Virginia Debt Limit Debate on $81 Million Bond Proposal
The General Assembly backed an $81 million general obligation bond plan for Virginia colleges and mental hospitals. The scheme sits within a 1 percent constitutional debt cap enacted in 1928, which voters could keep or alter, but regardless any change would still require voter approval. The issue hinges on constitutional revision by a commission chaired by Justice Harrison and not merely voter fate in November.
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General Assembly
Gonwin
Commonwealth
Virginia
Constitutional Commission
Justice al Berris
Harrison, Jr
Goowin
Harrison Commission
The Ordeal At Howard University Faces Turmoil and Choices
The piece outlines Howard University amid student occupation and campus disruption, noting aims for a Black oriented, elite national role vs broadening to serve all. It argues for trustees and alumni to decide whether to pursue a Black university identity or adapt curriculums, urging an end to rebellion and a recharted course.
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Howard University
Howard
School of Law
School of Medicine
Harvard
M.lt
North Carolina College
Durham
Westmoreland firepower under scrutiny in Vietnam report
Peter Arnett of the Associated Press criticizes the heavy use of artillery and air power in Vietnam led by Gen. Westmoreland. The piece notes Americans questioning relentless firepower, the destruction of countryside and cities, and the debate over a new kind of warfare that avoids heavy infantry losses. ARNETT suggests growing public longing for alternatives to massive bombardment.
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Saigon
Peter Arnett
Associated Press
West- Moreland
Vietnam
Arnzzr
William T. Sherman
Arnett
The Danville Register Rights Notice
The Danville Register notes AP dispatches credited or not credited remain exclusive to republication by this paper and local news. All rights of reproduction on special dispatches are reserved.
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Associated Press
Bear one another's burdens and bear your own load
Editor notes on L D Johnson sermon explores two duties: help others carry burdens and test personal responsibility. The preacher cites Paul the Apostle, compares burden and load terms, warns against judgment, and urges self examination and humility. It references Nuremberg trials as caution against abdication of duty.
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Paul
Jones
Jothers
Nuremburg
Great Society Economy Draws Mixed Notes and Projections
Ralph de Toledano critiques Johnson's Great Society, noting trimmed budgets yet rising federal payrolls and new programs. He cites shifts in Agriculture and Post Office staffing, deficits, and international copper shipments, warning of hidden costs and upcoming voter judgment. Lefty Pattie reports from a big league tryout with optimistic distance.
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Congress
Johnson
State Department
Washington Post
Mr. Johnson
White House
Hubert Horratio
Humphrey
Scranton
Lockheed Jetstar
Washington
Vance Marthel
D.-Ind
United Evanston (Indiana) College
States
al Theres
Air Force
Eisenhower
Hartke
Kasnedy
Lefty Pattie
O.K
Hoarders Not De Gaulle Undermining The Dollar
Clarence Streit and Janeway argue over who undermines the dollar as they cite Federal Reserve data showing France and Italy boosting dollar holdings while Sweden and Spain cut. Streit urges a federated Atlantic currency system but questions remain who has the wisdom to unite Western democracies.
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Clarence Streit
Old London Sunday Times
Elliot
de Gaulle
France
Roosevelt
Streit
Federal Reserve
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Canada
Sweden
Spain
U. S
Mr. Streit
George Schwartz
Cordell Hull
Raymond Moley
Germany
Hitler
Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht
Britain
Soviet Russia
Clarence Street
Echo
Democrats in decline reflect earlier party collapses
A political essay argues the Democratic party teeters toward death like Federalists and Whigs, citing loss of intellectual leadership after Kennedy and Stevenson, mismanagement under Johnson, and internal splits. It notes McCarthy and Kennedy primaries, Mansfield opposition, Fulbright dissents, Wallace as independent, and War policy fallout amid Vietnam casualties.
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Washington, D. C
Federalist Party
United States
George Washington
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Supreme Court
John Marshall
Hamilton
Harrison
Taylor
Bank of the United States
Jackson
John Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Stevenson
Clay
Webster
Jhot
Lyndon Johnson
Eugene McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
Bill Fulbright
George Wallace
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