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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1968
Page
3
The article reports Dr. Arthur Komperc of Stanford Medical Center leading a team that produced biologically active DNA in a test tube, hailed as a milestone toward cancer control. It notes debates on defining life and emphasizes that scientists aim only to master chemistry, not create life or its nonphysical aspects.
Rep Bensantin Rosenthal argues the United States ranks poorly in medical care and infant survival. He proposes 50 new medical schools, a $60 million annual clinical grant, new health professional categories, and a separate Department of Health, possibly creating three departments from the current system to improve public welfare and education.
The plan creates a 300000 man reserve with two 150000 contingents. The first trained force of 150000, including 119000 guardsmen and 31000 reservists, centers on three guard divisions and is combat ready. A second 150000 will join after two years, largely for support duties, with one infantry brigade included. Secretary McNamara kept the first force in reserve while Vietnam commitments continued.
Prof Harrison Brown of Caltech predicts a quiet nuclear powered transformation in farming and energy. New ag methods could open vast uninhabitable areas for self supporting humanity, feeding 40 billion subsistence or 9 billion at US levels. Conference at University of Michigan frames family planning as personal choice.
The Danville Register notes a GAO recommendation to end city and community postmarks to speed mail and cut costs. The piece argues consolidated post offices may move mail faster and cheaper, while preserving essential postal employment and highlighting the broad national scope of the issue.
Washington columnist reports a Dr. Couchmaster clinic where politicians from Kennedy to Rockefeller are labeled victims of Lynchphobia. He claims the cure is public confession and a controversial White Mouse broadcast. The piece mocks political symbolism and obsessions, naming Kennedy Nixon Wallace Romney Percy and others in a satirical frame.
A columnist opposes tearing down inner city areas to relocate Black residents, arguing it would worsen displacement, ignore needs, and fail to solve crime. He cites housing, inflation, and foreign trade issues, urging stability, neighborhood rehabilitation, and home roots for urban communities. He notes health, exercise, and social life differences between old houses and new flats and warns against sweeping removals.
The article critiques President Johnson's balance of payments approach as misdirected economics. It argues the plan would curb foreign access to U S dollars and exports, urging a Dale Carnegie style shift to persuade rather than penalize. It notes the looming 1967 Q4 balance figures and accuses the program of economic brinksmanship.
National Geographic plans a 1969 centennial honoring Major John Wesley Powell famed Civil War veteran and explorer who bridged the Grand Canyon. Born 1834 in Mount Morris New York, Powell led 1869 Green River to Colorado voyage with Emma Dean and inspired the Smithsonian USGS and National Geographic Society.
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