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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1966
Page
3
The Mount Vernon Methodist Church cross atop its copper-covered steeple gleams as a beacon in Danville. The article reflects on how city church spires symbolize 19th century religious vitality and endure amid urban change, urging reverence for enduring, dignified church design.
Since February 5 five trains of 100 cars each have carried 15 million pounds of food per month into Mississippi for 500 000 people across 76 of 82 counties. Project HELP, funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Agriculture Department, will run six months to test if guaranteed nourishment can empower low income families to improve their economic status or promote dependency. The program started with 24 percent coverage and aims to reach 37 percent, a goal that raises questions about its effectiveness and broader national implications.
The piece argues President Johnson would seek large increases to Social Security payments for all 21 million beneficiaries, funded by higher taxes and more IRS control. It warns expanded federal spending narrows personal freedom, concentrates power in Washington, and constricts both the elderly and younger generations.
President Johnson announced on May 5 a 15 percent increase in wheat acreage for next fall to lift output by 200 million bushels for export. Drought freezes and parasites cut early harvest estimates across six states. Carryover stocks shrink to 550 million, well below a 600 million reserve, prompting calls for a larger acreage allotment to prevent overseas shortfalls.
The notice lists in advance pricing for Daily and Sunday newspaper subscriptions, with in city and suburban carrier options at 35 cents per week, single copies 6 cents, Sunday only 15 cents, and mail rates yearly 15 dollars, half year 7.50, quarter 3.75, or monthly 1.25. It notes Associated Press rights, national reps, zone notes, and renewal reminders.
The piece surveys how Vietnam policy divides voters in Oregon and Illinois elections with candidates Hatfield, Duncan, and Percy. It notes the silent shift among leaders like Rockefeller and Strauss and the rise of the National Conference for New Politics as a liberal antiwar push. It questions whether GOP voters will back hawks or appeasers and what that means for a neoisolationist tilt in 1968.
The piece argues NYC leads global public school spending at 935 per pupil while Lindsay notes no clear quality advantage. It compares with LA 640 and Detroit 525, cites private schooling as cheaper, and suggests tax relief and school competition could ease overcrowding and tensions. It endorses private and parochial schools as alternatives and warns against monopolies in education.
A playful political column remarks on Senator Soaper and troops in Viet Nam being asked for opinions on Army rations. It contrasts civic concerns with a butterfly shortage affecting the public, notes a beautification group’s claim that adults are worse litterbugs than children, and ends with a quip about a spring bride and coffee.
The 185 mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal along the Potomac from Washington to Cumberland once flourished as a trade route for flour coal and lumber. Sediment fills beds and walls crumble as restoration is proposed from Seneca to Cumberland to boost hiking canoeing and fishing enjoyment.
Mr Frank Lowenstein, innkeeper in Teotihuacan near the Toltec ruins, bought a centuries old mule stop and transformed it into a stylish hostelry with obsidian floors and a bird breeding setup. Writ ing guest Mr Thayer Waldo marveled at the displays including parrots, cockatoos, macaws, and exotic dogs.
Kenneth MacLeish of National Geographic traces the Loire from Cevennes springs to the sea, noting five centuries of human venture in its castles and a resilient valley population. He visits two spring candidates while the government remains noncommittal. A farmer declares the Loire has always flowed from his pasture, while near Arlemphes a crumbling medieval chateau fort marks the river’s early legacy.
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