Danville selects Davis L. Brooks for vacant council seat
Danville City Council appointed insurance agent Davis L. Brooks to fill the vacancy left by Ronald W. Williams. The selection, made in closed session, surprised Brooks and several councilmen but positions him to help shape the 1977-78 budget and transit issues. Mayor Clarke welcomed nine-member board returning focus to fiscal decisions.
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Davis L. Brooks
Ronald W. Williams
Brooks
Brook
Robert H. Clarke
Council
Schizophrenic Parents and the Carter Era Values
General Mills surveyed 1,234 American families and found a schism between parents' wishes for traditional values and their own beliefs. Ninety percent want children to value marriage and hard work, while 43 percent reject those values themselves. Fifty-seven percent call themselves traditionalists, yet plan to sacrifice less for their children, raising questions about how children will form value systems. The piece argues for open discussion and real effort to explore anti family attitudes revealed by the survey.
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Carter
White House
General Mills
Yankelovich, Skelly and
White
Mr. Carter
The GOP's Albatross Remains Alive and Well
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak detail Roger Stones shadowy 1972 CRP role under alias Jason Rainer and his bid to lead the Young Republicans in Memphis, highlighting Viguerie links, NCPAC ties, and a looming conservative takeover of the GOP. Stone acknowledges past actions while supporters push for a party within a party.
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Washington
Republican Party
Roger Stone
Jason Rainer
Nixon
Stone
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon Committee
CRP
Memphis
National Party
Roger
Richard Viguerie
Viguerie Clique
Michael McMinoway
Stone-Ratner
McMinoway
Haldeman
Charles Colson
New Hampshire
Pete McCloskey
Gay Liberation Front
Young Socialist Alliance
Manchester
N.H
McCloskey
Sen
Robert Dole
Kansas
Dole
Ronald Reagan
Youll
National Conservative Political Action Committee
NCPAC
Viguerle
Elsie Hillman
Pennsylvania
Richard Rosenbaum
New York
Richard Evans
Kentucky
Willian Brock
Charles Black
Brock
Republican National Committee
Black
Lyn Nofaiger
Reagan
Plack
Tarry Dolan
Ford
Viguerie
Roger Stane
Our Evolving African Policy and the Carter Administration
The piece analyzes a shifting U.S. Africa policy under Carter, favoring deferral to allies to counter Russia and Cuba while distancing from Ambassador Young rhetoric. It contrasts militant states like Algeria and Angola with moderates such as Nigeria and Kenya, notes Rhodesia and South Africa, and details the Zaire conflict where France and Morocco aided. It argues Washington must weigh leadership versus allowing others to lead, amid ties with Nigeria and tensions in Eritrea and Shaba.
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Carter
Russia
Cuba
Andrew Young
Algeria
Guinea
Angola
Mozambique
Somalia
Haile Selassie
Senegal
Zaire
Rhodesia
South Africa
Morocco
Spanish
Sahara
Shaba
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Mr. Carter
Mr. Young
Ford
Nigeria
U.S
Zairea
Central Africa
Mmercenaries
Zairel
France
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
King Hassan II
Hassan
Giscard d’Estaing
Washington
London
America
New York City Through Ralph de Toledano’s Eyes
The piece offers a blunt, opinionated portrait of Manhattan detailing urban decay and resilience. It laments finances, education, unions, and theater while praising publishing, museums, and the city’s enduring spirit that keeps New York alive.
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New York
Aghdad
Hudson
O. Henry
Manhattan
Battery
Harlem
America
Ife
Midtown
Berlin
Tokyo
Paris
London
Rome
Moscow
Warsaw
Hong Kong
Beirut
Jerusalem
Madrid
Nixon and Watergate in the Nixon era's broader abuses
The column argues Nixon may be judged less harshly than critics for Watergate and suggests presidents from Roosevelt to Johnson engaged in similar deceptions. It highlights Victor Lasky's It Didn’t Start With Watergate and cites widespread government surveillance and public distrust as a recurring theme across U.S. political history.
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Richard Nixon
David Frost
San Clemente
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Fdr
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Penthouse
Nicholas von Hoffman
von Hoffman
Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
Victor Lasky
Watergate Apartments
Lasky
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bay of Pigs
Vietnam
Republic
John D. M. Hamilton
Alfred Landon
Hamilton
Harold Ickes
Roosevelt
FBI
Harry Hopkins
Tommy
Corcoran
Martin Luther King
Kenneth Keating
Cuba
Interna Revenue Service
IRS
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Watergate
Danville Letters to Editor Policy Update
The Danville Register welcomes signed letters with full addresses and telephone numbers for verification. All letters are subject to editing and may be shortened when space is tight on the page.
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John Chamberlain
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