Virginia SCC orders long distance rate cuts in Virginia
The Virginia Corporation Commission has ordered reductions in intra state and interstate long distance tolls for both station to station and person to person calls. Effective January 1 the changes save Virginians about 3 million in the Danville area and over 7.5 million statewide in four years, underscoring the commission’s consumer welfare role amid political criticism.
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Virginia
Corporation Commission
SCC
State Corporation Commission
Commonwealth
Virginia Corporation Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Danville
Lee Telephone Company
Virginia ‘Telephone and Telegraph
Suick
Rights Versus War Needs at East Alton Gunpowder Plant
The East Alton Illinois gunpowder plant, sole U S source for powder used in M16 M14 and M60 munitions, faces a shutdown amid a dispute with three unions. The piece urges the Johnson Administration to press for immediate restart, arguing production is essential for national defense and soldiers in Vietnam.
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Ourn Matureson
East Alton
Ilinois
Ony
South Viet Nam
Chemical
JonNson
Safety Drive Funds Create Michigan Highway Institute
Automobile industry backs a 10 million fund to establish a highway safety institute at the University of Michigan to advance broad safety research. The effort supplements Cornell studies and aims to reduce hazards across mechanical and human factors as traffic deaths run about a thousand weekly. The program seeks sound guidance on engineering, social, and behavioral aspects to improve highway safety.
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Highway Safety Institute
University of Michigan
U.S
Safety Institute At
Ann Arbor
Cornell University
Cornell
Danville Daily Rates and Postal Notice Summary
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, including in city carrier delivery at 35 cents per week and single copies at 6 cents. Mail rates show one year at 15 dollars, six months 7.50, three months 3.75, and one month 1.25, with zones and renewal notes.
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Danville
Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Leuis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Humphrey's Far East trip aims to boost image in sixday tour
Current Opinion notes Vice President Humphrey travels Tokyo Manila Taipei and Seoul in six days. The trip may offer little substantive value but could refocus attention on his public image amid wobbling headlines and weak Gallup poll support. Kennedy looms as likely challenger in 1972.
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Humphrey
Far East
Tokyo
Manila
Taipei
Taiwan
Seoul
White House
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Asia
Escalation Thoughts on Vietnam and World Food Politics
William F Buckley Jr argues that true escalation would require a decisive leap by the initiator, not mere firepower. He discusses nuclear options, targeting North Vietnam’s irrigation, or chemical methods, but notes such steps clash with US values. He weighs a blockade and wheat shipments from Canada and China as potential pressure, questioning moral stakes and global hunger implications.
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Vietnam
North Vietnam
Red River
United States
Lady Macbeth
Canada
Red China
China
India
Latin America
The Owl as Wise and Wily Nature’s Survivor Tale
A columnist recalls a Detroit tale of an escaped great horned owl named Hooter. The bird adapts to urban life, feeding on rats, eluding humans, and returning to Mrs. Hall after a year. The narrative argues instinct can outlast sagacity, as both owl and people confront city survival.
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Minerva
Mrs. Wall
Bloomfield
Hills
Michigan
Imost
jHlall
Hooter
Palmer Park
Humane Society
Detroit
Senator Soaper computer bias notice in modern humor
A satirical note explains a computer with built in bias is found. It mocks machine superiority not equating to kindness. The piece jests that cold weather helps stamps avoid sticking to pockets and pokes fun at the modern housewife returning to pioneer cookery with brown and serve bread.
Sabotage theories swirl around power blackouts
A discussion of the 1930s era power outages cites suspicions of deliberate attacks and Soviet sabotage. It recalls House hearings on Communist activity in the TVA and TVA dam security, noting calls to place key operatives at critical switch points in Birmingham, Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville, and TVA areas.
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United States
Sinbpiean
Texas
Federal Power Commission
Joseph C. Swidier
Soviet Union
House
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
William Remington
Elizabeth Bentley
George H.paris
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Nashville
Knoxville
T.V.A
Muriel Borah
Jerry Voorhis
Paris
Francis Martin
Kremlin
FPC
Rattan Nicanti
Japanese Trade Tactics Threaten Small U.S. Ceramics Firms
Washington report details how Japanese exporters imitate U S Ceramic Tile Co trade names and color schemes to lure U S buyers. The practice targets about 46 small U S firms averaging 152 workers, with concerns it could devastate the sector by 1970.
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Washington, D.C
U.S. Steel Corp
Radio Corporation of America
Capitol Hill
U. S
Customs Bureau
American Clean
N.Y
Maruri & Co
Japan Ceramic Tile Co
Tokyo
New York City
Japan
Treasury Department
London Economist
Fortune
U.S
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Usare
Kamiyama Works
Johnson
Treasury
Mont Blanc Tunnel Opens as Longest Subterranean Highway
The Mont Blanc tunnel links Chamonix France and Courmayeur Italy in 7.2 miles beneath Mont Blanc. Opened in 1965 after six years of work, the two way route could save drivers between Rome and Paris up to 20 hours in winter. The tunnel carries up to 6000 vehicles hourly, uses 5800 cubic feet of fresh air per second, and cost about 70 million dollars with emergency bays washrooms telephones every 1000 feet.
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Rome
Paris
French Riviera
Mont Blanc
Chamonix
France
Courmayeur
Italy
Europe
New York
Holland Tunnel
Lord Byron
Geneva
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William F. Buckley, Jr
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J Holmes Alexander
Zaibatsu
National Geographic News
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