Fortas and Chancellor Named to Key U.S. Posts Amid Viet Nam War
President Johnson names Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court and John Chancellor to head the Voice of America. Fortas, a liberal attorney and long-time adviser, faces Senate hearings amid questions about past clients and independence. Chancellor, a WH television network correspondent, is welcomed by newsmen as the first journalist to head the overseas radio unit.
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Congress
Johnson
Ase Fortas
Supreme Court
John Chancellor
Voice of America
Fortas
Chancellor
White House
Ferras
Washington
Arnold, Fort
Yale
AAA
SEC
PWA
Honest’ Harop Ickes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Durwood G. Haut
R-Mo
Forras
Interior Department
Hart
Warren
Black
Dougas
Brennan
Senate
VOA
Quintuplet fertility drug sparks births and hype
A Swedish gynecologist’s gonadotrophin treatment reportedly triggered multiple births, including five quints in New Zealand. The Lawson family gains attention while several other quintuplet cases from 1943 to 1963 are noted. warnings about the treatment’s uncertain outcomes are urged.
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Carl Axel Gemzell
New Zealand
Samuel Lawson
Andrew Fischers
Aberdeen
S.C
Ines Cuervo de Prieto
Venezuela
Buenos Aires
Dionne
Auckland
Subscriptions and rates for The Danville Register
The Danville Register lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions in advance, with in city and suburbs carrier delivery at 35 cents per week and single copies at 6 cents. Mail rates are 15 dollars yearly, 7.50 half year, 3.75 quarter, and 1.25 monthly. Includes AP affiliation and national advertising notes.
Congressman objects to OH as Ohio abbreviation
A congressional objection targets the Post Office Department choice of OH for Ohio. The note questions the suitability of the postal abbreviation, citing national symbols and the irony of revisiting old songs as a measure of age. It laments uprooting traditional naming while praising revived tunes.
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Post Office Department
Ohio
Rabbi's Repentance Stops Witch Hunt In School Board Race
William F Buckley Jr recounts Anita Strom's candidacy for a San Rafael school board seat. Tension rose as critics accused her of extremism and censorship. A Rabbi reversed his stance, praising moderation and apologizing for prior harshness. Strom won the 4-1 election amid calls for unity.
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Anita, Strom
San Rafael
California
Strom
American Civil Liberties Union
Board of Education
Tto
Forces of Evil
Anita Strom
Nuclear era focus shapes Vietnam conflict debate
In a National Security Council context, Edward Teller argues against wiping out Red China’s nuclear capacity. He urges defense buildup and alliance integration, especially with France, warning air strikes won’t prevent future nuclear threats and Vietnam should become a part of broader defense strategy rather than a rush to end the war.
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Washington, D.C
Red China
North Vietnam
Edward Teller
National Security Council
Nuclear Club
Red Government
Teller
Johnson
Vietnam
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Guananamo Navy
Car
South Vietnam
Atlantic
Asia
France
United States
Ioo
Detective Note on a Literary Sleuth and Haunted Scotland
The piece profiles Manuel Weltman in Los Angeles, a live wire detective of literary artifacts who gathers rare letters, photos, and films, and pursues unique items like Valentino voices and a lost Baum manuscript. It also recounts a Scotland hunting trip with a milne era mansion Inveresk House noted as haunted, tied to a Cavalier who died before lighting a gunpowder fuse.
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Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Manuel Weltman
Beverly Blvd
Library of
Loyola University
Weltman
Rudolph Valentino
Young Fackie Coogan
Florence Nightingale
Lucifer
L. Frank [Baum
Mr. Weltman
Conan Doyle
Woudini
Charlie Chaplin
Pearl White
Count Dracula Society
Magic Castle
The
Hollywood
Scotland
Admiral Milne
Atlantic
Inveresk House
Wilkie Colins
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
Frick Libel Suit Sparks Gold Rush for Historians
The suit by Helen Clay Frick against historian Dr. Sylvester K. Stevens in Carlisle PA could set a precedent allowing damages for alleged libels on dead figures. The column warns how many Gilded Age magnates and their heirs might seek damages, implicating Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie, and others, with Newport RI and famed statues as backdrop.
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Helen Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick
Pennsylvania
Sylvester K. Stevens
Steel Workers
Carlisle
Miss Frick
American Guild of Historians
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Central
Cornelius
Commodore
Jim Fisk
William H. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
Newport
Rhode Island
Sea Front
Gustavus Myers
U.S
Gus Myers
Sylvester Stevens
Gus
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Ida Tarbell
John D
Allan Nevins
Ralph Hidy
Rockefeller Brothers
Collis P. Huntington
Sierra Nevada
California
Anna Hyatt Huntington
Collis
Huntington
City of
New York
Cental Park
Jose Marti
George Washington
Cuba
Collis P. Hunting‘ton
Soaper Says No Man Is Indispensable In Public Eye
A collection of quips on public figures, hiring norms, Mars, and Frisco, noting that leadership is fragile and open to debate. The piece riffs on careers, photography, and missed opportunities with a humorous, opinionated tone. It mentions Smokey the Bear, Chuck De Gaulle, and a Raleigh watermelon-seed contest.
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Lis Smokey the Bear
Raleigh, N. C
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Danville
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Parent-Teacher Association
Holmes Alexander
Viet Nam
China
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John Chamberlain
Bonanza Field
Brazil
Rockefeller
Morgan
Carnegie
Schwab
Durant
Ford
Sunny Jim Stillman
Soaper
Playboy
Mars
Frisco
Chuck de Gaulle
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