McGraw-Hill Debuts Four Young Women Poets Volume
The publisher announces Four Young Women Poems by Hagedorn Earle Sterlip and Tinker to address female publishing barriers. Kenneth Rexroth notes many women writers vanish after 25 as male authors dominate shelves. historic female poets rise from Finch to Bishop and Millay, with hope new voices may enter major anthologies.
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McGraw-Hill
Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn
Alice Earle
Barbara Sterlip
Carol Tinker
Calliope
Beautiful Voice
Zeus
Anne Finch
Countess of
Winchilsea
Hugh S’anson Fausset
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Emily Bronte
Christina Rossetti
Charlotte Mew
Amy Lowell
Sara Teasdale
Elinor Wylie
Edith Sitwell
Marianne Moore
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Leonie
Youth withdraw from politics as Harvard dean notes shift in youth focus
The piece analyzes how 18 year olds gained voting rights but then politics waned among youths. It cites Harvard's Dr Henry Rosovsky on inward introspection and depoliticization, with students turning to law and medicine for stable careers while awaiting clearer paths to influence.
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McGovern
Democratic Party
South Dakota
Harvard College
Cambridge
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Henry Rosovsky
Vietnam
Elisberg
Rosovsky
No Place For Nixon In Rogues Gallery
Holmes Alexander argues Nixon fails to meet the era’s rogues gallery standards and that American voters still show tolerance toward Nixon. He critiques press and political figures, noting Brezhnev’s visit and the First Amendment’s limits on vilification. He concludes a decent president need not be flawless.
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Nixon
Rogues
George Washington
Page Smith
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Lincoln
Grant
Cleveland
Ervin Committee
Brezhnev
Florida
California
John Dean
Kremlin
John Wayne
Paine
Callender
Thomas Jefferson
Pegler
Franklin Roosevelt
J. F. Stone
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Buckley Attacks Court Over Private School Tax Credits
William F Buckley Jr denounces a Supreme Court ruling permitting tax credits for private schooling, arguing it erodes the First Amendment and threatens religious freedom. He recalls Walz and Pierce v Society of Sisters, warns of constitutional crisis, and notes Rabbi Morris Sherer convenes a Washington meeting to discuss options for religious schools.
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Supreme Court
New York
House Ways and Means Committee
Emanuel Celler
Paul Blanshard
Rome
Pierce
Society of Sisters
Morris Sherer
Washington
America
Unequal Law in Public Schools Over Confederate Symbols
Russell Kirk laments federal and state court limits on student expression in schools. He notes embattled Confederate flag wear was barred in Chattanooga while many other political insignia are allowed. He questions Supreme Court certiorari denial and warns of shifting notions of free speech amid civil rights debates.
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Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Indochina
Congress
Academy
Hapsburg
SNCC
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Supreme Court
United States
Mao
Johnny Rebs
Federal Court
Mason’s and Dixon
Robert E. Lee
Washington and Lee University
Lee
Canada
Grand Army of the Republic
T. S. Eliot
Obligation of Press and Public Accountability
The article argues that a newspaper must inform the public and act as a watchdog while protecting individuals from unwarranted ridicule unless public interest justifies it. It stresses accuracy and proof before publishing damaging information, noting rumor is insufficient. Shreveport Journal.
Oddball Senate Satire and Price Freeze Totals
A satirical column notes Senator Soaper and the National Guild of Funny Men moving to expel a member who renews the Chairman-Chairperson scheme. It mentions price freezes to curb outrageous costs, a survey linking auto quotes to attire, and a mock statue plan for Congressman Sludgepump. Watergate is contrasted with a TV comedy.
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National Guild of Funny Men
Myth of the apolitical fifties explored in cultural debate
The piece traces a revived pop interest in the 1950s while arguing that the era was not apathetic or lobotomized. It highlights political activity, from Stevenson’s rise and liberal organizations to conservative thought, campus groups, and notable writers. The author insists the fifties were politically engaged, coded as “apathetic” only in surface readings.
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America
Life Magazine
Newsweek
London
Max Lerner
New York Times
Ike
Timesman
Chambers
Hiss
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Democratic Party
The
ADA
Committee For Cultural Freedom
Russell Kirk
National Review
Modern Age
YAF
Young Americans — For Freedom
Office of Economic Opportunity
Reinhold Niebuhr
John Courtney Murray
Lee Strauss
Willmoore Kendall
Lionel Trilling
Noam Chomsky
Herbert Marcuse
Theodore Roszak
Danville Daily Rates and Renewal Notice
The Danville register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions by carrier or mail. In city and suburbs, carrier delivery is 50 cents weekly. single copies are 1 cent. Sunday only is 20 cents. Mail rates are one year 20 dollars, six months 10.50, three months 5.25, one month 1.75 with notices mailed 10 days before expiration and renewal urged.
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Washington, D.C
France
Britain
William F. Buckley, Jr
Allen Tate
Che
Dixieland
Shreveport
Senator Soaper
Ohio
Congressman Sludgepump
Eastern College
Jeffrey Hart
Danville
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