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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1976
Page
2
President Ford rejects a Democrats push to fund make work programs for 606 000 unemployed calling the measure pork. He argues the plan buys votes and ignores the economy while noting January employment gains show recovery momentum despite political critics.
Americans top gum chewers worldwide at 200 million pounds annually and 20 sticks weekly per child, with 24 percent of seniors and 92 percent of youths ages 12 to 15 involved. Southwest shoppers buy the most, spearmint is best selling with sugarless growing. Warner-Lambert’s American Chicle expects continued world growth as public gum chewing rises.
Washington debate bursts over big government as advocates of welfare state defend growth with Brookings figures. Evans highlights rising federal outlays from 1929 to 1977, shifting costs to states, and funding moves from defense to welfare, arguing spending has surged far more than claimed.
An opinion piece praises Ray Godfrey of Rapid City South Dakota and Howard Dearborn of Fryeburg Maine for resisting OSHA. It recounts an OSHA visit to Godfrey Brake Service in December, a court stand and a similar incident at Dearborn Inc in June 1974, with fines, appeals, and large OSHA penalties. The author casts both men as modern bicentennial heroes challenging federal regulation and laments OSHA’s reach and inspector practices.
A Forman University chaplain critiques the song Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover as dehumanizing. He warns that casual detachment erodes loyalty and family bonds, urging sustained commitment and meaningful ties as essential to personal and societal well being. He argues relationships are dynamic and must adapt as children grow up and leave home.
Senator Goldwater backs a balanced federal budget and limited taxes with constitutional amendments. The American Farm Bureau Federation urges no pay raises for President, Vice President, and Congress until balance is achieved. It stresses inflation as a key issue and calls for sweeping cuts in government spending and a public demand to end extravagance.
The text reviews Paul Robeson’s civil rights stance, his Soviet ties, and public condemnation during McCarthyism. It notes his 1948-1950 rise of notoriety, 1952 Stalin Peace Prize, passport denial, and later reassessment by Time editors. It also mentions Buckley’s February correction about a Wisconsin official reference.
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