Governor Goowin Promotes New Yarn Plant in Keysville
In Keysville Virginia Governor Goowin launched Danville Industries newest enterprise, addressing critics who label Virginia a high tax state. He argued sales tax will fund education highways and health while industry adapts to taxes. The piece notes tax figures and debates over per capita tax and local option taxes.
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Goowin
Keysville
Danville Industries, Inc
Charlotte County
General Assembly
Virginia
Mr. Goowin
Gopwin
Harrison
The Impossible Is Done Again in Heroic Resolve
An essay traces the WWII slogan spirit from pre America to perilous alpine feats. It recalls Mt Eiger climbs, four Germans a Scot and two Americans pressing on after a rope frayed, two climbers dying, and the surviving team completing the ascent. It links such will to the drive toward moon missions and the belief that what seems impossible is eventually done.
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James Russel Low Ell
America
Switzerland
Mt. Eiger
Burley Acreage Control Defeated in Tennessee Vote
In Tennessee voters backed a defeat of the acreage poundage control plan for burley tobacco, triggering a 15 percent barley acreage cut ordered by Secretary Freeman. Tennessee growers protested a five percent limit, arguing it won’t curb production, while others note gains in leaf yield over years. President Johnson commends Dean Rusk’s performance amid cabinet duties.
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Tennessee
Orvilie Freeman
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, mail and carrier delivery, with annual, semi annual, and monthly options. It notes AP news rights, national advertising reps, and that rates apply to postal Zones 1 and 2 with renewals due 10 days before expiration.
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Associated Press
TRE Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Reducing Tobacco Taxes Could Boost Exports
Current Opinion argues that high taxes in foreign markets and at home threaten American tobacco. It cites Venezuela, the UK, Japan and Europe with steep duties, notes tobacco taxes have risen for decades, warns Jefferson on taxation. It claims government takes far more from taxes than farmers, risking industry collapse.
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Venezuela
United Kingdom
Japan
Orient
Europe
West Germany
France
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Ad Valorem
Buckley on New Jersey wage case and big government
Wm. F. Buckley Jr argues that New Jersey road workers wage dispute with Local 825 shows how federal power and price guidelines intrude into labor negotiations. He condemns tying wages to presidential edicts, warns of politicalized economics, and urges free market limits on union and state wage demands.
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New Jersey
Operating Engineers Union
United States
General de Gaulle
Great Society
State of New Jersey
California
Johnson
Modern Eden Agua Blanca Mexico Wonder Drug Springs
A travel piece describes Agua Blanca in Mexico with a small hotel run by Don Pancho Vazquez de Mercado. Thermal springs, said to be highly radioactive, draw visitors for cures and a legendary Tarascan heritage. Travelers bath in the waters and mud, with coffee crops and jacaranda in view. the scene blends myth, healing lore, and resort life.
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Agua Blanca
Mexico
Francisco Vazquez de Mercado
Don Pancho
Fray Juan de San Miguel
Ponce
Florida
Rustlers
Blanca
Realibe
Fountain of Youth
du Bois Ponce de Leon
Indians
Liberal double standard in Schwartz ouster compared to Otepka
The piece argues that Abba Schwartz’s dismissal from the State Department mirrors earlier actions against Otto Otepka, claiming liberals apply a selective morality. It cites calls from ADA and Senator Kennedy, questions budget excuses, and notes ongoing liberal travel policy liberalization after Schwartz’s departure.
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Abba Schwartz
Washington
Kennedy
State Department
Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
Ghana
Redeemer
Kwame Nkrumah
China
Schwartz
Geneva
Switzerland
Rusk
Department
Johnson
Americans For Democratic Action
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Red China
Albania
Cuba
Viet Nam
United States
Otto Otepka
Otepka
Internal Security
U.S. Senate
Warsaw
Poland
Senate
Otto ‘Otepka
Atepka
Rhodesian Crisis Sparks British and BBC Criticism
The piece attacks Harold Wilson's Rhodesia policy, accusing Britain of aiding Zambian terrorists via BBC broadcasts and government ties while Rhodesia seeks independence. It claims US officials, notably G. Mennen Williams, suppress Rhodesia facts and push myths to favored journalists.
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Harold Wilson
Zambia
Africa
British Broadcasting Corporation
Zambia Broadcasting Company
Rhodesia
George Nyandoro
Zimbabwe
J. Z. Mayo
George Nyanidore
Salisbury
Sinderbele
Aroas
George Nyan
Doro
Kariba
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