Blind Route To Black Power In Virginia Politics
A discussion of Virginia voting dynamics in the Democratic Primary notes 230000 Negro voters and over twice as many white voters, arguing bloc voting harms progress. It critiques the Virginia Independent Voters League and Afro-American editorial stance favoring Boothe and Spone, and defends Robertson and Byrp as not opposed to Negro progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armistead Boorse
Bitty Spone
Repertson
Byrop
Virginia Independent Voters League
Hopewell
Negro Association
Boothe
Spone
Richmond
Virginia
Robertson
Byrp
Stone
Mr. Spone
Ropertson
Jobs and Men in WWII Era Employment Efforts
In WWII days First Lady urged draft to areas with jobs as federal programs sought to pair workers with openings. The Labor Department runs a costly drive to relocate men, with limited success. Advocates say private agencies could match workers to jobs cheaper, while warn that bureaucratic relocation risks draining villages and overloading cities.
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Department of Labor
Jonnson
Washington
Cal State Tourism Urged By Senator Soaper
Senator Soaper says California population growth should spur tourism this summer as visitors seek the state before shortages. Hubert Humphrey touts good health, a loving wife, a fine family and a strong job, while readers joke about seeking advice from advice columnists.
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California
Hubert Humphrey
Fairly Successful Team Metrics Mentioned By Stenographer
The remark notes a baseball team is fairly successful if it wins half its games, while the red headed stenographer says her boss complains if she misspells even a single word out of three.
Congressmen complain about Capitol Hill hamburgers cost
Congressmen lament the price of hamburgers in a Capitol Hill restaurant, noting they include pickles and potato chips. They suggest comparing with prices elsewhere that lack pickles, chips, or government subsidies.
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Capitol Hill
Danville Register All Departments Contact Line
The Danville Register lists the main department phone line Dial SW 3 2311 for all department inquiries. The notice notes the newspaper is entered at the Danville Virginia post office as second class mail under zip 24541.
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Danville
Subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions
Pricing lists for city and suburbs carrier delivery at 35 cents weekly or 6 cents for single copies. Sunday only copies 15 cents. Mail subscriptions priced at 15 dollars yearly, 7.50 for six months, 3.75 for three months, and 1.25 for one month.
Endorse Boothe and Spong in Virginia Democratic primary
A Current Opinion urging qualified voters to vote July 12 for former State Senator Armistead L. Boothe of Alexandria and State Senator William B. Spong Jr. of Portsmouth. It labels opponents Byrd Jr. and Robertson as ultra conservative and urges turnout to defeat the Byrd Machine, citing civil rights progress and school desegregation history.
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U.S. Senate
Armistead L. Boothe
Alexandria
William B. Spong Jr
Portsmouth
Boothe
Mr. Spong
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Jr
A. Willis Robertson
Byrd
Byrd Machine
Supreme Court
Robertson
Spong
Johnson budget gimmick eyed in new deficit optics
Ralph de Toledano argues the Johnson administration's plan to create a Federal National Mortgage Association will mask a larger deficit. He warns participation certificates will look like income, mislead voters, and bind future generations with debt, while Republicans fail to block the measure.
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Johnson
Congress
White House
Johnsonian
Federal
National Mortgage Association
Treasury
James B. Utt
R.-Calif
Mr. Utt
Representative Utt
Rural Electrification Administration
Federal National Mortgage Association
Bankruptcy Court
Capitol
Yellowstone Park
Ris
Republicans Map Future Politics Amid Population Shifts
The Bourke Hickenlooper study argues Republicans must adapt to a rising professional managerial middle class, urban education needs, and environmental issues as baby boomers age. It notes shifts away from farm blocs toward service and management sectors, with policy ideas on training nonwhite workers, anti theft devices, and safer driving measures. Excavations in Syria reveal 8,500 year old villages, with no domed stadium ruins found.
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Congress
National Committee
Bourke Hickeniooper
U.S. Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Hickenlooper
Lyndon Johnson
America
Lake Erie
Connecticut River
Hickenlooper Group
Washington
Ohio River Compact Commission
Ohio
Syria
Buckley on Dodd Klein ties and corpus delicti questions
The trial of Senator Thomas Dodd unfolds with questions about General Julius Klein and campaign connections. The piece surveys letters from Klein to lawmakers, Klein’s influence, and Dodd’s trips and expenses tied to anti Communist investigations, ending asking where the corpus delicti lies.
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Thomas Dodd
Julius Klein
General Klein
Wayne Morse
Morse
Klein
Julius
Fulbright
Stu
Symington
Washington
Javits
Jack
Mundt
Hickenlooper
Gore
Hubert Humphrey
Congress of the
United States
Congress
Hubert H
Senator Dodd
Senate
Select Committee On Standards and Conduct
Marjorie Carpenter
FBI
Drew Pearson
Dodd
Germany
Committee On Internal Security
Bogdan Stashinsky
David Martin
Congressional
New York City
Essex House
Mexico City Power Merger Plans Die As Rates Rise
Mexican agencies CFE and Central Power and Light face merger hurdles amid technical issues including a city 50 and national 60 cycle mismatch. SME threatens a strike over a new contract, with pay talks predicting increases of 12 to 25 percent. Three public utilities still control about 95 percent of power, while private firms operate the rest in the north.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Federal Electric Commission
CFE
Central Power and Light Company
Mexican Electrical Workers
SME
Washington
National Electric Power Company
U.S
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Soaper
THE
Danville Register
Associated Press
Branram Company
Chicago
New York
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Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Ralph de Toledano
Hich
GOP
John Chamberlain
William F. Buckley, Jr
Senator Dodd and
Julius Corpus Delecti
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