Virginia Senate backs studded snow tires amid snow belt debate
The Virginia Senate approved a bill to legalize metal studded tires by a 34-1 vote, despite Virginia’s prior ban. Supporters cite life-saving potential and fewer ice related accidents as the House of Delegates is expected to follow, ahead of a new governor’s inauguration.
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Virginia
Wooprow Bren
Snow Belt
Commonwealth
Senate of Virginia
General Assembly
House of Delegates
No Real Cuts Likely In Johnson Budget Push
The piece argues President Johnson will not cut federal spending to satisfy House Ways and Means demands for a ten percent surcharge. It notes Johnson has 186 billion dollars to spend, aims to build voter dependence on government checks, and faces opposition from Rep. Hertone who accuses the treasury trio of proposing unacceptable cuts to shift blame for deficits.
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Johnson
Witeur Mints
House Ways and Means
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Ways and
Means
Rep. A. S. Hertone
Florida
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Fowuer
Congress
Lyndon
Ervin Safe Amid NC Campaign Rumors and Opponent Talk
Senator Sam Ervin faces a divided field as Terry Sanford and Santorp maneuver in North Carolina politics. Wilkins urges opposition to Ervin, warning he lacks inclusion in the American scene. Sanford appears at risk of a hard primary amid a potential three way governor race backdrop.
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Sam J. Ervin, Jr
Raleigh
United States Senate
Terry Sanford
U.S. Senate
Washington
Roy Wikis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Shaw University
Ervin
Sam
Santorp
North Carolina
Sam Ervin
Wilkins
Wrokins
Ervny
Democratic Party
Dr. Hawkins
Charlotte
Wie
Herator
B. Everett Jordan
Santono
Danville Colleges Face “Either Or” Fate in Council Debate
A letter to the editor argues Danville must keep both the Community College and the Danville Division of VPI, warning that choosing to deed property to the state or phasing out the branch could push the college elsewhere. The writer cites local educational benefits, plans for dormitories, Coliseum concerns, and calls for a public hearing and action by the General Assembly.
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Register
Danville Community College
Danville
W-P.t
VIEL
Blacksburg
V.P.I
Jr. College
Averett
Stratford
Patrick Henry
Martinsville
House of Delegates
Anata
Southside
Virginia
Temple
General Assembly
Danville Technical Institute
V.P.I. Branch
Astrology boom fuels fad across America
The piece notes about 6 000 full time astrologers and 150 000 part timers in the U S with a 30 percent growth in a decade. They earn over 110 million from 12 0 million followers and 40 million newspaper readers access daily forecasts. It mentions witch in residence in major women's magazines and zodiac themed fabrics.
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United States
Newspaper
Viking
Romney Nixon clash dominates early New Hampshire push
John Chamberlain notes Romney’s fragile underdog position in the GOP race and liberal sympathy shifts as supporters weigh his brainwashing remark and Mexican Revolution slip, while Nixonites court debate strategy and Goldwater hedges on Rockefeller. He forecasts Romney’s closer March showdown and explores astrology and planetary themes as a cultural aside.
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George Romney
New Hampshire
Romney
Saigon
Nelson Rockefeller
George
Rockefeller
Rhode Island
Chafee
Nixon
Madero
Russia
Carranza
Zapata
Hancho Villa
Varma Cviers
Lombardo Toledano
Pancho Villa
Lenin
Vietnam
A Rockefeller
Percy
Harold Stassen
Romany
LBJ
Goldwater
Venezuela election year of danger and Castro ties
In Caracas Venezuela Douglas Bravo is seen as a Guevara figure aiming to disrupt the December presidential vote. A mix of socialism and private enterprise under AD amid foreign investment and reform continues, yet splits within parties and a possible leftist opening threaten stability as the United States weighs its limited options.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Douglas Bravo
Che
Guevera
Bravo
Guer
Tillas
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Batista
Tinwact
Saigon
Communist Party
Romolo Betancourt
Leoni
Democratic Action
U. S
Alliance For Progress
Middle East
Western Europe
Douglas
Cuba
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Alberto Rangel
Rangel
Perez-Jimenez
Jimenez
NDE
AD Party
Betancourt
Old Guard
Gonzalo Barrios
Reinaldo Leandro Mora
Luis Beltran Prieto Figueroa
ABC
People’s Electoral Movement
MEP
Powell lecturing tours expose campus antics and fees
Adam Clayton Powell’s campus lecture tour collapsed by a cold and left $500 unpaid motel bills after UCLA promised $1,250 for a talk. He canceled engagements at San Francisco State College and Stanford amid campus drama, while critics note lavish fees and controversial speakers on American campuses. Other items reference presidents, speakers, and oddities in public discourse.
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Adam Clayton Powell
House of Representatives
Congress
University of California At
Los Angeles
Powell
Adam
Bimini
San Francisco State College
Stanford University
San Francisco State
Socrates
California
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Nightmare Alley
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