CREEP and Oil Issues Highlight Post Election Era
Post election concerns focus on the CREEP organization and its outsized role outside the Republican National Committee leading to fundraising and spending excesses. Separate analysis notes Venezuela's oil hopes, with President-elect Perez seeking leverage in oil policy amid potential new fields and broader regional bargaining.
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Republican National Committee
United States
Venezuela
Canada
Carlos Andres Perez
Washington
Mexico
Ecuador
Colombia
Bolivia
Trinidad
Perez
Shah of Iran warns Arabs over oil embargo risks
The Shah of Iran cautioned against using oil as a weapon, saying sanctions could cripple the world economy. He urged Arab producers to drop the embargo, noting Iran’s dual role as a major Gulf oil producer and a nation seeking alternate energy sources including coal, atomic, and solar power.
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Shah
Iran
West
Japan
Persia
Omar Khayyam
Arab
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Senate votes to repeal Byrd amendment on Rhodesian chrome
A little after three o clock on Tuesday afternoon, the United States Senate approved a 54 to 37 vote to repeal the Byrd amendment relating to Rhodesian chrome, a move the author calls a potentially signaling low for the chamber.
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United States Senate
Destiny and Nixon rise in Taft Eisenhower battle
In Patterson’s Mr. Republican the Taft Eisenhower fight of 1952 is re viewed, arguing Nixon’s vice presidency was a pivotal hinge. The article notes Taft’s bid faltered over delegates, Nixon’s later rise amid GOP divisions, and whether destiny or prudence shaped the path to the White House. It also covers a 1971 Byrd amendment repeal debate over Rhodesian chrome and U.S. sanctions, with critics accusing expediency and hypocrisy in Senate action.
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D.C
Richard Nixon
America
James T. Patterson
Robert A. Taft
Houghton-Mifflin
Nixon
Eisenhower
Ike
GOP
Caracas
Harold Stassen
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Hobson
Chicago
Professor Patterson
Taft
Victor Johnston
Knowland
Patterson
Johnston
Stassen
Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Smith
Lodge
Brownell
Summerfield
Hisenhower
California
Alger Hiss
White House
Christian Herter
Senate
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
Congress
Russia
South Africa
Rhodesia
United Nations
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Tan Smith
Sen
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Stevenson
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Sen. McGee
Zaire
U. S
Zambia
Nigeria
Sen. Humphrey
U. N. Security Council
U.N
Security Council
Family of Nations
U. S. Senate
Here Comes The Choo Choo A Revival For Rail Travel
Columnist Russell Kirk argues for a rail renaissance highlighting trains as safer and more energy efficient than cars or planes. He cites British and Mexican examples, predicts profitable Amtrak expansion, revived long and short runs, and greater rail freight use while noting coal as a key fuel and potential challenges with oil supply. He recalls childhood rail nostalgia and predicts a cultural return to train travel.
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Detroit
Britain
Amtrak
Chicago
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Albany
Lansing
Springfield
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Norfolk
Richmond
Boston
Cleveland
Choochoo
America
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Maine
Atlantic Coast
Oregon
Mecosta
Mich
Saginaw
Eskimos Challenge Icy Seas In Umiaks
The Little Diomede islanders, 84 residents, move from sod huts to polyurethane walled homes delivered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. They rely on umiaks for hunting walrus and seal, ivory trade, and carving. North Star supply ship parade marks the year’s festival with children and sea life lore amid the Bering Strait. Big Diomede and Little Diomede sit 20 miles apart near the date line, linking Asia and North America since the Ice Age.
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Washington
Bering Strait
Uganluk
Alaskan
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Diomede
National Geographic Society
Diomeders
North Star
Soviet Island
Ignaluk
Big Diomede
Siberian
Asia
North America
Bering’ Strait
Vitus Bering
Russia
Peter the Great
Black Mountain
Rockefeller shifts toward Republican nomination in 1970s era
Nelson Rockefeller, once a New York political wizard, pivots toward a national conservative base as the Republican Convention landscape tilts south and west. His record on welfare, abortion veto, and Attica stance contrasts with past liberal addresses, yet his anti drug policy and Kissinger ties bolster credibility for a possible nomination.
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Averell Harriman
Rockefeller
New York State
Frank D. O'Connor
Robert Morgenthau
Arthur Goldberg
Florence
National Republican Party
Constantine
Greece
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Damascus
Ronald Reagan
Attica
Kissinger
Emmet Hughes
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Terms
The Danville Register advertises subscription rates and notice terms. Daily and Sunday by carrier cost 50 cents a week. single copies 10 cents. Sunday only 20 cents. By mail one year 20 dollars, six months 10.50, three months 5.25, one month 1.75. Notices sent 10 days before expiration. renewals encouraged.
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Dole East
Holmes Alexander
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Jeffrey Hart
Rocky
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