Governor Harrison Orders Immediate Planning For State Colleges
Governor Harrison rejects hastily called special session to fund capital outlay at state colleges. He directs institution heads to begin preliminary building plans, aiming to have detailed proposals ready for January legislative session. Budget officials conducted site visits, emphasizing careful, crisis-free planning to avoid wasteful spending.
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Harrison
General Assembly
Anville
Lanpon R. Wyatt
W. C. Danze
Danville
Visory Commission
Washington and Lee and Wake Forest Push for Stronger Colleges
The piece argues liberal arts and science schools must prioritize excellent undergraduate teaching over heavy contract research. It cites Washington and Lee and Wake Forest College pursuing stronger faculties, better courses, and selective admission to preserve quality and personal student mentoring.
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Applied Science
Fred C. Cote
Washington and Lee
W&l
Cote
Tha
Wake Forest College
Epwin G. Wilson
Wake Forest
Southern Baptists in Dallas face ecumenism clash and pledge renewal
The Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas spurred heated debate over ecumenism with a vote against sending observers to the Vatican, then moved to pledge a Christlike mission of reconciliation for all people. The piece notes that the convention's actions are nonbinding on its 32,000 autonomous local congregations and cannot preempt local church autonomy.
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Southern Baptists
Southern Baptist Convention
Dallas
Vatican
Rome
Southern Convention
Danville Register Subscription Rates Listed
The Danville Register announces subscription rates in advance for daily and Sunday editions. In city and suburbs carrier delivery 35 cents weekly. single copies six cents. By mail the rates are one year 15 dollars, six months 7.50, three months 3.75, one month 1.25. Associated Press member.
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Danville
Lnc
Buckley on China Film Promoting Propaganda Jest
William F Buckley Jr reviews a new color documentary CHINA! opened in New York May 25 criticizing its pro China thesis. The piece mocks the film and cites British journalist Attlee era Potemkin tour remarks about flies in China and trains running on time.
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China
Felix Green
New York
Clement Attlee
Mussolini
Italy
Propaganda Film Praised For Energetic Yet Biased View
The review labels Felix Greene's film as solid professional propaganda that glosses over grim facts about Hitler's Germany. It argues Greene could craft a favorable historical documentary while omitting unsettling regime details. The piece notes the film touts lively imagery and contrasts with a sanitized view of Red China and extended workdays.
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Hitler
Germany
Felix Greene
Red
China
Curtain of Ignorance critique fuels Cold War anxieties
A Cleveland reviewer condemns Felix Greene’s pro China propaganda, arguing his film and book promote communism. The piece mocks Greene’s ties to Maud Russell and the BBC, links to the Rabinowitz Foundation, and questions motives while highlighting inflated death toll claims and fly densi ty contrasts.
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China
Mao
Felix Greene
Red
AFL/ CIO
Tibet
Korea
South
Vietnam
Laos
Felix Green
Far East Reporter
Maud Russell
Greener
United States
BBC
Mao Tse-tung
Louis M. Rabinowitz Foundation
Victor R
America
Joanne Grant
House Committee
Victor
Joni
Cuba
Communist Party
Lothers
Nik
Buchenwald
Felix
National Arboretum Opens as A Living Plant Dictionary
The National Arboretum in Washington DC spans 415 acres along the Anacostia River, established by Congress in 1927 to study trees and plants. It hosts 7,000 varieties of trees and shrubs, 1,200 azalea varieties, 700 hollies, plus Fern Valley and a 30 acre synoptic garden planned for the future.
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National Arboretum
Washington
D.C
Anacostia River
Potomac
United States Capitol
Congress
United States
Henry Skinner
Gotelli
Fern Valley
Hair care pitch mocks baldness satire
An ad touts a hair product that lets you leave a comb at home and claims the invention rivals baldness. A camp postcard quip lampoons brevity. A study notes average American height may plateau as 7 footers could secure basketball scholarships.
Thurman Sensing: Irresponsibles Threaten Campus Order
A Toward chaos warning from Thurman Sensing cites Steve Weissman of the Free Speech Movement as a cautionary figure. He argues universities must resist campus revolts, uphold law, and keep education focused, urging administrators to bar agitators from campus property to preserve learning.
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Steve Weissman
University of California
Weissman
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
United States
Berkeley
Vanderbilt
University
School of Religion
Presbyterian
Weisssman
Vanderbilt 7
Lanatohy
North Carolina
Communist Party
John Chamberlain on Modern Education and Federal Funds
A columnist reflects on academic hostility to Johnson administration outreach on education. Critics condemn existentialism and moral emptiness in colleges while praising background study. Dr Eliseo Vivas cites brain washing. The piece notes student uproar at Cornell over Harriman and questions what education deserves federal support.
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Lyndon’ Johnson
Johnson
Vietnam
Santo Domingo
Rusk
White House
Eliseo ‘Vivas
Northwestern University
Vivas
Colombia
University of Chicago
Leo Strauss
Cuba
United Nations
Lenin
Stalin
Mao Tse-tung
Castro
Eliseo Vivas
South
Thailand
Singapore
Averell Harriman
Cornell University
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John Chamberlain
James Madison
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