Britain on three day week as miners threaten strike
The piece describes Britain's coal miners planning a strike vote amid shortages and a three day work week, arguing production lag and oil import cuts threaten national economy. It notes unemployment rising, welfare strain, and potential broader chaos across sectors. It also reports Mt Sinai liver disease research by Drs Lieber Rubin showing alcohol alone damages the liver, challenging myths about alcoholism.
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Parliament
Whitehall
Downing Street
Great Britain
Britain
Japan
Heath
National Miners Union
London
Charles S. Lieber
Emanuel Rubin
Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York City
Hans Popper
Ruben
Mt. Sinai
Remembering Lewis Strauss and the Cold War Faith
The obituary recalls Lewis L. Strauss, longtime Virginia resident and five year chairman of the original Atomic Energy Commission. It cites his view that the Soviet Union aims at world conquest and that honesty and covenants are often mere bait for others. The piece asks whether events since his AEC tenure justify revising his assessment of Soviet leadership.
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Lewis L. Strauss
Virginia
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Soviet Union
AEC
Senate
Harry Truman
Estes Kefauver
Scoop Jackson
Jackson
William Simon
Armed Services
Subcommittee
Red Sea
Washington
Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago in American culture
Close reading of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s work notes its Paris and New York Times exposure but argues American literary culture largely ignores the book. The essay compares Solzhenitsyn’s risk and vision to Mann and Dreyfus, praising the work’s beauty and resonance with memory, courage, and resistance within totalitarianism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Gulag Archipelago
Paris
New York Times
Solzhenitsyn
New York
Jean-Paul Sartre
Che Guevara
Daniel Berrigan
Moscow
Lubyanka
Gulag
Tanya Khodevich
Scoop Jackson shines in Senate oil probe spectacle
Scoop Jackson leads a high profile inquiry into seven oil companies in the Senate Caucus Room. The piece compares the proceedings to a Broadway show with a strong storyline and powerful cast, noting Jackson's broad influence across agencies and his sharp staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Henry
Scoop
Senate
Capitol
Jackson
Ervin
Credibility in the Press and a Village of Lies
James J. Kilpatrick critiques press credibility amid two falsehoods. A London Times Mozambique massacre tale proved fabricated by Czechoslovakian agents, and a Charleston base equipment burial story by the Washington Post proved untrue. He warns journalists to check facts and cites Matthew 7 for moral guidance.
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Washington
Nixon
Times of London
Adrian Hastings
Wiriramu
Mozambique
Vaina
Times
New York Times
Washington Post
London Economist
Father Hastings
The
William Claiborne
Air Force Base
Charleston
S.C
Air Force
Pentagon
Los Angeles Times
Post
Robert Heinz
Detroit News
Scandals of illiteracy and odd modern quirks
Illiteracy remains a global issue with 800 million adults lacking literacy, up 100 million since 1950, though the share has fallen from 39 to 34 percent between 1960 and 1970. UNESCO warns against millennium stagnation as the world seeks widespread literacy, while quips about baths and parapatients add satirical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Impeachment Pivot: Nixon Acting President Scenario
In a Nixon impeachment, the 25th Amendment could allow Nixon to name Gerald Ford Acting President while Senate trial proceeds. If convicted, Ford could become president. if not, Nixon could resume duties. This plan aims to reduce executive disruption and clarify succession during a long process.
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House of Representatives
Nixon
Senate
Gerald Ford
Congress
Johnson
Richard Nixon
White House
Macbeth
Newspaper Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with carrier delivery at 50 cents per week and single copies at 10 cents. Mail rates are one year twenty dollars, six months ten dollars and fifty cents, three months five dollars and twenty five cents, and one month one dollar and seventy five cents. Notices are mailed ten days before expiration and renewals require prompt attention.
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Jeffrey Hart
Emile Zola
Dreyfus
Victor Hugo
Louis Napoleon Solzhenitsyn
Brezhnev
KGB
Writers’ Union
Thomas Mann
Germany
U.S
Berlin
Russia
Priroda
Academy of Sciences
Kolyma River
Emperor Jones
O-Neill
Sam Ervin
John McClellan
Arkansas
Abe Ribicoff
Connecticut
Javits
Percy
Iinois
Holmes Alexander
James J. Kilpatrick
Anniston
Ala
Star
Unesco
William F. Buckley, Jr
Danville
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