A Worried Traveler Reflects On Nixon Second Term
A Returning Traveler in Washington ponders the 1950s era politics as Republicans celebrate a win but face empty Senate seats and aging leaders. He notes Nixon’s strict constitutional stance and recalls the 22nd Amendment history tying to Roosevelt and Eisenhower’s terms.
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Washington
Dd.c
Richard Nixon
Senate
Nixon
Mr. Nixon
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
White House
Korea
Greece
Spain
Portugal
Chinas
John Kennedy
Conservative View on Pot Highlights Free Society Limits
James Kilpatrick assesses National Review debates on marijuana with a focus on constitutional limits and government power. He notes Buckley’s support for legalization arguments, contrasts here with Burtis Burnham and Hart, and argues conservatives should weigh harm to society over moral prohibition. The piece links free conduct to social impact, cites air bags and fluoridation, and questions Nixon’s constitutional stance on term limits.
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Washington
National Review
Richard C. Cowan
James Burnham
Jeffrey Hart
William F. Buckley, Jr
Cowan
Mencken
The Corporate State Threat to Virginia Public Life
A Virginia essay warns that a shift toward corporate state models and union coalitions endangers individual rights. It cites NEA and related unions uniting with public employee groups to push for national collective bargaining and to challenge the Virginia Right‑To‑Work Act. The piece warns Capitol action in Richmond as a pivotal battleground for the republic and Commonwealth.
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Philadelphia
Ben Franklin
Virginia
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Portugal
Germany
United States
National Organization of Teachers
NEA
American Federation of State
International Association of Fire Fighters
Education
Coalition of
Public Workers
Virginia General Assembly
VAP
Virginia Association of Professions
Medical Society of Virginia
American Institute of Architects
Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Virginia State Bar Association
Virginia Dental Association
Virginia Pharmaceutical Association
Virginia Society of Public Accountants
Virginia Veterinary Medical Association
Republic
Commonwealth
Richmond
Dr. Franklin
Huck With A Russian Accent In Soviet Film
A Moscow 11 year old flaxen haired boy and a African geology student star in a Russian film showing them on a raft down the Dnieper. The story echoes Mark Twain and Huck Finn and Jim with focus on human relations rather than propaganda.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Dnieper River
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
Huck Finn
Dope Reds Weapon Against Yanks in Vietnam War
An editorial argues narcotics were a deliberate war weapon used by Communist forces during the Vietnam conflict. It cites testimony about opium and heroin flowing into Southeast Asia, high purity heroin reaching U S troops, and related political designs linked to Peking and Hanoi. The piece notes a Chilean cocaine case and calls for scrutiny of why many soldiers succumbed to addiction.
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Russia
Hanoi
Peking
Mohammed Heikal
China
Chow Enlai
Nasser
Egypt
United States
Vietnam
Senate
Subcommittee On
Lewis W. Wall
Southeast Asia
Burma
Laos
Thailand
Walt
South Vietnam
Oscar Squella Avendano
Chile
Salvador Allende
Squella Avendano
Miami
Allan C. Brownfield
Letter to the Editor on porn ads and moral standards
Coleman Edmunds criticizes the REGISTER for publishing advertisements by two porn theaters on page 13-B. He argues newspapers should stop accepting such ads to improve community morals and aligns with the editorial view about landlords in New York.
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Coleman Edmunds
Putting The Genie Back In The Bottle
The piece argues the Democratic Party must unify behind a single economic or ideological theme rather than rely on ethnic quotas. It warns that coalitions won by adding groups split when fighting for recognition and that future majorities come from shared ideas, not identity labels. It cites Roosevelt era unity and warns McGovern style quotas divisive. It notes tensions among Wallace Carmichael Kennedy factions and stresses universal unifying themes over ethnicity.
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Ole Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
America
Academicians
Democratic City Machines
Farmer
South
TVA
Cesar Chavez
Chavez
Northwest
Mountain South
Missouri Valley
George McGovern
Democratic Committee
Jean Westwood
George Wallace
Wallace
Stokely Carmichael
Africa
Jesse Jackson
Carmichael
Ted Kennedy
Mao Tse-tung
Indochina
The Danville Register Subscription Rates Notice
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions in city and suburbs by carrier and mail. Rates include one year twenty dollars, six months ten fifty, three months five twenty five, and one month one seventy five. It requests prompt renewal and notes notice mailed ten days before expiration.
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James J. Kilpatrick
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Russell Kirk
New York
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Danville
John Chamberlain
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