Peanut story prompts debate on early China seed import tale
An Atlanta Food Review item recounts a 1929 tale of a missionary gifting two Chinese converts with peanuts in Shantung and urges replanting for three years. The piece questions its accuracy while noting later 1930s tariff fears by American peanut growers and efforts to expand markets, including Canada, with Mr. Peanut’s imagined endorsement.
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Department of Agriculture
Atlanta
China
Shantung
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
U.S
A. Obiei
Planters Nut and Chocolate Company
Obiei
Peanut
Carolina
Bombing the Dikes Debate and Public Opinion
Analysis argues against deliberate bombing of dikes in North Vietnam noting they stretch for miles and would not be easily destroyed. It criticizes anti American leaders and sympathizers, defends pilots, dismisses Jane Fonda and Ramsey Clark as unqualified critics, and contrasts Ramsey Clark with his father Justice Tom Clark.
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North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nixon
North
Vietnam
America
Jane Fonda
Ramsey Clark
Tom Clark
Tom
Taxpayers Press Montoya on IRS Grievances
Senator Joseph H. Montoya, head of the Senate subcommittee on Treasury, Post Office and General Government, collects taxpayer letters criticizing IRS conduct. He aims to investigate due process concerns over seizures and interrogates the agency’s arrogance versus helpfulness as budget hearings approach.
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Joseph H. Montoya
Internal Revenue Service
Senate Appropriations
Treasury, Post Office
General Government
IRS
Montoya
Montona
Bank
Bayer
IRA
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists daily and Sunday rates for carrier and mail delivery. In city and suburbs, carrier 50 cents per week. single copies 10 cents. Sunday only 20 cents. By mail, one year 20 dollars, six months 10.50, three months 5.25, one month 1.75. Notice mailed 10 days before expiration. Subscribers urged to renew promptly.
Obscene film ruling sparks decency group letter
Mrs. Olly Guenther of Lynchburg writes praising the State Supreme Court for upholding a Danville theater manager’s conviction for showing the film Anomalis. She urges local residents to defend constitutional decency and asks witnesses to contact her chairing the Citizens for Decent Literature Lynchburg chapter.
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Daily Advance
Lynchburg
State Supreme Court
Danville
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Citizens For
Horseman Drive
Lynchburg, Va
Jeffrey Hart McGovern and the Social Gospel Debate
A discussion contrasts George McGovern with Richard Nixon through the lens of the Social Gospel, citing Walter Rauschenbusch and Reinhold Niebuhr. It weighs idealism versus realism in politics and notes Niebuhr’s warnings against sentimentalism while tracing how leaders balance virtue with power.
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George McGovern
William V. Shannon
Shannon
Sen. McGovern
Reinhold Niebuhr
Paul Ramsey
Princeton
Walter Rauschenbusch
Niebuhr
Rauschenbusch
Kingdom of God
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Rauscherbusch
McGovern
America
Civil Disorder Echoes From Early American Revolts
In Miami Beach on Collins Avenue demonstrators cry down with the rich as a new civil disorder theme. The piece contrasts a coming civil war era with historic taxpayer revolts led by Shays in Massachusetts and the Whiskey Rebellion during Washington's presidency, noting how protests echoed across eras and regions.
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Miami Beach
Collins Avenue
Richard Nixon
Daniel Shays
Massachusetts
Benjamin Lincoln
Shays
Canada
George Washington
Nixon
Parting Shots on Politics and Civil Unrest in 1972
A sharp editorial compares 1972 Republican convention zeal and civil rights tensions to early U.S. history. It questions Nixon’s stance on insurgents, cites Washington’s use of militia, and critiques the 1972 platform as vague on civil war manifestations while pondering leadership and policy.
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Anthony Wayne
Washington
Mifflin
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
Harry Lee
Carlisle
Bedford
Philadelphia
Congress
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
Miami Beach
Nixon
The President's Song That Failed To Be Sung
William F Buckley Jr notes Republican jubilation amid Nixon era optimism and a failing campaign song. He describes a Miami gala night with Art Linkletter and John Wayne, and presents two parody songs for the President and Vice President. The piece frames Democratic defeatism and Republican edge ahead of November.
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Miami Beach
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Miami
Mox
Yesteryear
Roosevelt
Sidney
McGovern
Wallace
Art Linkletter
John Wayne
Dominick
Congress
JFK
LBJ
Spiro Agnew
iIt
Republican Party
Smiles and Harmony Mark GOP Miami Convention
James J Kilpatrick notes a confident GOP mood from Miami as Republicans project strong November gains. Wallace’s withdrawal and McGovern’s woes boost unity, with Nixon set to win southern and border states barring catastrophe. McGovern faces credibility loss and internal dissent, while youth and minority support buoy the party. Overconfidence remains the main risk as the campaign moves to the national stage.
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Miame Beach
Miamil Herald
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Clark MacGregor
George Wallace
George McGovern
Wallace
Nixon
GOP
McGovern
Eagleton
Sargent Shriver
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ
White House
Sir Galahad
Hamlet
John G. Schmitz
Willy-nilly
Richard Nixon
Miami
Dewey
Truman
Kennedy
Humphrey
Tax reform and a mock presidential bid debated
A fragmented note questions the difference between tax reform and tax reduction and wonders if someone has run for president with a self and a Vice President to be named later. It presents a satirical or urgent query about political strategies and naming contingency.
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