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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1974

Page

2

Virginia's ADA and ACA rankings split Congress review

The ADA and ACA rate Congress members, with Virginia seeing its delegation ranked among the least aligned with ADA views. Rep Daniel scored 96 with ACA but 4 with ADA, while Sen Byrd Jr. led Virginians with 15 ADA points. Former Sen Spong and Rep Scott also appear in the shifting scores.

Congress Americans For Democratic Action ACA Americans For Constitutional Action Virginia W. C Dan” Daniel ADA Joe Rauh Kenneth Galbraith Arthur Schlesinger Rep Daniel David Satterfield, III G. William Whitehurst Robert W. Daniel, Jr M. Caldwell Butler J. Kenneth Robinson Joel T. Broyhill Tom Downing Virginia Democratic Party General Assembly Harry F. Byrd, Jr Harry Byrd Byrd William B. Spong, Jr William L. Scott Satterfield

Dorm life shifts as coed housing becomes norm across campuses

Editorial notes campus housing no longer segregates by sex with many dorms openly sharing rooms. It cites Eleanor Macklin of Cornell State College of Human Ecology and surveys that about one third of upperclassmen share rooms with the opposite sex while nearly all view living together unmarried as acceptable. The piece argues colleges treat students as adults, easing administration but straining families and state funding. It also touches on cultural shifts and broader societal references.

Duke VMI Eleanor Macklin Cornell State College of Human Ecology

Resources Technology Can Deliver The Energy Crisis

The piece argues American technology can reduce dependence on foreign minerals and boost economic freedom. It cites government resistance, praises inventor Troy Becker’s gold extraction method, and urges Congress action to spur private innovation and production.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Troy Becker Becker Great Central Mines British Columbia Aero Engineering Reno Congress

Solzhenitsyn Defies Western Liberalism and Tyranny

A columnist argues Solzhenitsyn remains outside fashionable Western letters because his critique targets both Soviet tyranny and liberalism. He cites Solzhenitsyn on Hue, Ramsey Clark, Sakharov, and Wilson, asserting the writer’s Christian, anti liberal stance reveals the moral weakness of liberalism and its failure to resist tyranny.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Che Guevara Dan Berrigan Soviet Union Kremlin Solzhenitsyn Mr. Brezhnev NKVD Andrei Sakharov Ramsey Clark Clark United States Harold Wilson Czechoslovakia South Africa

Kissinger at Geneva and the Sinai Peace Test

Ralph de Toledano examines Kissinger's Geneva role amid new Suez dynamics. Moscow benefits from a reopened canal and oil routes, while 242 remains a framework for a demilitarized Sinai. Kissinger could shape Western leverage, perhaps becoming a modern Metternich if 242 guides negotiations.

Henry Kissinger Kissinger Suez Canal Viadiv Baltic White Sea Black Sea Cape of Good Hope South Africa Red Sea Persian Gulf Moscow United States Mediterranean Eugene Rostow Lyndon Johnson UN Security Council Sinai Security Council Suez Strait of Tiran Eilat Israel mid-Sinai Golan Heights Syria Geneva Occidental Oil Company Henry Jackson Senate Washington Bill Fulbright Metternich

Freedom of the Press in 1973 Across Nations

The 1973 press climate saw gains and losses with Uganda expelling foreign correspondents and Ugandan news agency staff on short notice. South Africa warned of controls unless coverage cooled racial tensions. Rhodesia barred over a dozen foreign reporters, and South Vietnam expelled three foreign journalists. Turkey and Egypt reinstated press freedom in a contrasting note.

Uganda South Africa South Vietnam Phillippines Turkey Egypt

Mayor Hubbard Sheds Pounds in City Hall Diet

Dearborn Michigan mayor Orville Hubbard known for a heavy build led a city hall diet urging subordinates to join. In two weeks he lost 17 pounds and 18 officials shed about 160 pounds collectively, suggesting a slimming effect on the bureaucracy.

Orville Hubbard Dearborn Michigan Hizzoner

Military budgets and the defense burden in 1973

Holmes Alexander weighs defense spending versus HEW and other agencies, noting 1973 figures show defense at 76.4 billion while others total 173.4 billion. He defends military restraint, warns against socialist reforms, and highlights the Navy’s Hi Lo Mix and sea control ships amid tighter budgets.

Washington, D.C Treasury Department Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Department of Defense HEW DOD Congress Senate Appropriations Committee Defense National Defense Times Armed Services Congressional Defense Department England U.S

Danville Register Subscription Rates and Notices

The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, by carrier and mail, with 50 cents weekly carrier delivery and 10 cent single copies. Mail rates are one year $20, six months $10.50, three months $5.25, one month $1.75. Notice mailed 10 days before expiration. renewals encouraged.

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