Singing on the Mountain and Clans Gatherings in North Carolina
The piece notes Danville’s lush lawns after heavy spring rains and highlights upcoming events on Grandfather Mountain North Carolina. The 50th Singing on the Mountain features Johnny Cash and Arthur Smith, with Bob Hope performing and political banter involving North and South Carolina governors. General Westmoreland is floated as a potential candidate visiting during campaigning season.
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Virginia
Danvillians
Danville
Carolinas
Grandfather Mountain
N.C
Johnny Cash
Arthur Smith
Bob Hope
North Carolina
South Carolina
Cash
Smith
Hope
Jim Holfhouser
Westmoreland
Nixon Middle East trip sparks split in Senate over aims
The piece surveys mixed views on President Nixon's Middle East journey. Senator Jackson criticizes it as cosmetic, while Senator Mansfield calls it useful. Senator Brooke calls it political. supporters argue it could advance disengagement and US-Arab ties amid Watergate scrutiny.
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Nixon
Congress
Washington
White House
House Judiciary Committee
Watergate Committee
Henry M. Jackson
Middle East
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Henry Kissinger
Israel
Kissinger
U.S
Middle-East
Watergate
The Politicizing Of Religion By Ralph de Toledano
Ralph de Toledano argues that religious leaders and figures shape political agendas across Protestant Catholic and Jewish lines. He cites Canon Carr Father Cleary and a Delano Farah episode showing clergy pressuring social outcomes, urging strict separation of church and state while noting youth lean toward non political faiths paralleling Matthew 22 21.
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Matthew
Caesar
God
Father Cleary
Nixon
Robert Drinan
Society of Jesus
Delano
Cesar Chavez
United Farmworkers
California
Holmes Alexander Bad Form Linkage And The Bank
Washington report notes a debate on linkage in legislation as opponents abhor split infinitives while Congress extends the Export-Import Bank Act, with critics fearing credit to USSR and other Communist bloc nations amid a history dating to 1934 and 1938 acts.
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Washington, D.C
House
Vanik
Senate
Ussr
Exime
Roosevelt
Congress
Congress Seeks Control Over Export Import Bank Powers
Lawmakers push amendments to shift decision making from the White House to Congress over credits and national interest. They propose case by case approvals, stricter oversight, and prohibition of private-bank participation with Russia, targeting Chase Manhattan and Occidental Petroleum. The move marks a major transfer of banking policy from the executive to Congress.
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U.S
White House
Congress
Capitol Hill
Mr. Nixon
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Estern Europe
Richard Schweicker
R-Pa
Elmer Staats
Russia
William Saxbe
John Rousselet
R-Calif
John Dent
D-Pa
Siberia
Congess
America
Chase Manhattan Bank
Occidental Petroleum Corps
Nixon
Arms Standoff Deepens as Middle East Arms Boom Surges
John Chamberlain warns that as oil-rich Middle East states amass conventional weaponry with flood of oil profits, a new arms proliferation era emerges. The region’s rulers, from Saudi Arabia to Iran and Jordan, buy Phantoms Mirages tanks and missiles, hiring pilots to operate Western jets, raising the risk of wider conflict beyond U.S.-Soviet control.
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Inida
Nuclear Club
Middle East
U.S
U.S.S.R
Egypt
Syria
Middle Eastern
W.S
Israel
Suez
Golan Heights
Damascus
Moscow
Washington
Jordan
Persian Gulf
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
France
India
Iran
Stratford College Need Prompts Reader Support
Susan Moncure McKinley, Class of 1972, writes from Richmond urging readers to back Stratford College as it faces financial strain and enrollment decline. She defends the four year, accreditated institution, praising its teacher student ratio, humane approach, and enduring Grey Lady spirit, and calls for new students and friends.
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Stratford College
Richmond News Leader
Stratford
Danville
Virginia
Time Magazine
Grey Lady
Susan Moncure McKinley
Richmond
Buckley on Bugging Kissinger and Privacy
William F Buckley Jr defends privacy and criticizes Halberstam while weighing wiretap ethics tied to Kissinger. He argues that leaks require careful response, cites Fulbright hearings, and urges discreet handling of logs with legal protection and protection of sources.
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David Halberstam
Henry Kissinger
Mr. Halberstam
Halberstam
Kissinger
Fulbright
Danville Daily Rates Notice for Subscriptions
The Danville Register lists subscription terms with carrier delivery 50c per week and Sunday 20c, single copies 10c. 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.
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Canon Carr
All Africa Council of Churches
Africa
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Cesar
Farah
Holmes Alexander
Zeewiesene King
Sy ‘Eat
John Chamberlain
Mid-East
William F. Buckley, Jr
Mr. Kissinger
Pakistan
Helsinki
FBI
National Security Council
Joe
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