Texas Flavor in Virginia Politicking and Shakespeare
In Richmond 1200 diners heard Texan Robert S. Strauss deliver the keynote at a Democratic fund event. At the Virginia State Museum a Texasized Much Ado About Nothing played to a separate audience, with Stars and bars swapped for frontier settings as actors riffed on politics and Shakespeare.
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Coliseum
Richmond
Virginia State Museum
Robert S. Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Virginia
William Shakespeare
Messina
Texas
Byrd
Times-Dispatch
McDowell
Melville Carico
Roanoke Times
Henry Howell
Strauss
Godwin
Howell
Andrew P. Miller
Miller
North Carolina
Robert Morgan
U.S. Senate
Benedict
Beatrice
Dogberry
Don John
Festus
Mr. Shakespeare
House votes big funds for committees amid investigations
The House, led by new Democratic Caucus members, approved 10 committees receiving 10 million dollars each for this year, a 74 percent rise from 1974. The Agriculture Committee gets 200 thousand to probe the four billion food stamp program as Ways and Means gains subcommittees and funding for investigations.
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House of Representatives
House
Agriculture Committee
W.R. Poage
Texas
Department of Agriculture
House Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas Salon
Danville
Ene Publishing Co., Inc
S. Union St
Our Leaders Live In A World Of Dreams
This opinion piece questions Senator Mansfield as Democratic Majority Leader. It argues his Southeast Asia stance is naive, warning that Khmer Rouge victory would lead to bloodshed and Soviet style purges. The author cites Hue's 1954 crackdown as historical context.
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U.S. Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Southeast Asia
Khmer Rouge
Lancol
Lenin
Trotsky
Kronstadt
Congress
Guam
U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Indochina
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Pakistan
Senate
Latin America
North American
Asia
Norodom Sihanouk
Hugh Scott
Scott
Thailand
Afl-Cio
California
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Humphrey
Ford
Phnom Penh
Singapore
Indian Ocean
Humphreys
Minnesota
Olivet
Curlis Stadtfeld
Guam Doctrine and U S Arms Trade Debate
The piece argues that Nixon’s Guam Doctrine marks a shift toward Vietnamization and limited US troop involvement while expanding arms sales abroad. It cites Mansfield and Scott urging caution, notes over 300 overseas bases, and warns that arms export may erode US technological leadership amid a booming global arms market.
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Mansfield
Aiken
University of Vermont
Europe
Export-Import Bank
William Casey
U. S
Japan
England
France
Canada
Finland
Guam
Independent liberal arts colleges endure amid hard times
Russell Kirk argues that many private liberal arts colleges face closure in 1975 amid inflation and state university growth. He praises Olivet College in Michigan for resilience, recalls historic conferences with Ford Madox Ford and Katherine Anne Porter, and urges protection of church-related colleges as America’s distinct educational contribution.
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Michigan
Hillsdale College
Albion College
Olivet College
IBM
Berkeley
New York
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Olivet
Ford Madox Ford
Katherine Anne Porter
Republic of Letters
MSC
Behemoth State University
Oliver
United States
College of
Liberal Arts
America
Junior Samples Enters Diet Fight For Weight Loss
Hee Haw comedian Junior Samples loses 55 pounds on doctor ordered diet to reach a 200 pound goal from 281. He dislikes the boiled no grease no sugar regime and jokes he could only bite if attacked, reflecting his struggle with dieting. Atlanta Constitution via Charlotte Observer report.
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Junior Samples
Samples
The
Atlanta Constitution
Nostalgia Kick Replays For Mickey Mouse Club
Nostalgic fans recall childhood by awaiting syndication of Mickey Mouse Club and Mouseketeers from Walt Disney. The trend mirrors earlier Howdy Doody revival waves seen in colleges, as generations revisit classic TV.
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Mickey Mouse Club
The
Mouseketeers
Walt Disney Organization
Desegregation Debate Hits Limits of Carrots and Sticks
The U.S. Civil Rights Commission reports twenty years after Brown that desegregation has progressed mainly in the South while true integration remains elusive. It urges federal pressure through funding incentives and penalties, but questions linger about lasting multiracial harmony.
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U. S. Commission On Civil Rights
South
Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Brown
Board of Education
Slack
Nothern
Western
New York
Los Angles
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
San Francisco
Newark
Richmond
U. S. Supreme Court
California Court of Appeal
Doubtless
Universal Brotherhood
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Fitzpatrick-Strauss
Byrd Organization
Jim Thomson
Blackburn Moore
Alli
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Calisum
Charlie McDowell
Hue
Red
Chiesche King
Holmes Alexander
Arms Merchant’s
Washington
D.G
Nixon
Russell Kirk
Hope For the Independent Colleges
Alogether
American Legion
Junior
Allanta
Jounal
James J. Kilpatrick
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