Weather Control for United States Stirs Debate
A Lexington expert advocates federal weather modification authority like a civil aviation board, warning of regional autnomy loss and economic disruption. The piece weighs rainfall equity between Phoenix and Mt Waialeale, cites climate extremes from Bismarck to Honolulu, and questions Warren Court-era limits on weather policy.
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Ben Franklin
Boston
Philadelphia
Mark Twain
Franklin
Twain
Lexington
Mass
Islam Putnam
Civil Aeronautics Board
W. E. Howe
HowlLrn
Warren Court
New Weather Control Agency
Howe
Phoenix
Arizona
Mt. Waialeale
Hawaii
U.S
Bismarck
North Dakota
Honolulu
Virginia
Consumer Buying and Lending Rules Stir Debate in Congress
President Johnson urged passage of truth in lending and truth in packaging bills to shield buyers from credit gougers and deceptive packaging. Critics warn the measures risk hindering commerce and misjudge burden on consumers amid high federal debt and annual interest costs.
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Congress
Joxnn Son
Uncle San
Uncle Sam
Labor unrest sparks call for independence from parties
Grorce Meany urged at a construction trades conference that organized labor cannot buy either party. He warned that when special interests control government, the people suffer. AFL-CIO leadership clashed with President Johnson over labor demands, prompting talk of a Labor Party or shifting votes to local and state races. Virginia politics are cited as free from Big Labor pressure, with government and delegation described as largely independent.
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Grorce Meany
Construction Trades Legislative Conference
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
United States
Big Labor
Johnson
Democratic Party
National Democratic Party
Virginia
Washington
Par Jennings
Danville Register Subscription Rates Notice
The Danville Register lists daily and Sunday delivery at 35 cents a week and single copies at 6 cents. By mail rates are one year 15 dollars, six months 7.50, three months 3.75, one month 1.25. Notice mailed 10 days before expiration. renewals encouraged.
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Danville
Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Labor Standards and Double Standards in Civil Rights Fight
Ralph de Toledano critiques AFL-CIO discrimination claims and the broad political fight over Taft-Hartley acts. He notes examples in St Louis and Ohio of unions excluding Negro workers, the use of secondary boycotts, and calls for using Taft-Hartley provisions. He laments Congressional inaction and political maneuvering around 8(b) and 4(B) while civil rights agitation grows.
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Afl-Cio
Labor
American Jewish Committee
Aflcio
St. Louis
Aflcio Building Trades
Congress of Independent Unions
Congress
U. S
Ohio
State
Civil Rights Commission
Tice
Democratic Party
Capitol Hill
John Q
John Rhodes
House
Republican Policy Committee
Austria shifts to People's Party majority in postwar era
Josef Klaus leads a sweeping victory for the People's Party in Austria. Chancellor Kraus vows to curb inflation and cut subsidies while allowing Otto von Habsburg to return to Vienna. Socialists resist, fearing his influence, but courts back citizenship rights. Austria remains free and prosperous with Marx a ghost.
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Josef Klaus
People's Party
Austria
Europe
People’s Party
Socialist Party
Kraus
Salzburg
Iinflation
Otto von Hapsburg
Vienna
Otto Hapsburg
Otto
Hapsburgs
Archduke Otto
Rian Empire
Newman Press
Austrian Republic
Austrian Socialist Party
Klaus
Marx
Senators tease debates with masks and capes on TV
The piece jokes about campaigns using theatrics to build interest in Senate debates. It riffs on experts, the Red China line, a father chiding a son over supporting his daughter, and playful political quips about cabinets, astronauts, and small town life without concrete events or dates.
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Senate
Churchmen's Quandary on Vietnam War Baffles Clergy Leaders
A press briefing with four interfaith leaders explores moral consensus on Vietnam. They seek a just war framework yet reject modern weaponry, fearing nuclear and religious repercussions. The group questions China and Cuba policy, warning that war ethics collide with political reality.
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Washington, D.c
Bernard Shaw
Shaw
John J. Wright
Pittsburgh
John Wesley Lord
District of Columbia
Maurice N. Eisendrath
New York City
Dana McLean Greeley
Unitarian Universalist Association
Boston
United States
Cuba
China
Inflation-Deflation Tilt for Dominance in 1960s Economy
John Chamberlain outlines conflicting signals of inflation and deflation driven by rising costs and tight money. He links tax cuts, Vietnam war spending, and Great Society programs to weaker consumer purchasing, higher interest rates, and pressure on automakers like General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, predicting tougher times ahead for profits and stock markets. He notes political tensions as Johnson faces policy dissent and contemplates trimming nonessential foreign aid to ease the economic strain.
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E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Washington
Vietnam
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Broad and
Wall Streets
New York
Eliot Janeway
Senate
White House
LBJ
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Pennsylvania Avenue
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