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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1975
Page
2
Easter dawns as Christians greet the risen Lord and find hope beyond death. The piece reflects on suffering, endurance, and interior virtue, noting how even mayors in Baltimore Memphis and New Orleans reveal idealistic wishes for their cities, ranging from happiness to unity and love.
The mayor of a small Bavarian village refuses to wed couples unless they pledge to have children within two years. With a town population of about 800 and only one birth in 1974, he challenges anti population trends.
The poem speaks of rainbows as promises of love and faith. It links rainbows to forgiveness, healing, eternal peace, and a vision of departed loved ones in a beautiful city. It ends with best wishes of rainbows for a friend.
Vladimir Maksimov, Russian exile and editor of Kontinent, meets reporters in Georgetown to discuss Brezhnev succession. He names Andrei Kirilenko as likely next General Secretary, with Vladimir Shcherbitsky as a younger alternative, and notes no policy change is anticipated.
The piece contrasts Pontius Pilate’s hand washing with Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, using basins as symbols of self interest versus service. It links moral responsibility to public life, cites Solzhenitsyn and Maksimov, and criticizes evasive leadership amid Cold War era references. Jesus’ feet washing stands for active service, while Pilate’s basin embodies rationalized indifference.
William F Buckley Jr recalls the 1960 rise of the Committee for Fair Play to Cuba and its signers including Norman Mailer James Baldwin Truman Capote Jean Paul Sartre Simone de Beauvoir and Kenneth Tynan. He questions CIA involvement and the effect on public perception amid Cold War tensions and Florida.
Russell Kirk and Frank Mankiewicz discuss blame for U S troubles. They argue no single group is at fault, instead the American public's demand for services and rising expectations fuels inflation and policy missteps. Presidents Hoover and Ford are cited as scapegoats for 1932 and 1976.
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