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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1965

Page

2

Motherly Love Drives Plea to Erase Son's Record

Mrs. Marcuernire C. Oswatd pushes the Navy Department to review and expunge a Marine Corps record labeling her son Harvey as undesurable. She believes he did not kill the President or a policeman, despite the strong evidence accusing him of those crimes. Her plea seeks mercy and a corrected history for her deceased son.

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Last Chance Day Promises for 1966 Beating Procrastination

A reflective editorial urges readers to stop delaying goals as 1965 ends. It urges completing promises to renew friendships, shed bad habits, and start decent plans today rather than postponing until tomorrow. The piece emphasizes seizing the final hours before the New Year to gain small but real progress.

United Nations School on New York Riverfront Deal

A critique argues the United Nations will gain a school for its staff’s children on leased East River waterfront land. Laurence Rockefeller funds landfill and Foro Foundation builds the campus at 7.5 million, with U.S. government support likely before 1968, amid war on poverty rhetoric.

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Subscription Rates For Daily And Sunday Danville Paper

The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday delivery in city and suburbs at 35 cents for 2 weeks, and 6 cents for single copies. By mail rates are one year 15 dollars, six months 7.50, three months 3.75, and one month 1.25, with renewals encouraged and notice mailed 10 days before expiration.

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Newark Teachers Union fines prompt public debate on strikes

In Newark, New Jersey, the Newark Teachers Union and officers were fined for contempt of court after a two day strike aimed at a new election on representation. The action highlights rising public employee leverage, the limits of injunctions, and the responsibility of striking workers to the communities they serve.

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Johnsons Chance at Peace in Vietnam In Early 1960s Outlook

The column argues Lyndon B Johnson could become the first post McKinley president to win a peace conference if North Vietnam is brought to meaningful negotiations. It contrasts Johnson’s cautious, calculated approach with past presidents, warning that a real settlement must preserve South Vietnam’s integrity and avoid an “or else” outcome.

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The Vanity and Consolation of Hope in Life’s Parade

A reflective meditation on mood and meaning. The author recalls Johnson, Ibsen, and Hesiod to argue that hope sustains cheerful resilience amid life’s vanity and fatigue. He cites philosophy and literature to affirm that action, courage, and a balanced view of happiness redeem suffering.

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Johnson shuffles foreign VIPs in White House visit

Holmes Alexander notes President Johnson gave a brisk sendoff to Ayub Khan, Harold Wilson, and Ludwig Erhard, delivering a narrowly framed diplomacy. Veritas argues Johnson asserts independence from allies while pursuing domestic race policy and reshaping the presidency.

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End of year remarks from Roudebush on war and prosperity

Ralph de Toledano presents a New Year message from Representative Richard Roudebush noting prosperity is high yet calling for billions to fund the war. He criticizes U S strategy, Navy and Air Force underused, enemy supply lines unblocked, and inconsistent government trade with nations allied to the jungle foe.

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Azraq Desert National Park a wildlife haven in Jordan

The Azraq Desert National Park in Jordan protects a unique desert habitat around the Azraq oasis 60 miles east of Amman. The area hosts nearly 200 bird species including the houbara bustard along with insects, reptiles, fish, gazelle, and palaeolithic finds from 200,000 years ago. The oasis supports a biological station for MANETs scientists, and the site features a 700-year-old basalt fortress linked to Lawrence of Arabia.

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