Tax Study Committee to review Danville city taxes
The City Council forms a Tax Study Committee led by Lawrence G. Wilson Jr Linwood Lindsey Onico Barker and Howard Bolton to study municipal taxes and fees They will consider a new property tax rate a hotel tax tire dealer and recapper rates a renters tax and service charges The aim is to provide recommendations in time for next year's budget and to balance city needs with keeping taxes manageable for residents and businesses
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Lawrence G. Wilson, Jr
Linwood Lindsey
Onico Barker
Howard Bolton
Robert H. Clarke
Juil Council
Wilson
Ford signs coastal energy bill to aid communities
President Ford signed the Coastal Energy Impact Bill providing 1.6 billion dollars to coastal areas to offset growth from offshore oil and gas development. The act offers environmental safeguards, local development vetoes, and federal aid for roads schools hospitals sewage and water systems. It aims for long-term planning by coastal states amid energy expansion and pollution concerns.
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Ford
Great Lakes
Principles and Politics in Presidential Campaigns
Washington column argues high principle is scarce in U.S. presidential races. It compares past figures like Debs and LaFollette with Carter Reagan Mondale and Schweiker, noting the tension between principle and practical campaigning and predicting a need for a more pragmatic leadership style.
Positive Uses Of Grief at Furman University
Chaplain at Furman University speaks on grief as a constructive process. Grief helps resolve unresolved conflict, express sorrow, and reframe memories. It teaches resilience, faith, and listening, suggesting that loss can deepen understanding and reliance on grace daily. Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is cited in support.
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Furman University
God
Jock
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Morality vs Democrats at Madison Square Garden
Washington observer Ralph de Toledano notes heavy moralizing at the Madison Square Garden Democratic events. He recalls Mae West’s line about recognizing morality, mentions Carter Mondale acceptance speeches, and critiques focus on Watergate and tax inequities in a vivid, dated tone.
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Washington
Mae West
Madison Square Garden
Leggett
Carl Albert
Kennedy
Clea
Wade
van Carter
Mondale
Pole
Grief as a Tool for Healing and Public Morality
A meditation on turning personal loss into helping others endure grief, with references to Schieiermacher and Wilder. It contrasts compassionate support with performative suffering, then critiques political ethics coverage by the Washington Post and CBS investigations, noting figures such as Rep. Bob Leggett and party dynamics amid a Democratic convention backdrop.
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Thornton Wilder
Jesus
Bethratha
Wilder
Bethzatha
CBS
Wayne L. Hays
Bill Sykes
Florida
House Ethics Committee
New York
Washington Post
Bob Leggett
D-Calif
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
South Korea
The Civil Servant: Rights And Wrongs by Barry Goldwater
Senator Barry Goldwater argues that bureaucratic power in Washington has grown beyond accountability. He warns that lazy Congress created empowered agencies and that civil servants should implement elected policy while resisting efforts to undermine or defy government direction.
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Lord Acton
Washington
America
Congress
New Regime
Buckley on Schweiker as Ideologue and Conservative Split
William F Buckley discusses the distinction between exonomic and social conservatives, noting Kevin Phillips and ADA critiques. He examines Schweiker’s positions on capital punishment, crime, abortion, prayer in schools, defense votes, detente, and school busing, framing him as a potential Reagan ally yet rooted in Ford-era views.
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Schweiker
Kevin Phillips
George Wallace
Adam Smith
Kevin Philips
Americans For Democratic Action
Iessmerta
Supreme Court
Europe
Reagan
Ford
Publishing details and subscription rates for Danville newspaper
The Danville Register lists the Rister Publishing Co Inc address at 1238 Union St Danville Virginia 24541 and notes daily publication. The notice includes back-of-page billing language about subscription prices with six month and other rates and renewal prompts.
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Danville
the Rister Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
Eind
Sao
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Virginia
James J. Kilpatrick
Principles and Politics
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Eugene V. Debs
Bob LaFollete
Roger MacBride
Eugene McCarthy
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Richard Schweiker
Anther
Walter Mondale
Carter
Mr. Mondale
McCarthy
MacBride
House of Our Fathers
L. D. Johnson
Ralph de Toledano
Demos
Sen. Walter
Friederich Schieiermacher
Schleirmacher
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Barry Goldwater
White House
HEW
William F. Buckley
Sen. Schweiker
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