Talk Is Cheap But Rates May Rise In Virginia
An opinion piece argues the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia seeks an $87 million rate increase, potentially boosting Danville home phone bills from 6.40 to 8.70 monthly, with Chatham and Clover rises as well. The author suspects the SCC will scrutinize costs to ensure justified raises amid inflation pressures and service demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Virginia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of
State Corporation Commission
C&p
SCC
Britons Extend Soviet Loans Amid Trade Shift
Britons push a $2 billion low interest credit deal with the Soviet Union, extending Moscow’s access to British technology over five years. The move follows Britain’s Labour government stance and mirrors earlier French loans, raising questions about long term repayment and Transatlantic trade policies. The piece notes U.S. export limits and the Jackson amendment complicating deals, while comparing Britain’s risk to Soviet repayment history and wartime promises.
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Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Harold Wilson
Congress
Jackson
Old Bailey
London
Moscow
U.S. Treasury
Blot to Angel: Craik’s penmanship tale from Scotland
In old Scotland a writing master named John Craik turned blotched writing into art by starting with the blot and drawing to complete the page. The story reflects a craft approach where penmanship and drawing merged to elevate student work.
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Scotland
John Craik
Craik
Church Project Drives Oil Prospecting War Across Namibia
The piece argues American oil firms Texaco Conoco Getty and Phillips pulled offshore Namibia prospects citing pressure from The Church Project on US Investment in Southern Africa and State Department caution. It links church coalition atheist Moscow ties and UN actions to African oil policy and Israel, urging prudence and faith in grace to redeem life’s blots.
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Soviet
Russia
Southwest
Africa
Namibia
Texaco
Conoco
Getty
Phillips
Atlantic
Church Project
United States
Southern Africa
American State Department
Southwest Africa
Cpusisa
South Africa
Lord Knows Whom
State Department
Uganda
Chad
Republic of South Africa
World Council of Churches
World Council
Worlds Council
Moscow
Soviet Union
Israel
Libya
Syria
Iraq
Algeria
Kremlin
Ribicoff Scolds Mayors Over Welfare and Urban Programs
Washington hearing features mayors from Milwaukee New York and San Francisco pressed for federal handouts while ribicoff rebukes urban schemes. He questions usefulness of federal city programs and suggests welfare recipients clean up streets as a condition for aid.
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Maier
Milwaukee
Ford
Beame
New York
Aliote
San Francisco
Ribicoff
Manhattan
Connecticut
Evolution of Dartmouth Winter Carnival Through Eras
A reflective piece traces Dartmouth Winter Carnival from its informal prewar beginnings to a 1970s revival. It notes the glamour era of the 1930s with Budd Schulberg and Scott Fitzgerald, the mass culture shift after World War II, the sober 1960s protest phase, and a 1970s return to cheerfulness with skating, skiing, and smaller scale bands.
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Dartmouth College
New Hampshire
Budd Schulberg
Dartmouth
Grand Central Station
New York
Schulberg
Scott Fitzgerald
Hollywood
Fitzgerald
Myself
Lowell Thomas
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