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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1977
Page
2
Perspective notes the Danville tobacco market opens in two days with farmers wary that only favorable weather can lift sales. Last year brought higher early week revenues, but drought makes this year’s volume likely to lag, though tobacco may recover if moisture returns before Labor Day. Weather station coverage promised.
Chicago bank economist Alan Reynolds finds real after tax incomes similar in New York and Massachusetts to Arkansas and Alabama, where unionism is prohibited. The report notes higher unemployment and 726,400 job losses in compulsory union states versus 918,000 manufacturing jobs gained where right to work laws prevail.
Rural Alaskan youths exposed to television for the first time show shifts in lifestyle as some youths abandon play with peers for screen viewing. Eskimo communities appear more resistant to early 20th century tech, highlighting fears that widespread TV may corrupt those reluctant to adopt it.
Carl T. Rowan critiques Carter administration welfare reform plans as a phony debate driven by appeals to free enterprise and moral virtue. He argues that government subsidies and social programs are pervasive across modern America, calling for honest acknowledgment of socialism and a reform that emphasizes compassion rather than punitive norms. He warns that without intervention, 40 to 80 million Americans lack a decent life, and advocates a welfare system shaped by pragmatic compassion.
In six months Jimmy Carter’s policies have angered Kansas and Oklahoma wheat farmers who see a betrayed pledge on price supports. Farmers like Ralph Krehbiel and Wesley Nunemaker recount broken promises and high costs, while Mondale’s remarks sharpen the gap between rhetoric and reality. The disillusion fuels a growing resistance to the Farm Bill and a costly refinancing of farm loans as input costs soar and wheat prices lag.
Washington observes a Senate campaign finance debate with doubts about rescuing politics from pressure groups. Carter supports partial subsidies, but foes fear primaries lack funding and First Amendment rights preserve influence. The piece argues subsidies may distort politics and urges disclosure and contribution ceilings instead.
The Danville Register invites letters to the editor and welcomes reader contributions. Letters should include verification details and a contact telephone number for confirmation.
A Franciscan sermon on preaching by walking, stressing that true preaching is lived not just spoken. The speaker warns that saying lord Lord without doing the Father’s will exposes hypocrisy and that the gap between profession and practice spans all ages. He cites Francis and general civic behavior as examples.
The text contrasts word with deed, citing Bunyan's Talkative and Elijah. It argues talk without action hinders progress toward a better world. It cites John Bright’s charity and Spurgeon’s praise of a holy life as real influence, urging reflection before speaking or preaching by life.
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