Eloquence With A Promise Inaugural Address For Virginian Governor
The inaugural address on the Capitol steps blends brevity with idealism as Governor Goowin outlines a plan for education highways and broader opportunities. He emphasizes duty over words, warns that Virginians will be judged by their works, and signals a pragmatic, conservative push to accelerate progress while aligning with national standards.
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Old Dominion
Robert Frost
Capitol
James River
Jamestown
Falls of the James
Virginia
General Assembly
Goowin
South
Two Dangers of War Era Policy Pressure in U S Politics
The piece warns of inflationary effects from priority allocations for military materials and the risk of government price controls. Senator Rozzartson, chairman of the Joint Committee on Defense Production, urges fiscal policies to avoid heavy-handed controls while ensuring materiel flow for Vietnam and Southeast Asia. It cites President Johnson’s call for expanded foreign aid and argues such expansion risks broader home-front controls.
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Congress
Legislative
Virginia
Rozzrtson
Rosxarson
Joint Committee On Defense Production
Rosentson
Southeast Asia
U.S
Virginian
Joanson
State of the Union
Viet Nam
Jonnson
Danville Register subscriber rates and notices
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions in city, suburbs, and by mail. Rates include one year fifteen dollars, six months seven fifty, three months three fifteen, and one month one twenty five, with weekly carrier delivery five cents and Sunday print fifteen cents. Notices remind readers to renew before expiration and to ignore delayed mailings.
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Danville
Isc
Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane in London
The National Gallery’s El Greco panel, titled The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, faces authenticity dispute. Dealer Leonard Koester doubts its attribution while gallery keeper Michael Levey notes a lunar landscape feel, with market value ranging from £300,000 to £600. The 1919 purchase price was £5,200, and value hinges on opinion, not certainty.
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National Gallery
London
Gethsemane
Michael Levey
el Greco
Leonard Koester
Time and Life Before the River Flows Away
L D Johnson reflects on time as a river in constant motion and the Bible’s call to act in the living present. He parallels biblical psalms with modern media like instant replays to show how only the now can be seized, urging faith to guide daily use of time.
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L. D. Johnson
Ife
Edwin Markham
Pedestrian Rights Amid City Strikes and Urban Transit
A humorous meditation on New York and Rome during transit strikes and traffic jams. The writer muses on walking as a practical, safe, and enjoyable alternative, noting eminent passersby, urban density, and comparisons of pedestrian mobility in major cities. The piece laments car dominance, praises walking, and cites Milan, Belgium, Holland, and Mussolini era policies shaping urban life.
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Manhattan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Madison Avenue
Sargent Shriver
Zero Mostel
Central Park
William Buckley
Belgium
Holland
Mike Quill
Italy
New York
Rome
Aurelian
Johnson leadership as a stimulus and struggle
Holmes Alexander Johnson analyzes Lyndon B. Johnson as a taskmaster who motivates talent through high pressure and generous pay. He argues Johnson should push labor and poverty programs harder, urging the president to speak with his own force and energize both workers and entrepreneurs to fulfill their potential.
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Washington, D. C
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Joff
John Conna Jys
Bill Moyers
Walter Jenkins
Bobby Bakers
Ed Jameson
Eddie
Johneson
Office of Economic Opportunity
Armed Services
Washlington
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
John
Maine Johnson
Transportation user charges and the high cost to taxpayers
Ralph de Toledano argues that interstate commerce imposes heavy costs on government and taxpayers. He cites rail and highway funding, air and waterway subsidies, and the uneven tax burden on carriers, urging user charges to level the field and protect consumers.
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Congress
Highway Research Board
Johnson
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