Danville Council Voices Hope for Transit Aid
Two Danville council members shifted toward humanitarian views on mass transportation, urging action to aid residents lacking transit. With Danville Traction and Power out of business, officials hope for rational discussion and timely steps to restore transit before the last chance passes, balancing needs with monetary concerns.
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A. Womack Jr
Danville
Davis L. Brooks
Danville Traction and Power Company
Local Supervisors Blamed Over Jail Closure In Pittsylvania
The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors is accused of shirking responsibility as the State Board of Corrections moves to close the county jail for being unsanitary. A public hearing will hear inspectors’ findings before the jail is shut, while critics urge locals to demand accountability and resist central government overreach.
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Richmond
Washington
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
Chatham
State Board of Corrections
Man
Pittsylvania
Librevilles OAU Summit Highlights Cold War Rift
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report the Libreville African summit as conservative-leaning despite loud anti Soviet rhetoric. Leaders praise Amin while tolerating mass killings, while white minority rule and Zimbabwe's future dominate behind the scenes. Guarded praise for Guinea and Algeria signals mixed views on human rights amid one party rule and Cuban presence.
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Libreville
Gabon
Idi Amin
Rhodesia
Africa
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Kremlin
Andy Young
Librevilla
Carter
Moscow
Pretoria
Amin
U.S
Zaire
Uganda
Marshal Amin
Ethiopia
Equatorial Guinea
Burunda
Guinea
Somalia
Patriotic Front
Zimbabwe
Senegal
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Kaunda
Carter Brezhnev meet urged to avert detente crisis
Carl T. Rowan Carter argues U S Soviet relations are unraveling as Washington shifts from idealistic arms ban talks to deploying missiles and pressure to field MX and Lance weapons Brezhnev stalls high level talks while Carter seeks direct meeting to size up leaders and save detente The piece portrays mutual distrust over arms human rights and strategy with potential to derail dialogue ahead of any binding agreement.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Mr. Carter
Air Force
U.S
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
Earliet
Moscow
Brezhnev
Linguistic Atlas and regional speech in the United States
James J. Kilpatrick reflects on the decline of regional speech features as the Linguistic Atlas project nears completion. He recalls Southern Virginia speech, regional terms, and phonetic quirks faded by mobility and media, noting nostalgia and the hope for some pure speech to endure.
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Scrabble
National Observer
United States
Observer
Hans Kurath
University of Michigan
Worcester County
Mass
Upper
Connecticut River Valley
New England
Cuba
Virginia
North Carolina
Appalachia
Summerfield
D.C
Mississippi
Peter
Memphis
Tinnissee
Homeland peace talks hinge on Arab and Israeli flexibility
The piece weighs Arab and Israeli fault lines in Middle East diplomacy. Egypt’s cautious optimism about federation of the Jordan River banks faces skepticism from Arafat and hardliners. It argues for a bold push from Rabin and Begin to realign positions or risk stalled negotiations and renewed conflict.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Jordan
Hussein
Sadat
Qaddafi
George Wabash
Yasser Arafat
PLO
Arafat
Federation
Judaea
Samaria
United Kingdom
West Bank
Rabet
Likud
Rabin
Menahem Begin
Israel
Begin
United States
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