Clinging Victorianism on Way Out in Virginia
An editorial argues Virginia schools lag in coeducation adopting a single standard for admission. It notes University of Virginia debates enrolling women in Arts and Sciences, compares UNC's earlier coed steps, and highlights Mary Washington College as current female option. The piece urges equality or a nearby separate women’s college, asserting no discrimination.
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Virginia
William and Mary
Department of Education
University
University of Virginia
College of Arts and Sciences
University of North Carolina Befgan
Iass
General College
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg
Charlottesville
Jefferson
Our Fenced-In Cities and Virginia Growth Dilemma
A historical overview notes Norfolk as Virginia and NC city labels shift with population shifts. It discusses Norfolk Beach Chesapeake Portsmouth and regional metro potential, Richmond growth challenges, Henrico Chesterfield annexation limits, and Virginia policy constraints on urban expansion and regional governance.
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Norfolk
Virginia
North Carolina
Albemarle
N.C
Piedmont
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Beach
Chesapeake
Elizabeth River
Hampton Roads
Hahn
Portsmouth
Richmond
Henrico
Chesterfield
Ities
General Assembly
Hahn Commission
What's Wrong With Close Elections
A newspaper column discusses the closeness of historical elections led by Woodrow Wilson and Richard Nixon and notes Mayor Lindsay of New York City on the 1960 race. It credits labor unions and urban voters with Humphrey strength and cites Grover Meany and Whitney Young as early models of cross party cooperation with the Nixon administration.
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Joan V. Lindsay
New York City
Richard Nixon
Lindsay
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hucuhes
Wilson
Nixon
Joan F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Nixon-Agnew
Grover Meany
Afl-Cio
Wyitney Young
National Urban League
Meany
Mr. Younc
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with in city carrier or by mail options. It notes renewal reminders and post office entry details, and credits Associated Press news with republication rights and national advertising representatives.
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Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Meany Accepts Nixon Aides Despite Labor Split
George Meany says he can live with Nixon’s labor picks while noting a divide over compulsory unionism in 1968. The piece weighs COPE spending and labor’s vote share, and cites shifts in anti right to work sentiment and Senate races that affect labor’s political power.
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George Meany
Afl-Cio
Richard Nixon
George P. Shultz
University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business Administration
Washington
Shultz
Department of Labor
Nixon
Labor
Committee For Economic Development
Kennedy
COPE
Committee On Political Education
Hubert Humphrey
Organized Labor
George Wallace
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Steevenson
House of Representatives
Richard Bowling
Missouri
Meany
Frank Thompson
New Jersey
House
Ralph Yarborough
Senate
Soviet Crime Challenge to Marxist Society
Soviet sociologists now concede crime crosses ideological lines as in the West, with juvenile delinquency rising among Russia’s privileged elite and even high officials. Train vandalism near Moscow and organized fake art schemes show pervasive corruption, while prosecutors cite embezzlement in kindergarten systems.
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Communist Party
United States
Moscow
Black Sea
Black Sea Spas
Minsk
Soviet Union
International Art Trust
Studen
Igor Olkhovik
Olkhovik
West
Russia
Rostow
Finch for HEW: A Conservative with Creative Promise
The piece lauds Robert Finch, California lieutenant governor, as Nixon’s HEW secretary pick. It highlights his creativity and conservatism, notes his welfare plans to decentralize aid, and references debates over negative income tax and family allowances. It warns of education funding pressures and favoritism for qualitative growth over rapid expansion.
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Richard Nixon
Robert Finch
California
Finch
Ronald Reagan
Abraham Ribicoff
Mr. Finch
Milton Friedman
Nixon
Patrick Moynihan
Congress
Federal Office of Education
Carl Hansen
District of Columbia
HEW
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Clark Kerr
Federal Treasury For
Kerr
Nixon Faces Tests as He Seeks Post-Election Unity
A provocative essay argues Nixon inherits public confidence and coalition support after LBJ’s decline. It warns of domestic insurgency and external pressure before his inauguration, predicting challenges to preserve the Union and the post-election credibility of the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
LBJ
Nixon
de Tocqueville
Herbert Hoover
Henry Paolucci
Paolucci
Senate
Robert Kennedy
Kenneth Keating
Capitol
Fort Chicago
History of Candy and Chocolate Through the Ages
A compact survey traces sweet tooth origins from ancient Egypt and Greece to the cacao bean carried by Cortes. It notes candy sales surpassing 1.6 billion dollars annually in the United States, with 350 million during holidays, and highlights candy canes evolving from pacifiers to festive stripes by 1900.
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United States
Germany
Cologne
Christopher Columbus
West Indies
Hernan Cortes
Montezuma II
Cortes
Charles V
Louis XII
England
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Blackburn
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Bennett
Daniel Brewster
Maryland
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Léon Dennen
Finch and
Creative Imagination
Russell Kirk
Holmes Alexander
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