Senate Rejects Radical Nudge On Land Use Grants
A proposed Land Use Planning Act would spend 1.066 billion dollars over eight years to aid states and Indian Tribes. Senator Henry Jackson offered an amendment to withhold all federal funds until plans met federal approval, describing it as a nudge but the Senate voted it down, signaling a push back against broad federal control of local planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Caesars
Congress of the General Assembly
U. S. Senate
Senate
Committee On the
Interior
Henry Jackson
Jackson
Ervin visits Greensboro on Falls of Neuse funding stance
North Carolina senator Sam Ervin Jr. spoke at a Greensboro news conference about financing the Falls of the Neuse dam as a reservoir and recreation project. He argued for federal funding while colleague Jesse Helms opposes it citing farm land loss. The visit comes as Raleigh treads water amid a growing water supply debate and anticipated 1970 election challenges.
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North Carolina
U.S. Senate
Greensboro
Army Corps of Engineers
Falls of the Neuse
Raleigh
Sam Ervin
Tar Heelia
Sam
Supreme Court
Washington
Ervin
Sir Walter Hotel
Solons
A.A
Atlantic Coast
Neuse
Jesse Helms
Parting Shots on TV and Modern Life
A compact column mocks TV trends and social foibles. It notes Watergate avoidance on television, compares diamonds to soybeans, and jokes about executives and golf. It laments nostalgia, honesty, and the role of electronic gadgets with a witty, reflective tone.
Disobedience to Law From Antigone to Ellsberg
Virginia Bar speech by James J. Kilpatrick on lawful redress versus unlawful acts. He links Antigone to modern dissent, outlines six guidelines for justified disobedience, stresses last resort use, accountability, and that right causes must align with the grievance, with MLK contrasted to Ellsberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Elisberg
Fredericksburg
House of
Jefferson
Birmingham
McGee presses to curb petition rights over union bill
A Senate Post Office Civil Service Committee hearing featured Senator Gale McGee pushing a bill to allow agency shop in federal employment, drawing fierce criticism for suppressing protest. Reed Larsen of the National Right to Work Committee faced obstruction as McGee questioned credentials and warned against exposure of opposition, while reporters noted the overbearing handling of the constitutional right to petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Post Office Civil Service Committee
George Meany
Aflciq
Gale McGee
Congress
McGee
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Kenney
Reed Larsen
National
Right To Work Committee
Larsen
Wyoming
NATWC
Washington
NRTWC
National Right To Work Legal Foundation
Watergate
Capitol Hill
Pearson College and KU clash over liberal education
Russell Kirk defends Pearson College at the University of Kansas, where a majority in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences refused to recognize Pearson credits for humanities. He argues Pearson’s three professors and 300 students pursue a rigorous program opposed by “pseudo-humanities” advocates who fear intellectual independence.
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St. John’s College
Annapolis
Santa Fe
N.M
Thomas Aquinas College
California
Pearson College
University of Kansas
Pearson
National Endowment For the Humanities
University of Kansas’ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
College of A&s
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University
Lawrence
Kansas
Tmp
Palindromes Parade In The London Times And Beyond
A debate over the longest palindrome rages as readers cite variants from the London Times and The New Yorker. Linguists note 242 word palindromes exist, but acclaimed brief lines such as Poor Dan is in a droop and Madam, I’m Adam endure.
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London Times
Roger Angell
The
New Yorker
Marge
Cain
G.I
Warder
Oregon
Dan
Tulsa
Lon Nol
U Nu
Adam
Brezhnev Biographies Seen As Soviet Public Relations
A Moscow produced biography of Leonid Brezhnev by Novosti Press Agency presents him as modest and respected, tracing his rise from Ukrainian worker to major general and party figure. The PR piece aims to foster friendly U S views, contrasting Khrushchev and Nixon eras, and frames Soviet aims and foreign policy as a measured, nonblusterous pursuit of influence.
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Washington, D.c
Russia
Brezhnev
Doubleday
A.N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Council of Ministers
U.S
Soviet Union
L.I. Brezhnev
Ukraine
Black Sea
Lenin
Herbert Hoover
John Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
Hoover
Kennedy
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
USA
Ussr
le Dur Tho
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Geneva
Party Centre Committee
Vietnam
Subscription rates for Danville Newspaper announced
The Danville Register lists pricing for daily and Sunday delivery and mail subscriptions. In city and suburbs carriers charge 50c per week. Sunday copies 20c. mail subscriptions priced at 20 dollars yearly, 10.50 half-year, 5.25 quarter, and 1.75 monthly. Notice sent 10 days before expiration. renewals urged.
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Boswell
Dr. Johnson
James J. Kilpatrick
Antigone
Ellsberg
Virginia State Bar
Georgetown
Martin Luther King
Daniel Ellsberg
Creon
King
Anev
Fovr
Ralph de Toledano
Russell Kirk
Liberal
America
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale
Michigan
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Times
Angell
Iwo Jima
Holmes Alexander
Danville
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