Hughes Memo Calls for Review of Foster vs Institutional Care
A Danville editorial supports Hughes Memorial Home stance against switching all homeless children to foster homes. It cites cost pressures, notes potential harm from foster care, and references a Ohio case of six year old Robert Arnold who died after excessive salt intake. The piece urges review by child referral agencies to safeguard children.
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Hughes Memorial Home
Hughes
T. Anthony Pollard
Harry Land
Pittsylvania County Social Services
Cleveland
Robert Arnold
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Robert
Compromise Lets Pittsylvania Students Pick Leaf Crop
The Pittsylvania County School Board approves missing school for students to help harvest this year's drought damaged leaf crop, with make up work required. Extension Agent Wayne Brown supports local labor, noting no new migrants needed. Students not helping will not be penalized and will start classes on schedule. The plan ends a heated dispute between farmers and non-farmers.
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Pittsylvania County
Wayne Brown
Danville Register invites letters to editor with signatures
The Danville Register welcomes letters to the editor printed with signatures and addresses. Writers must include telephone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited or shortened to fit page space.
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Danville Register
Carter on Normalization with China and Taiwan
James J Kilpatrick argues against normalizing relations with the People’s Republic of China without assurances on Taiwan. He warns this would breach the 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty and harm Formosa, urging continued engagement via existing liaison offices and criticizing Carter’s stance and policy rationale.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
China
Carter
People's Republic of China
People’s Republic
Taiwan
American Chamber of Commerce
Tokyo
United States
Formosa
Vance
Peking
People’s Republic of China
Connecticut Avenue
Kalorama Road
Huang Chen
Leonard Woodcock
State Department
Moscow
Hua Kuo-feng
Biographer Holmes Alexander paints Hamilton in vivid life
Washington notes how biography should lift a subject from dusty archives into vivid narrative. Holmes Alexander, in his book To Covet Honor, presents Alexander Hamilton as a brilliant, energetic Founding Father, using solid research to animate the leader without pedantic footnotes.
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Washington
Racly
Holmes Alexander
J. Edgar Hoover
Alexander
Alexander Hamilton
Western Islands
Belmont
Mass
To Covet Honor and the Hamiltonian Vision
A reviewer lauds Alexander Hamilton as a towering statesman and political thinker, contrasting him with Thomas Jefferson. The essay argues Hamilton’s aristocratic temper and republican ideals shaped America, noting the provocative biographical work To Covet Honor as timely and essential in interpreting the nation’s third century.
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United States
Alexander
Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Monticello
Washington
Treasury
Albert Gallatin
Gallatin
Dangers Of Eruption Loom Over Guatemala
Guatemala faces a widening gap between rich and poor as Ladinos clash with Indians over education, wages, and inflation. The economy relies on coffee and cotton exports while tax collection remains around 12 percent, straining social services and fueling strikes as elites resist liberal reforms and universal welfare.
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Boyf
James J. Kilpatrick
Ralph de Toledano
Charles Bartlett
Guatemala
Antigua
Guatemala City
Laugerud
Peru
Panama
Torrijos
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