Death sentence imposed after capital punishment review
A North Carolina judge sentenced James M. Cummings to death in the gas chamber for killing Officer Charles H. Lee, eight months after a Supreme Court ruling condemned the death penalty as administered. The case sparks renewed debate as federal and state leaders push restoration of capital punishment to curb serious crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
North Carolina
N.C
Nixon
Congress
Richard G Kleindienst
California
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
State Supreme Court
Smithfield
E. Maurice Braswell
U.S. Supreme Court
James M. Cummings
Lee
Braswell
Warren Burger
Democrats Consider Counter-Budget To Nixon Spending
Senate Democrats plan a counter-budget akin to Byrd's 1960s tactic to spotlight federal spending and curb deficits. The Policy Committee would aim to match Nixon's $268.7 billion overall outlays, risking a $12.7 billion 1974 deficit, with Finance Committee constraints and limited chances for passage in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Democrats
Harry F. Byrd
Finance Committee
Byrd
Congress
White House
Senate
Democrats
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Policy Committee
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Mansfield
House
Missing Name in Israel Tourism Ad Sparks Curiosity
The Israel Government Tourist Office circulated a Sunday Times ad inviting readers to join a long list of summer visitors to Israel. It featured 42 signatures from Abraham to Mark Twain and others like Solomon, Herod, Pompey, Ptolemy I, Matthew, Luke and John, Richard the Lionhearted, Saladin, and Lawrence. The conspicuous omission of one signature drew attention as readers scanned for the missing name and the box detailing travel routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Government
Sunday Times of
London
Israel
Abraham
Mark Twain
Solomon
Herod
Pompey
Ptolemy I
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Richard the Lionhearted
Saladin
Lawrence
SCORE and ACE Behind Small Business Successes Quietly
The Washington Dress corps notes SCORE-Service Corps and ACE-Active Corps of Executives work with the Small Business Administration to aid small firms. Under Elmer Lange, 4,300 retired and active executives volunteer their time to mentor, evaluate, and guide struggling businesses, yielding tangible gains like Tranetics turning into a 1.3 million dollar yearly operation. Yet the program still struggles to reach those who need it most.
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Washington Dress Corps
SCORE
Service Corps
ACE
Small Business Administration
Ace-Score
America
Capitol Hill
Washington
Elmer F. Lange
Iowa
Acescore
Lange
George Winans
San Diego
Winans
Tranetics, Inc
Carl P. N. Jensen
The Miracle of C Communication at Furman Chapel
Chaplain speaks on two students reacting differently to the same prayer showing meaning depends on listener. Communication barriers include language, prejudice, defensiveness, fear, and mistrust, all hindering two way understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furman University
Retief
I. “Howe
America
Reflections on Greece from Kilpatrick in Crete and Knossos
James J. Kilpatrick muses on a pilgrimage through Crete and mainland Greece. He contrasts ancient Minoan and Mycenaean splendor with modern decline, seeing ruins as living memory and urging Western civilization to leave a lasting mark before its own decay.
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Phaistos
Crete
Greece
Minoa
Radamanthus
Zeus
Agamemnon
Great Lion Gate
Troy
Inflation Gardens in Washington and Home Victory Plots
Washington laments rising food costs as Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan advocates Victory Gardens to curb prices. The piece notes urban gardeners turning balconies rooftops and even milk cartons into productive plots with movable gardens, including a Manhattan penthouse growing thousands of square feet of vegetables in creative containers.
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Washington
Peter J. Brennan
Brennan
Manhattan
Downey and Powers Reflections on Cold War Endurance
Holmes Alexander argues the Downey release shows American resolve and dignity versus Powers in captivity. He praises Nixon for securing Downey's freedom, condemns Eisenhower and others, and urges hard line against communism while warning of broader civil unrest and foreign policy dangers.
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Washington, D.C
Jack ‘Downey
Potomac
Nixon
Francis Gary
Powers
Russia
Eisenhower
Herter
Senate Armed Services Committee
Soviet Union
Chris Herter
John Foster Duiles
Russell
Georgia
Downey
Kennedy
Johnson
CIA
Ani
Richard Nixon
White House
China
Vietnam
Cuba
Kipling
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists daily and Sunday subscription options with carrier rates at 50 cents per week, single copies ten cents, and mail rates yearly at twenty dollars, six months ten dollars and fifty cents, three months five dollars and twenty-five cents, and one month is one dollar and seventy-five cents. Notice mailed ten days before expiration. renewals urged.
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Ralph de Teledane
James J. Kilpatrick
Knossos
Heraklion
Minos
Theseus
Daedalus
Christ
Corinth
Athens
Parthenon
Chicago
Denver
Pericles
Geographic
Holmes Alexander
Danville
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