New Year and Ash Wednesday Observances
The lunar New Year 4664 Year of the Sheep is celebrated by Buddhists in Southeast Asia and beyond, while Ash Wednesday launches Lent for Christians. The piece notes a four day Viet Nam ceasefire and a three day Fast for Peace in the U.S. context, urging peace talks with Hanoi. It warns the fast may inflame conflict and argues war expertise is scarce in public debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Johnson
Just
North
Ho Carmina
Mars
Hanoi
Nero
Christ
Peace Corps
Javits Tries the Hard Sell for Southern Progressivism
Senator Javits argues for a Southern progressive Republican fusion at UNC, urging a party combining business leaders, newly enfranchised African Americans, teachers, professionals, and scientists. He warns against outsegregation and emphasizes state-federal partnership to spur growth and ease racial tensions, while noting Southern Republicans’ caution toward Javitsstyle progressivism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Javits
South
Jarvis
Republican Party
George Wallace
Lester Mappox
Potomac
New York
Rupert F. Kennedy
New South
Democratic Pri
Georgia
Eturs Arnall
Howard H. Carnaway
Arnall
Virginia
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedys
Javors
Federalia
Virginia unions vie for teachers as mergers loom
The Virginia Education Association dominates most white and many Black teachers as it merges with the Virginia Teachers Association. The American Federation of Teachers plans recruitment rallies in Richmond Petersburg and nearby counties. The VEA remains a militant NA A affiliate defending established union roles and education progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Education Association
VEA
Virginia
Teachers Association
American Federation of Teachers
Richmond
Petersburg
Henrico
Chesterfield
National Education Association
Danville Register subscription rates and mailing notice
The Danville Register notes subscription options and rates for daily and Sunday service, in city and by mail, with separate prices for durations and a note about renewal timing. It lists AP affiliation and national advertising representatives, plus mailing procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Associated Press
Branna Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlette
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
The Moral Drift of Teen Decision Making
William F Buckley Jr discusses a range of sociological views on teen decision making, contrasting secular reformers with religious influence. He cites Dr Frederick L Whitam and surveys of 1600 youths, noting attitudes toward morality, peer pressure, and choices on alcohol sex and athletics amid crusades and public figures like Billy Graham and John F Kennedy. The piece questions whether indifference to social life signals broader trends or moral relativism.
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Holden Caulfield
Dr. Whitam
Fanny Hill
Arizona State University
Frederick L. Whitam
Tellus
John F
God
Billy Graham
New York City
Whitam
Einstein
William Faulkner
Faulk
Nero
Caligula
South Americans Work To Protect Heritage Parks Rise
National Geographic reports rapid conservation expansion in South America. Since 1964 the region builds parks from Uruguay to Peru and protects Amazonia to Tierra del Fuego, with budgets rising and scholars studying soils and waters, while new reserves and wildlife refuges are created.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Latin American Committee On National Parks
Laurance 5
Rockefeller
National Geographic
Uruguay
Peru
Amazonia
Tierra del Fuego
Ywcas Rockefeller
Rockefeller Brothers, Inc
National Geographic Society
Mary
Ywcas
Teouple
Pacific
Andes
Africa
Antarctica
Robinson Crusoe Island
Juan Fernandez Group
Pacific Ocean
Alexander Selkirk
Parental role in child intellect and imagination
A columnist argues that parental neglect and anti intellectual attitudes stunt children, contrasting African child development with Western ideas. He cites Michelle Robins and Christina Teeter as precocious exceptions, urges parents to engage seriously with their children and avoid reducing them to TV spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Texas
Michelle Robins
Miss Robins
Missi Christina Teeter
Dorothy Sayers
Political intrigue links McKeithen Humphrey to 1966 ticket dream
Washington gossip traces a web around Governor McKeithen and Senator Humphrey, with talks of a Southern style National Figure and a possible Vice President slot. The piece cites telegraphic notes from Louisiana editors, fear of Federal troops, and romantic alliance talk involving Ted Kennedy and John McKeithen amid Baton Rouge debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Humphrey-McKeithen
Vice Press
Governor Johns
University of Louisiana
McKeithen
Humphrey
Sena
Ted Kennedy
Bogalusa
Bert Humphrey
Hussell Long
Fingers
Bayou Beauty
Ly Southern
Louisiana
Pressman
Russell Long
John McKeithen
Lotis
Arkansas
Florida
Ma An
Georgia
Lyndon Johnson
Auaue
Iowa
Senator Long
Gover
South
Young McKeithen
Rob
Kennedy
Oxford
Paris
Kennedy-McKeithen Combi
Baton Rouge
Dustry
Battle
Dixie
Fulbright and Kennan on Communism and Policy
The piece argues against a monolithic view of Communism and urges a nuanced U.S. strategy. It critiques George Kennan and Senator Fulbright, warns against naive assumptions, and calls for tough bargaining with Moscow while recognizing three-ply Soviet diplomacy. It discusses China, Cuba, Europe, and regional tensions from Latin America to Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. William Fulbright
Kennan
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
George F. Kennan
Jassador
Soviet Union
Comlas
America
Mrokhenno
Pulbrightt
Theie Eatry
Nist
George Kennan
Kremlin
China
Mao ‘Tse-tung
Stalin
Moscow
Furopa
Asia
Brezhnev
Kosygin
Europe
Baltic
Balkans
Latin America
Southeast Asia
Africa
Peking
Fulbright
U. S
Fidel Castro
Colombia
Venezuela
Emala
Puerto Rico
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Jacos Javits
University of North Carolina
Tidewater
Southside
THE
Danville Register
Zuilo
William F. Buckley, Jr
Tures
Daniel Defoe
Selkirk
Isla Robinson Crusoe
Buenos Aires
Argentine National Park Service
Brazil
Pau Brasil
Russell Kirk
Holmes Alexander
John Chamberlain
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