Local Option Fight Fails In Senate Committee Vote
In a split 6-5 Senate Welfare Committee vote the HoweEau Kellam liquor by the drink bill failed. Roanoke Senator Wiram B Hopkins sided with the majority, with Roanoke Times criticizing his stance and urging local option as preferable to statewide mandates. In the House the bill advanced before stalling on a tied 8-8 committee vote with Danville delegate Danzen absent ill.
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Senate Welfare Committee
Wiram B. Hopkins
Roanoke
Hopkins
Senate
House
General Assembly
al Philpott
W. C. “Dan” Danyen
Danville
Dante
Danzen
Times
Horkins
Roanoke Times
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Commonwealth
Daniel
Lannon Wyatt
Fungible Goods and Legal Maze in State Tax Bill
A Richmond newsman explains fungible goods in Governor Gonwin's sales tax bill. The term leads to debate about substitution and legal meaning, with examples like cornmeal, cola, and cornmeal used to illustrate fungibility. The piece notes the difference between common and legal word meanings and how lawmakers and lawyers craft bill language to avoid loopholes.
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Richmond
Grimstey
Gonwin
Capitol
Solons
GrimsLey
DaEpaLus
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions with mail and carrier options. Notes include advertising reps, zones, renewal reminders, and that notices are mailed 10 days before expiration.
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Danville
Morality in America and hotel thefts summarized
Current Opinion notes rising larceny in US hotels echoing Esquire findings. In ten months at the Hotel Americana guests stole thousands of spoons towels and silver pieces plus 425 Bibles, with estimates of $100000 annual silver loss at Waldorf Astoria. The piece cites a Plaza piano theft and says professionals carry out such thefts while many ordinary people treat theft as normal.
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North
West
Esquire Magazine
New York City
Hotel Americana
New York Herald Tribune
J. Robert Moskin
Waldorf Astoria
Plaza Ballroom
Moderates and the New York City Special Election
Wm. F. Buckley Jr contests the NYC special election analysis. The Republican winner backed by Mayor Lindsay won narrowly by about 900 votes. Conservative candidate Jeffrey St John captured over eight percent, higher than predecessors. The piece questions labels of moderates and ultra liberals and notes bipartisan support for Johnson programs except Vietnam. It argues the political spectrum lacks clear ultra liberal space and cites Times casting of Lindsay.
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New York City
Lindsay
Jeffrey St. John
John Lindsay
Theodore Kupferman
Joser
Orin Lehman
Kupferman
Bobby Kennedy
President Johnson
Vietnam
North Vietnam
United States
America
Prairies
Paleontological Institute
Harvard University
Paul Robeson
Mr. Lindsay
New York Times
Liberal Party
The
New York
Rural tribute to Glenn Jewell, lifelong Michigan supervisor
In a country funeral for Glenn Jewell, 72, a veteran of the Ford era, residents recall his public service as township supervisor and chairman, his rugged generosity, and his skill as a hunter, fisherman, and cook. He died in a log cabin he built, leaving a community shaped by his quiet virtue and aid to the needy.
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Glenn Jewell
Henry
Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Detroit
Michigan
Glenn
A. V. Dicey
Jewell
Communism Outmoded by Southeast Asia Perspective
John Chamberlain argues against retreating to the Kra Isthmus to defend Southeast Asia, warning such a move would abandon Thanat Khoman and key allies. He cites Khoman’s critique of Marxism and argues Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand are integral to a regional future, not disposable.
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Kra
South Vietnam
Thailand
Malaysia
Laos
Maxwell Taylor
Southeast Asia
Thanat Khoman
United Nations
Karl Marx
Asiatic Society
Marx
Engels
Europe
Isa Thanat Khoman
Bangkok
Manila
Thanat Khaman
Iran
Turkey
Greece
Berlin
Cuba
Taiwan Straits
Soviet Union
Kra Isthmus
CAMP as Language Shifts with the Word CAMP Across Eras
A reflective overview traces how CAMP evolved from army camp to lodging to a clever slang term. Lynn Poole notes the current fashion uses CAMP to mock modern antics, while recognizing language shifts driven by popular usage and media trends.
Winter looks like eternal spring in Mexico City scene
Lighthearted Mexico City column notes a fleeting winter spectacle with snow on the mountains drawing crowds, a Connecticut skier, water ski stunts, and tourist reactions. It covers Cuernavaca burglaries involving Barbara Hutton, a two million dollar theft debate, a detective tale of a car thief Roberto Luna who loves baseball, and renewed talk of a monorail as transport in Mexico City with grand claims of capacity.
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Mexico City
Pete Camera
Con-necticut
Acapulco
Cuernavaca
Barbara Hutton
Miss Hutton
Princess Chao Osan
U.S
Roberto Luna
Luna
Jin
Don Roberto
Mexico
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Dallas
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Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
rTenewals
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Wm. F. Buckley, Jr
Russell Kirk
John Chamberlain
Lynn Poole
England
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