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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1975
Page
2
President Ford speaks to news media on his first day in office style balance. He promises administrative steps to avoid sharp fuel price rises if Congress accepts his proposals. The piece weighs Ford's leadership, unity, and challenges from critics as the 1976 race heats up.
The piece warns that within a few years forty percent of Washington D C births could be to mothers under seventeen often unmarried. It criticizes Planned Parenthood head Jack Hood Vaughn for proposing contraceptive counseling to minors without parental consent as insufficient and ethically wrong. It argues for stronger home school and church guidance rather than permissive policies.
The piece argues fresh water swimming skills do not prepare one for ocean conditions. It cites Peter Benchley’s comparison and notes up to twenty drown daily along shorelines, many within reach of safety. Ocean courses would teach undertows, currents, and safe responses, reducing panic and boosting public safety. It also hints at a grain industry scandal involving inspectors ignoring weevils.
President Ford sends to Congress a covenant making the Northern Mariana Islands a self governing commonwealth under the U S Constitution. The House approves with little debate. Senate discussion was desultory before recess. The piece warns of unintended empire complexity and 20th century war implications.
The Democratic National Committee reportedly chose New York City for the 1976 convention. The piece gauges risks of a solvent city facing deep debt and possible receivership, noting Big MAC funds and NYC’s mounting debt service, and contemplates alternate host cities should bankruptcy loom.
The Massachusetts bar reinstates Alger Hiss amid claims of innocence and a broader critique of Richard Nixon’s role in the original inquiry. The piece reflects on Whittaker Chambers, Time Inc, and the saga of the Hiss trials, arguing the revival would reflect on Nixon’s political career.
The National Science Foundation NASA and the Office of Naval Research request 150000 more dollars to finish a study on why monkeys clinch their jaws under stress. Previous work costing 500000 found drunken monkeys have slower reflexes than sober ones, a fact quipped as irrelevant but cited as science.
William F Buckley Jr denounces First Lady Betty Ford for her CBS interview on sexual mores and double standards while praising President Ford's stance. He argues her comments undermine traditional virtue, critiques detente implications, and mocks the notion of free speech within political leadership.
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