Danville Council Faces Vacancy As Funeral Directors Dominate Seats
Danville prepares for five City Council seats with focus on a potential vacancy after W Onico Barker may not seek a third term. The piece notes funeral directors have long held council seats, listing past and present members, professions, and calls for capable candidates to govern municipal operations for the next four years.
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W. Onico Barker
Barker
Ruth Harvey Charity
Andere
F.W. Townes III
F.W. Townes
Ronald Williams
Lawrence Wilson Jr
John W. Carter
W. Earle Garrett Jr
W. Bascom Jordan
Charles Harris
Linwood Lindsey
Danville
Dame Agatha Christie Dies At 85 In Honored Career
Dame Agatha Christie, honored by the Queen for a long career as a mystery writer, died at 85. She authored more than 100 books and 14 detective plays, shaping the publishing industry and remaining a staple on drugstore shelves. Her work offered mind resting relief before women's lib era.
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Agatha Christie
Enak
Mystey
Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
Hart urges status shift for American ski racing
The piece argues northern New England should foster a robust organized system to turn skiers into World Cup contenders. It contrasts US mid-class constraints with European professional support, advocates ending amateur status across sports, and calls for professional top-level competition, even if it clashes with Olympics rules.
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New England
Texas
California
U.S
Europe
Gustavo Thoenn
Ingemar Stenmark
Perry Jones
Don Budge
Bobby Riggs
Jack Kramer
Pancho Gonzales
Australianrogram
Harry Hopman
Frank Sedgman
Roy Emerson
Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewell
West
Far West
New Hampshire
Vermont
Tules
Chris Evert
Virginia’ Slims
Arthur Ashe
The Gamesmanship Of Nuclear Strategy
Holmes Alexander surveys James Schlesinger era deterrence in the January Air Force magazine. The piece argues limited terror and rational control of nuclear threat reduced civilian casualties and halted Russo American warfare amid hostile politics. Edgar Ulsamer reviews Pentagon thinking and Schlesinger's influence on strategic restraint.
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Washington, D.C
Schlesinger
Edgar Ulsamer
Air Force Magazine
Pentagon
Ulsamer
U.S
DOD
Alsamer
Moral action over words in hunger and nuclear strategy
Chaplain Furman University writer argues for costly personal involvement to aid the hungry, cites a Zambian death from hunger, windmill aid in Ethiopia, and critiques church unity distractions. He analyzes nuclear strategy figures, stressing the need for informed restraint and deterrence alongside direct relief efforts.
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Colt Morris
Wesley’s Chapel
London
Earth
Morris
United Church of Zambia
Africa
Jesus
Ethiopia
Omo
Furman University
Reagan’s $90 Billion Welfare Reform Compared to McGovern
Kilpatrick argues Reagan’s plan to phase out $90 billion in federal programs mirrors McGovern’s demogrants but with a conservative aim. He contends fiscal excess, deficits, and a broad federal reach threaten constitutional limits, urging a return to state and local responsibility while noting political impracticality.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
George McGovern
McGovern
Reagan
Chicago
America
Legion
Congress
White House
George Mason
Republic
Social Security
Medicare
Abuses of Social Security Numbers Sparks Rights Debate
Senator Barry Goldwater warns that widespread use of Social Security numbers risks individual privacy. Privacy Commission chair David Linowes calls it a Pandora’s box as numbers move beyond ID to government and private sector forms, schools, banks, hospitals, and unemployment programs. The 1939 law once protected SSN data, but later exemptions broadened use.
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David Linowes
Privacy Protection Study Commission
Linowes
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Veterans Administration
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Dame Agatha
Jeffrey Hart
Holmes Alexander
Defense
James Schlesinger
L. D. Johnson
Richmond
Virginia
Austin
Malmstrom Afb
Montana
Schelesinger
James J. Kilpatrick
Ronnie Reagan
United States
Sen
Barry Goldwater
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