Giving and poverty in a world of aid and self help
The article argues that giving is widespread yet insufficient to end poverty. It contrasts private charity with long term development, noting Johnson era programs, UN and Vatican roles, and Pope Paul VI calls poverty an unbearable evil. It urges empowering self-sufficiency through sustained opportunities and industriousness rather than mere handouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
JoHnson
United Nations
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Mr. Johnson
Paul VI
U.S
Pope Pau
United States
Vatican
Alma Dances The Caribbean Hurricane Ata
The season’s first hurricane Ata cuts across the Caribbean with 90 mph winds and heavy rainfall. San Rafael Honduras reports 30 inches in a day and mounting deaths as Castro damages Cuba and nearby areas. Detailed storm tracking now informs the public about potential weather far away tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ata
Caribbean
Danville
San Rafael
Honduras
Reagan poised to challenge Brown in California race
The article notes Renato Reagan won the Republican gubernatorial nomination over George Christopher, signaling a strong general election challenge to Brown if Brown survives Samuel Yorty in the Democratic primary. It argues Southern candidates Reagan and Yorty may have an edge over Northern rivals.
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Renato Reagan
San Francisco
George Christopher
Reagan
Reacan
Christopher
Eomunpd
Pat” Brown
Brown
Los Angeles
Samuel Yorty
California
Yorty
Curistopher
Yorry
Subscriptions Rates for The Danville Register
The Danville Register lists payment options for daily and Sunday delivery. In city and suburbs by carrier 35 cents a week. Single copies six cents. By mail in the United States one year 15 dollars six months 7.50 three months 3.75 one month 1.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ANL
What’s on strike and a twentiet h century room
Senator Soaper recalls Broadway questions and asks what’s on strike. Congressman Sludgepump cites voters’ memory and grudges over two years. A teenage resident notes her father forbids tidying her room, calling it a historic example of Twentieth Century living.
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New York
Broadway
Sludgepump
Farm Worker Policy Clashes Hit California Harvests
A column notes a policy clash between Secretary Wirtz and Senator Murphy over Mexican braceros for California crops. It cites strawberries asparagus and tomatoes, highlighting growers demands, prices, and the influence of housewives on policy as the 1966 debate plays out.
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California
Secretary of
W. Willard Wirtz
U.S
George Murphy
Housewives of
America
Mexico
Wirts
Murphy
Salinas
Wirtz
A.R. Duarte
San Joaquin Farm Production Association
Texas
Hawaii
Mr. Duarte
Edmund
Pat
Brown
Stockton
LBJ
Senator Murphy
White House
Ambassador Reischauer aids Nevada ore deal for Japan
Washington notes Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer answered Senator Cannon's May 5 letter requesting action on Nevada mining firms Standard Slag and Nevada Earth. The contracts involve about 200 workers, shipping up to 700,000 metric tons worth $6.5 million, with ore quality to rise from 65 to 92 percent. The piece underscores U.S. trade interests, Japanese market access, and calls for ambassadors to serve the United States first.
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Washington, D.C
Edwin O. Reischauer
Tokyo
Kennedy
Harvard
Lyndon Johnson
Reischauer
Cannon
Nev
Standard Slag
Nevada Earth
Stockton
California
Nevada
Rocky Mountain
Earth Company
Japan
USA
Australia
Malaya
Chile
Peru
Adios Bosch and Liberalitis in the Caribbean
William F Buckley Jr laments the Dominican election in which Juan Bosch was rejected. He contrasts Balaguer with Trujillo, notes exiled Balaguer's NYC life, and predicts Bosch’s fade, while warning of a dangerous unemployed class amid Dominican politics. He also jabs at American liberals and Congress on dress and duty.
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Juan Bosch
Theodor Draper
Santo Domingo
Johnson
Republic
Bosch
Dominican Republic
American Republic
Goldwater
Norman Thomas
Balacuer
Trujillo
Balasuer
New York City
U.S
Balaguer
Dominica
Ant
New York Public Library
To worship idols and the hollow celeb image
A critique of modern idol worship in entertainment, arguing that many top personalities lack genuine talent and substance. The piece targets Barbra Streisand as a case study, noting public relations manipulation, glamor magazines, and the discrepancy between image and reality. It contrasts athletes’ skill with actors and singers lacking true ability.
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Hollywood
Hour
Hans Christian Andersen
Barbra Streisand
London
Miss Streisand
Madison Avenue
Republican liberals in tizzy over draft policy
Ralph de Toledano notes a GOP liberal wing presses back against the draft, accusing Selective Service administration of inequities. He points to political motives, cites Nixon’s stance, and recalls college deferments as intended to preserve trained manpower for technology and avoid a Britain-like depopulation in World War I.
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GOP
Capitol Hill
Defense
Robert McNamara
Army
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Great Britain
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Charlotte
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Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Soaper
John Chamberlain
Holmes Alexander
Ambassador Reischauer
William F. Buckley, Jr
Adios
Russell Kirk
Ralph de Toledano
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