names, price per fix, and argues drug control via reducing supply, including U S subsidies to Turkish poppy growers to deter cultivation.
A Philadelphia judge proposes heroin maintenance stations to curb crime by meeting addicts’ needs for a dime. Critics call the plan atrocious, while proponents say it could reduce narcotics-funded crime. Many question its practicality amid a messy drug crisis.
A masked highway lobby plan uses a phony Speakers Bureau and canned speeches to attack environmentalists as part of a broader effort by the Highway Users Federation. Key figures include John Gibbons and Owen Allen, with targets in Atlanta Chicago Miami New York Philadelphia and San Francisco. The memo outlined a major, media driven counter campaign featuring speaking engagements and radio TV interviews to discredit ecology concerns.
The piece riffs on midlife woes with jokes about will planning, storm windows, gray ear hair, and aging dread. It notes the struggle to stay engaged as seasons change, the sense of time left before pension, and the idea that middle age can be outgrown with perspective.
A portrait of the independent service station operator who earns little, faces long hours, unfair pricing, and constant pressure from bosses, customers, and rivals. The piece details low wages, free services, and the financial squeeze of operating costs, taxes, and shifting fuel standards.
The article presents Theodore Cross arguing that excluding black insurers from an $80 million annual life insurance pool harms black economic progress. He advocates underwriter guarantees, bank deposits, and contract protections to spur black business and capital formation, contrasting it with calls for broader inclusion and investment in disadvantaged areas.
Corry’s progressive merchants will join in the annual Fall Corry Days sales event, running Thursday through Saturday with reduced prices on merchandise from participating stores. Mrs. Harry Hotchkiss hosted 12 children on West Congress for Harriet’s 4th birthday. Columbus Grange No. 875 met at Town Hall with Worthy Master David Curtis presiding and Gerald Bensink elected as worthy master.
Forty years ago on September 25 1931 the work of razing the frame structure adjoining the Grand theatre on North Center street is completed. The property is owned by the Masonic fraternity. Mrs Gertrude Darrow of Gold street displayed roses from her yard in the Second ward marking the second bloom of the year.
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