Ralph de Toledano on Violations Of Homosexuals Civil Rights
Washington columnist Ralph de Toledano argues in defense of church state separation and against anti gay discrimination laws. He contends repealed Dade County ordinances reveal a legal contradiction treating homosexuality as a crime while barring employment, urging lawmakers to address civil rights without criminalizing gay identity.
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Washington
Date County
Fla
Supreme Court
Dade County
Danville Board approves 9.2% teacher pay raise in tough times
The Danville School Board, with Superintendent Thomas Truitt, approves a 9.2 percent pay raise for teachers, moving beginning salaries from 8200 to 8800 dollars. The move aims to retain top teachers and reverse a decade of declines, funded partly from capital outlay reserves and the sale of Robert E. Lee School, amid financial constraints and calls for future capital needs.
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Danville
Virginia
Thomas Truitt
Robert E. Lee
Soweto unrest tests white South Africa in 1960s tensions
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report on Soweto's anniversary riots and police response as tensions simmer. Despite two-day commemorations ending with limited violence, advocates warn of underlying urban insurgency, while police modernization and social reforms are urged to curb future clashes in apartheid South Africa.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Jan Visser
Soweto
Visser
Southwest
Loafer Séletnient
Port Elizabeth
Rhodesia
Pretoria
Sowelo
Angola
Mozambique
Danville Busing and Councilmen Spark Civic Fire
A reader argues that Danville trails Greensboro, laments no new industry since 1960, and blames four council members for halting buses and stalling growth. He vows action, cites local buses and alleged crookedness, and urges voters to replace the four “crooks.” The letter then extols the writer’s belief in his own judgment of people.
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Danville
Greensboro
Cape
Carter
Lonnie F. Pruett
The OTA in Trouble A Kennedy led tech office’s uneasy fate
James J Kilpatrick notes the Office of Technology Assessment faces leadership turmoil as Senator Kennedy reshapes its board and direction. Daddario has resigned, Holt departs, Teague weighs resignation, and two TAAC seats remain vacant, prompting questions about value and political influence.
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Washington
OTA
Edward Kennedy
Office of Technology Assessment
Congress
Daddario
Kennedy
Olin “Tiger” Teague
Texas
Marjorie Holt
Maryland
Teague
Holt
Ellis Mottur
Editor Letters Policy From The Danville Register
The Danville Register invites letters to the editor and requires signatures with accompanying addresses and telephone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited or shortened to fit space constraints.
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The
Danville Register
Mindless meanness and anti abortion policy in U S House
A critique of the House of Representatives for anti abortion measures including the Hyde amendment and federal funding bans on Medicaid abortions. The piece condemns political cowardice and cites Thurgood Marshall and Justice Carter as voices against coercive policies. It questions leadership and the influence of racism in policy.
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House of Representatives
Jim’ Wright
Texas
Orval Faubus
Arkansas -and
George’ Wallace
Alabama
House
Paulius
Wallace
Mississippi
Iit
Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
High Court
Marshall
Jimmy Carter
Mr. C
Ari Gee
Senate
Carter
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Ralph de Toledano
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Illinois
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Justice Dept
Nuithin
James J. Kilpatrick
Emilia Q. Daddario
Connecticut
Tiger Teague
TAAC
Jerome Wiesner
M.I.T
Kennedys
Carl T. Rowan
Watergate
Richard Nixon
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