Veterans Day debate and tourism impact in Virginia
The Virginia State Chamber opposes moving Veterans Day to a Monday holiday arguing it harms the day’s meaning. The piece cites tourism benefits and suggests a National Tourism Weekend alternative while urging restoration to November 11. It notes veterans groups oppose the Monday plan and calls for preserving the original holiday dates.
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Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Congress
Alan W. Davis
Virginia State Chamber
House Judiciary Committee
Washington
Virginia
Two Journalists Clash Over The Establishment Press
Russell Kirk reviews two books critiquing mass media bias and advocacy journalism. Peter Clark argues the establishment label masks complexity and mocks media elites while Thomas Griffith notes television's gulf and underground distortions, urging genuine imagination and diverse views over sensationalism.
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Harry Clor
Kenyon College
Rand McNally
Dr. Clark
Peter Clark
New York Times
Washington Post
CBS
NBC Television News
Newsweek
Time
King Log
King Stork
Two Faces Of Russia In Nixon's View
Washington argues Richard Nixon, a veteran of three summits, understands Russia's two faces. Moscow shows military rigidity while offering trading potential, with Casey stressing the USSR's strong credit and large gold reserves. Emigration policy and licensing flaws shape new trade limits as Nixon pursues profits.
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Washington, D.C
Brezhnev
Nixon
Moscow
Yalta
Russia
Ussr
Mars
William J. Casey
U.S
Soviet Union
Casey
Kissinger
Hitler
Mingland
America
North Sea Oil Boom Tested by Scotland's Ecology
Governor Meldrim Thorson reports lessons for U S environmentalists from Britain s North Sea oil push The piece argues resource development entails ecological risk but can yield gains if managed and repaired It highlights unions disputes delaying offshore platforms and questions Britain s ability to ride oil wealth without social disruption
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Meldrim Thorson
New Hampshire
North Sea
U.S
Scotland
James
Paraffin
Edinburgh
Drake
Pennsylvania
Young
British Petroleum Company
Petroleum Company
Britain
America
Occidental Petroleum Company
Thomson
Soul Searching In Order In Reading The News
A Virginia reader urges moral scrutiny of lawmakers amid Watergate coverage and impeachment talk. Cites Rodine Humphrey Mills connections, Nixon tapes, and editorials alleging personal scandals to argue for soul searching before votes. Credits Charles R Battermar.
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Rodine
Hubert Humphrey
Wilbur Mills
Congress
Nixon
Committee For Investigation
How to Argue About Abortion by Buckley Noonan pamphlet review
Buckley praises John Noonan Jr.’s How to Argue about Abortion as a disciplined, passionate analysis. He highlights Noonan’s focus on perception, moral weighing, and avoiding explosive rhetoric while urging broader humane consideration of fetal life and personal responsibility.
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Nixon
Jeffrey Hart
the Register
Jfk
White House
Camp David
J.F.K
Douglas
Africa
Lincoln
Othe R
John T. Noonan Jr
John Noonan
University of California
Berkeley
Murray Hill Station
New York
Noonan
Danville Register Subscription Rates Notice
The Danville Register lists delivery prices 50 cents a week for daily and Sunday in city and suburbs and 10 cents for single copies. Mail rates run one year 20 dollars six months 10.50 three months 5.25 and one month 1.75 with notices mailed 10 days before expiration. Subscribers urged to renew promptly.
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United States
National Research Council
Food and Nutrition Board
Council
Russell Kirk
New Gutter Press
Thomas Griffith
Lite
Brown
Griffith
Time Magazine
Luce
Empire
Holmes Alexander Nixon
Richard Nixon
DR. Jekyll
John Chamberlain
England
Ralph de Toledano
The
Register
Jack Brooks
Texas
John Conyers
Charles R. Battermar
William F. Buckley, Jr
Danville
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