Virginia Forests Inc Drives Virginia Tree Planting Surge
A Virginia Record feature by William E. Cooper highlights Virginia Forests Inc and a three year Plant More Trees program that boosted seedling plantings to 96,498,200, with total plantings since 1917 nearing 852 million. The piece notes Virginia’s forest land, employment in forest products, and steady growth despite shortages, framing wood as a wood bank for the state economy.
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Virginia
Wilson
Congress
Imperial
Germany
Virginia Forests, Inc
Plains
Gulf of Mexico
St. Lawrence River
Theodore Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Biltmore
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Mr. Cooper
Farming By Computer In Virginia and North Carolina
Farmers in Virginia and North Carolina use computer printouts from Farm Management Association and Extension Services to guide decisions. In Kansas 170 farmers, many with large acreage, rely on computer analyses of inputs, prices, and operations, paying about $300 yearly for service and advice.
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Virginia
North Carolina
V.pi
Upper South
Kansas
Farm Management Association
How To Afford A Book and Other Holiday Quips
Senator Soaper notes Santa works hard since Halloween and wonders if he gets a Thanksgiving break. How To books rise in popularity despite high prices, and highway travel limits prompt imagining traffic jams. Car pools are fine if you tolerate riding with the same coworkers all day.
Debate over Shockley Innis sparks campus clash
Roy Innis of the Congress of Racial Equality urged a debate with Dr. William Shockley on racial genetics. Harvard professors pressured to cancel. Princeton will host the Shockley Innis clash on December 4. The piece argues IQ variability is personal, not racial, and defends free discussion while warning against racial quotas.
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Roy Innis
Congress of Racial Equality
William Shockley
Innis
Shockley
Harvard
Derrick Bell
Orlando Patterson
Havard Law Forum
Princeton University
Cedric X
Stanford University
Monterey Peninsula College
California
Commonwealth
Dr. Shockley
Hank Aaron
Richard Herrnstein
Jet Dr. Shockley
Princeton
Roy Ianis
Dr.Shockley
Hi-C Case Highlights FTC Tea Party Follies
Washington reporter recalls the Hi-C FTC case as a grand display of agency saber rattling over a vitamin C drink. Coca-Cola faced claims of deception in ads claiming Hi-C as the sensible drink and sufficiently high in vitamin C. Judge Jackson acquitted on both charges, with Commission affirming. dissent by Commissioner Jones calls the ruling discouraging.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Coca-Cola Company
William K. Jackson
Hi-C
Jackson
Mary Gardiner Jones
Jones
Warning On Fuel Shortage Sparks Bipartisan Critique
The piece criticizes President Nixon and Congress over the energy crisis, highlighting Sen. Jennings Randolph's push for a National Commission on Fuels and Energy and noting past energy policy efforts from Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, and others. It argues for a comprehensive national fuels policy and historic leadership failures.
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Washington, D.C
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Congress
Nixon
Randolph
National Commission On Fuels and
John Ehrlichman
Scoop Jackson
Johnson
Senate National Fuels and Energy Study Group
Senate
Kennedy
Stewart Udall
Eisenhower
Geographic Chasing Sunbeams May Be Man's Fate
Government and science officials view solar energy as a prime solution to energy shortages. Reports note 12 million dollars allocated to NASA and NSF for solar studies, with discussions of expanded crisis funding. The piece compares solar potential to current US energy use and forecasts dwindling fossil fuels by 2000 and 2030 respectively.
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Washington
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
U.S. Geological Survey
Buckley on Energy Policy and Personal Choice
William F Buckley Jr argues against price controls and fuel rationing, defending markets to allocate scarce gas and energy. He mocks speed limits and station closures, urging respect for individual needs and household preferences while noting political theater and practical limits.
Danville Register Subscriptions and Rates Notice
The Danville Register lists subscription terms for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier or mail. Rates include 50 cents per week for in town delivery, 20 cents for Sunday copies, and yearly mail options of 20 dollars, six months ten fifty, three months five twenty five, or one month one seventy five. Notices mailed ten days before expiration.
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Santa Claus
Chamberlain
America
Kissinger
James J. Kilpatrick
Holmes Alexander
Pearl Harbor
Asia
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Roosevelt
Hisenhower
Edmund Burke
Warren Hastings
Geographic
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William F. Buckley, Jr
Rio de Janeiro
Coke Stevenson
Texas
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Carless
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