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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1966
Page
3
Opinion questions the enforcement of Danville Section 28-31 requiring occupants to clear snow and ice from sidewalks within six hours. It discusses who owns the sidewalk, city liability, and potential dangers to residents if forced to shovel, noting police warnings and possible legal risks to successors.
A Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development release from Parks Commissioner Ben H. Bowen announces that applications for State Parks cabins will be accepted on and after February 26. The piece contrasts winter snow with summer cabin retreats at Staunton River or Fairy Stone, urging readers to prepare forms for early openings.
Virginia lawmakers weigh the size and split of a statewide sales tax amid claims it is the fairest tax while opponents say such taxes burden the least affluent. The piece recalls Huey Long and Louisiana taxes, compares mineral production values in Texas and Louisiana, and cites Virginia motor fuel tax receipts and rising revenues as travel increases.
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions with in city and suburban carrier delivery and mail options. Rates include one year thirteen dollars, six months seven fifty, three months three seventy five, and one month one twenty five, with Sunday edition at fifteen cents.
Current Opinion argues the government's antipoverty plan has become a tangled mess dominated by internal power struggles. It warns that insiders seek to turn it into a patronage machine while outsiders use it to gain leverage, and questions church involvement as welfare agents.
Washington talk dubs Everett Dirksen a legendary one man political force. The 70th birthday piece praises his anti repeal posture on Taft Hartley Section 14 B and pushes his bid to reverse school prayer rulings. It argues his fight on constitutional amendment apportionment and right to work cements a place in history.
A provocative column argues the Lagos killings threaten Africa’s emergence. It cites Balewa Bello Akintola Okotie Eboh and others slain, with Azikiwe absent in London. It contrasts Nigeria’s prewar governance with a rising savagery seen across Ghana Tanzania and Rhodesia. It contends the UN will do little to stop chaos in the region.
The fragmentary text blends remarks on Lyndon Johnson TV imagery, hippopotamus fat for baldness, sports clips, a Swiss chef hired by Lady Bird, HUD, fair labor posters, and a stray note on the Whooping Crane and the Beatles. It reads like a collage rather than a coherent news item.
In Detroit Walter Reuther urges a public board to veto price and wage changes for large producers. The piece critiques his plan as a practical three headed board, arguing for keeping business out of politics, limiting bargaining power, and breaking up dominant unions to 20 percent shares or less.
The piece contrasts the current president with an imagined older Johnson who would emphasize practical gains and social progress. It notes shifts in the State of the Union, debates over Vietnam and the Great Society, and calls for targeted job creation, higher wages, and expanding opportunities for African Americans in education and work. The author muses whether Johnson would favor market-based growth, civilian programs, and less government interference in farm labor while highlighting the era’s broader employment optimism.
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