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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1974
Page
2
A call for accurate data on U.S. petroleum inventories cites Texaco’s voluntary report as a model. Congress may compel disclosures to guide energy policy amid shortages, price rises, and varied industry practices. The piece also surveys Soviet and Chinese strategic moves, immigration to Israel, and regional power dynamics.
In Washington DC the Rail Services Act tipped toward workers owning stock in railroads. Senators Long Hatfield Hansen Humphrey Metcalf backed a provision for employee ownership, likened to Homestead Act themes. Louis Kelso and Norman Kurland pressed the idea at Watergate. the measure advanced through committee and conference, provoking debate over socialism versus private ownership.
The piece surveys dire English politics as leaders fail to bridge rhetoric and reality. It cites Heath and Wilson, unions’ power, and Thorpe reforms, warning Parliament may fracturing under stress while military nears final patriotism. A coup fear and crisis implications echo French Revolution consequences.
Russell Kirk argues that colleges and churches must stay linked amid enrollments, inflation, and religious drift. At Blue Mountain College in Mississippi, a symposium highlighted the enduring role of church affiliated liberal arts, stressing the need to renew the life of the mind and moral imagination in young women.
Public decency groups fight nudity and porn laws but enforcement fails. Marin County California law banning nude beach bathing proves useless on mostly private beaches. Winchester Indiana faces court rejection for vague porn laws, then drafted detailed language blocked by newspaper publication rules due to obscenity concerns.
Washington columnist James Kilpatrick reviews Buckley’s Four Reforms a Program For The Times, praising its serious, constructive proposals on welfare tax education and criminal law. Buckley advocates negative income tax for the poor, repeal of corporate income tax exemptions, and a flat 15 percent tax on all income, arguing progressivism is un-American and coercive leveling harms liberty.
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