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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1965
Page
2
The piece roasts U S policy on international aid and Western democracy amid White House visits by world leaders. It criticizes Lyndon Johnson, calls the administration hypocritical, and laments turning against allies while courting enemies as it argues the United States punishes friends and rewards foes.
The electorate reelects Charles de Gaulle with about 55 percent amid turnout near 80 percent, confirming his legal authority to govern France seven more years. The piece notes the strong mandate, compares margins to Kennedy, and asserts De Gaulle’s sure governance under the Fifth Republic.
The piece argues war spending surged from 12 to 41 billion in two years and urges President Johnson to cut all departments’ budgets, prioritizing national security over War on Poverty. It condemns over-spending as risky to freedom and stresses McNamara’s cuts to housing and service facilities as prudent.
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with weekly carrier delivery 35 cents and single copies 6 cents. Mail rates are 15 dollars per year, with six months 7.50 and three months 3.75, one month 1.25. note about post office and renewal reminders.
The ghost-writer for a government official says he has already made a good start by typing and quotes his own line I’m very pleased to be here tonight. The remark underscores ongoing efforts to prepare the address for presentation.
In a letter to the editor a Civic Club member cites Bernard Baruch on age sixty four and honors nominees like Bill Moore Calvin Berry Berk Adkins and Gene Stryker for Man of the Year. The note reflects on daily service and civic duty as core worth.
The Berkeley campus scene shows a growing conservative counter force. University Society of Individualists and California Conservatives for Political Action promote reading rooms, debates, and campus talks while clashing with extensive leftist groups. ISI affiliates back conservative literature and events.
In Washington the clash between Rep. Wright Patman and Federal Reserve chairman William McChesney Martin centered on control of economic policy under the Employment Act of 1946. Patman accused the Fed of ignoring public law and urged reform, while Martin defended the Fed’s independence and his oath to adjust the money supply as needed to aid the economy.
John Chamberlain weighs a long discussed three year anti missile defense concept by Kurtz and Wiesner while Port Leyden High prompts debate by rejecting a Romans verse ad in the yearbook. He notes broader religious expression limits in schools and defends Bible readings as part of education.
A satirical summary links rising food costs and color TV to changing norms, then shifts to military power. It notes the Berlin Airlift as defensive power and discusses new jet transports like the C 5 A, questioning whether airlift capacity remains defensive or becomes offensive. It frames postwar attitudes toward defense and public life with sharp, era-specific humor.
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