Timid Virginia Manufacturer Urges Bold Biz Action
Donato L. Jordan chairman of Johnson-Carper Roanoke and NAM leader told a High Point Kiwanis audience that businessmen must take a positive hand in directing government. The piece criticizes Virginia voters for not supporting Democratic nominees and warns that timid business leaders foster socialism and weaken independent decision making.
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Virginia
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Harry F. Byrp, Jr
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Washington
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Those Premature Obits Of Virginia Politics Decline
A Virginia election analysis debates party fate after Tuesday's votes portrayals from UPI and observers. It weighs incites on the Byrd Organization and the Spone Rawlines ticket, noting apathy, slim margins, and continued devotion to reform despite losses.
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Mark Twain
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Howard Smith
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Robertson
Harry F. Byrp, Jr
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Why Chase Fools? Police Pursuit Ends in Tragic Collision
Dickinson North Dakota reports a high speed pursuit ending when a fleeing driver crossed a railway siding and collided with a moving boxcar. Patrolman Theodore C. Wanner, 29, died in the crash, while the offender escaped. The piece urges officers to prioritize public safety over risky chases.
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Theodore C. Wanner
The Danville Register Rights Notice
The Danville Register notes Associated Press content is used under AP republication rights and local news published herein, with all rights reserved for reproduction of special dispatches.
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GOP and UN muddle mirrors silliest pretense
Buckley critiqued the GOP Coordinating Committee for vague UN reform proposals. He ridicules their idealistic, tautologous calls as partisan politics. The piece contrasts UN impotence with Cold War realities and notes critics’ sympathy to de Gaulle and Vietnam.
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Mobutu Renames Elizabethville Lumumbaville in Congo Crisis
General Mobutu renames Elizabethville to Lumumbaville in a move seen as inciting rebellion and a bid to erase Lumumba’s memory. Lumumba, once Congo premier, was killed amid Mobutu’s power struggle with Kasavubu and Tshombe. Brazzaville’s pro-Communist cabinet relies on Cuban support as Albertville faces ethnic violence.
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Congo Republic
Fidelista
J Castro
Central Africa
Albertville
Balubas
North
Jason Sendwe
Simba
Will Churches Pay Taxes
The piece surveys rising public service demands and potential tax gaps from tax exempt church property. Courts may rule on state and local exemptions while groups press for contributions from churches. Cases in Toronto and New York illustrate municipal tax efforts and varied church income ventures.
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United States Supreme Court
Madalyn E. Murray O'Hair
Episcopal Diocese
New York
Organiz 1
Guild of St. Tyes
Horace W. B. Donevan
Unitarian
Montclair
New Jersey
American Jewish Congress
Manhattan
Stephen Wise
Campbell
People’s Church
Toronto
Oswald Smith
Paul Smith
United States
Americans United
Chicago
Floral beauty sprouts on city sidewalks and rooftops nationwide
A sweeping beautification push turns parking lots, stations, and downtown balconies into blooms with azaleas, roses, and petunias. Led by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaign, cities plant hundreds of thousands of flowers, shrubs, and trees, while signs and street fixtures adopt a decorative touch. In Washington and elsewhere, landscaping boosts pride, reduces vandalism, and even improves business outcomes, with millions invested in the capital alone in 1966.
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Lyndeen B. Johnson
Urbat
National Geographic Society
Washington, D.C
Society
Shoreham
Washington
Iowa
SFE
Key West
Florida
Quick Snapshots From Everyday Life in a Distant Era
A collage of light vignettes shows how people spoke and joked in a bygone era. Bits about Batman reruns, a girl teasing family terms, a girl clarifying a 3 speed record player, and the humor around gifts for a man who has everything. A mother frets over homesickness, a vacationer advised to travel with children, a golf fact from a global survey, a trouble shooter and a bus stop joke, plus a proud tongue in cheek line about a boy mowing lawns.
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Lynda Bird Johnson
Lightess Mexico: San Juan Cosala A Quiet Lakeside Colony
San Juan Cosala, about ten miles west of Chapala, is a residential town within Jocotepec municipality with a ~3,000 population. Fishermen dry countless charals along the highway as nets are hauled from Lake Chapala, a centuries-old industry feeding a strong local market. A new spa on the eastern side offers hot baths and a pool with admission of 64 cents for adults, 32 for children, and plans for a hotel, terrace bar, and dressing rooms. Chapala itself is a sizable lake town with an American Legion post, drug stores, markets, golf, and a flourishing American Society.
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Jocotepec
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San Juan Cosaia
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