A Convention of Racists at 1968 Dem Nominating Meet
A Democratic National Committee subcommittee proposes a plan to mandate at least 10 percent Negro representation in convention delegations from states with 20 percent or more Black population. The plan would treat 8 states as affected and risks forcing race into delegate selection, prompting criticism from liberals and Black leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonsson- Humenrey
Democratic National Committee
Minoree Jeffrey
Michigan
Wialham B. Spone, Jr
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Baltimore
Houston
Cleveland
St. Louis
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Memphis
Atlanta
Come-Uppance In Order Behind Kennedys Europe Tour
A biased West German media view cites Senator Robert F Kennedy visiting London Paris and meeting Premier Kresincer briefly while Wilson De Gaulle and Kennedy rank as top trouble makers. The piece suggests foreigners question Kennedys influence and predicts snubs from Johnson Rusk. It implies Kennedy could eclipse Washington leadership and become a dominant figure in U.S. foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Kennepy
Europe
Kennepys
Bonn
Berlin
New York
London
Paris
Kurt Kresincer
Kennedy
Fests
Wilson
de Gautre
Johnson
U.S
Dean Rusk
Kenneny
Washington
Rusk
Wison
de Gaulle
Russia Airs Peace Talk Yet Sends Hawk Feathers in Hoodoo
A column comments on Kosyain's London salute, asserts Soviet support for North Vietnam, and questions motives behind peace talk. It notes U.S. bombing pauses, Byrn warning of Soviet aims, and likens a dove with hawk feathers. The piece mocks diplomacy while urging tougher stance and reliable leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrei Kosyain
London
Kosyern
Moscow
Boppy Kennedy
Kosyein
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Johnson
Hanoi
U.S. Senate
Virginia
Harry F. Burn
Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
Byrp
Russia
Byrn
Armed Forces Committee
U.S.S.R
Kosycin
Subscription Rates and Notices in Danville Paper
The Danville Register lists renewal notices and advance payment requirements for subscriptions. Rates cover daily and Sunday delivery and mail options with prices for city, suburbs, and various time spans. Advertising representatives are named for major cities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carner Delivery
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
State Dept embitters US ties over Suez and Cape Town stance
The author criticizes the State Department for siding with Arab nations after Suez and pressuring South Africa over Cape Town shore leave for the carrier FDR. The piece argues this stance harms U.S. naval access, fuels racial discrimination claims, and angers allied nations while blaming policymakers and Congress. It cites Navy officials and veteran observers as supporting more robust, racially neutral policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
States Department
U. S. Navy
Egypt
Suez Canal
State Department
Far East
Panama Canal
Cape of Good Hope
U. S
South Africa
Ananias
Department
Betiow
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cape Town
Hadington
South Alax
South
U. S. Naval Attache
U. S. Information Services
South Afr
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Die Béeld
To the Point on Crafts and Independent Work
A columnist argues young men should learn skilled trades like shoemaking, plastering, or papering to gain real independence and opportunity. He laments dwindling craftsmen, cites easy mass jobs, cultural snobbery toward trades, and red tape burden on the self employed, challenging readers to value useful craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gan Village
Commonwealth
Internal Revenue Service
Udall Lands Push Could Make U S Richest Nation
Column lauds Stewart Udall for public lands policies and a Heavy Metals program that could vastly boost national wealth. It cites oil shale projects in Colorado Utah and Wyoming plus iron ore and phosphates in Appalachia the Central States and the Southeast. The piece envisions huge future revenues funding education and debt relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Voltaire
Stewart Udall
American Commonwealth de Fensist
Udall
Abraham
New York
Lincoln
John
Lindsay
Colorado
Utah
Wyomsing
USA
Green River
Interior Department
Earth
Middle East
Latin America
Appalachia
Central States
Agrarian Revolt and Maoist Power Plays in China
The piece questions how China reports its upheavals under Maoist rule. It notes peasant economy claims, the rising role of agrarian rebels, and possible house arrests or coups around Liu ShaoChi, Lin, Feng Yu, and Goette. Yale expert David Rowe says provinces govern themselves, not a central run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peking
Japan
Hao Tse-tung
Radio Peking
Peking People’s Daily
Agrarians
Mao
Feng Yu
Hsiang
Feng
Red
Ding
Peking Club
Iai
Bobby ‘Kennedy
Red China
Bobby Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Liu Shao-chi
Lin
Liu
David Rowe
Yale University
Russia
John Goette
King Features
Mars Life Question Shatters Space Age Milestone
Mariner IV mission in 1964 provided first close up Mars images and data, traveling 418 million miles. The craft measured meteor densities cosmic rays and magnetic fields while transmiting to NASA Deep Space Network. Despite solar flare and end of design life, scientists assess Mars as harsh but life remains a possibility. Pickering predicts future findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariner
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner IV
Mars
NASA
Deep Space
California
Mojave
Desert
Mariner-Mars
Red Planet
Space
Paul
Lyndon B. Johnson
Earth
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
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Llewllyn Thompson
Tilly
THE
Danville Register
Danville
Associated Press
Ralph de Toledano
Russell Kirk
Kremlin
Michi
Holmes Alexander
Buford County
Florida
Southwest
Great Basin
Rockies
Pacific
Maine
Atlantic
Mexico
John Chamberlain
Blao
National Geographic
Faithful Mariner IV
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