Public policy fears influence of unions in Virginia
Virginia citizens face a clash over who sets public policy the General Assembly or organized public employees. The piece cites a rising labor mobilization, teacher union cards, coalitions of public workers, and a drop in Virginia school test scores while noting national strikes and ethics laws in Alabama as context for the debate over public service union tactics and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Labor
Virginia
Virginia Education Association
Virginia State Association of Professional Firefighters
Virginia Council of the American Association of University Professors
Virginia Council of the American Federation of State
Virginia Coalition of American Public Employees
State Department of Education
Commonwealth
General Assembly
U.S
National Education Association
United States
Alabama
Constructive Criticism For Detente
Washington opinion piece argues detente has reached a no return point yet must proceed cautiously. It urges limiting credits to the Soviet Union, warns against enabling Soviet leverage, and calls for a Congressional watchdog to define commercial aid versus support. It frames Congress demand for stricter behavior as a necessary outside pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Congress
Russia
Occidental Petroleum
Chase Manhattan
Senate Banking Committee
U.S
Congressional
Capitol Hill
Ussr
Chile
Portugal
Kissinger
Commerce
Dent
Mid East
Nixon
White House
United States
Usassr
Soviet Union
Kilpatrick's Corporate Toils At Scrabble Virginia
James J. Kilpatrick recounts forming a Virginia corporation after reading a magazine piece on professional incorporation. He describes the absurdities of corporate life, stockholders meetings with box lunches, pension talk, vast tax forms, and the irony of returning to a corporate payroll. The piece blends humor with frustration at corporate cost, fees, and paperwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrabble
General Motors
Inc
San Francisco
Denver
Virginia
Carl Rowan
Tennessee
Carl
Jinnie
Culpeper Star- Exponent
George
Conservative ideas lack vogue in media culture
Jeffrey Hart argues liberal and radical ideas quickly rise as fashionable trends and then fade, while conservative thought appears banal by describing reality. He contrasts utopian, speculative liberal currents with conservative emphasis on human nature, history, and practical limits, noting media’s appetite for novelty fuels liberal vogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Rand
Kudson
Robert McNamara
John Lindsay
New York
Richard Neustadt
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Harvey Cox
Che
Mao
Malcolm X
Frantz Fanon
Charles Reich
America
Rousseau
Marx
Marcuse
Sartre
George Leonard
Christopher Jencks
Edward Banfield
Lebanon: No Catering To Guerrillas in Beirut Visit
A travel essay reflects on Beirut and Lebanon's economy, refugees, and security. The writer notes differences between tourist zones and real markets, describes street bargaining, and discusses anti American sentiment as primarily for regional rhetoric while Lebanon seeks American visitors and attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
W. C. Fields
Lebanon
United States
Egypt
Syria
America
Souks
St Clair County College row over grades and rhetoric
A letter to the St Clair County Community College board in Port Huron Michigan rails at grading quirks. John Wakeen a top student earned summa cum laude yet received a B for physical education for a bowling score of 92, prompting a clash over Latin honors and college standards. The college president counters that athletic skill should not mask math ability, while critics warn many colleges tolerate similar misuses of honors. Baseball fans are also note of blase attitudes at games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair County
Wakeen
Board of Trustees
Richard L Norris
Danville Daily Rates and Subscription Details
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier at 50 cents weekly and 10 cents per single copy. 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 renewals urged promptly.
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Public Service and Public Policy
Financial Disclosures
California
Georgia
Alabama League of Municipalities
John Watkins
League
Senator Soaper
Commerce Department
Foreign Relations Committee
James J. Kilpatrick
Jeffrey Hart
Ralph de Taledane
Moscow
Valuta
Taipei
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Lynchicore News
Danville
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