Grain shortage debate links beef to feedlots and exports
A survey discusses grain use and food relief, defending livestock feeding as essential to US grain capacity. It notes India's food crisis stems from poor distribution and government misallocations, while American criticism of meat consumption is countered by experts who explain grain-to-meat ratios and flexibility from livestock production.
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India
Africa
E. R. Barrick
N.C. State University
United States
Barrick
British Labor Divides Over Common Market Influence
The British Labour Party shows deep dissension led by Tony Benn against Prime Minister Harold Wilson over Common Market membership. A London conference saw radicals push to withdraw, but the party vote favored staying, with 3,724,000 opposed to 1,986,060 in favor. A national poll indicates seven of ten Britons favor remaining in the Common Market.
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British Labor Party
Tony Benn
Benn
Harold Wilson
London
Wilson
Britain
Labor Party
Wil
Marjorie Main Made Millions as Ma Kettle and More
Actress Marjorie Main died at 85 after a long career in film and theater. Known for Ma Kettle in The Egg and I and the Kettle series with Percy Kilbride, she appeared in about 80 films. A former preacher’s daughter, she changed her name, wed a doctor in 1921, and lived as a non smoker and non drinker, adhering to Moral Re-Armament.
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Marjorie Main
Hollywood
Ma Kettle
Kettle” Pictures
Percy Kilbride
Miss Main
CIA Plot to Kill Chiang Recalls Cold War Tactics
Washington reports recount a CIA linked plot to kill Chiang Kai-shek as a cautionary tale for leaders allied with the United States. The piece notes regional upheavals with Nguyen Vang Chieu in South Vietnam Lon Nol in Cambodia and Diem’s assassination. It cites past State Department and CIA tensions over Chiang in the early 1950s and frames the episode as a warning about pro American regimes.
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Washington
Nguyen Vang Chieu
South Vietnam
Lon Nol
Cambodia
Ngo Dinh Diem
Thieu
State Department
CIA
Chiang Kai-shek
CIA Assassination Plots Highlight Cold War Tensions
A former Washington columnist recounts CIA attempts to kill Chiang Kai-shek and Syngman Rhee, funded by a $5 million plan. The tale links State Department aims to topple leaders, notes political backlash, and questions CIA authority in foreign affairs.
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Republic of China
Taiwan
CIA
Constantine Brown
Washington Star
Chiang
Tapei
Harold Lavine
Newsweek
Richard Nixon
Capitol
Syngman Rhee
Nixon
Buckley on Cambodia Revisionism and Lon Nol’s Rise
Buckley argues the United States did not cause Cambodia’s chaos or topple Sihanouk in 1970. He details Sihanouk’s shifting stance, US bombing diplomatically, and Lon Nol’s limited early government, while noting the rise of Khmer Rouge and North Vietnamese influence leading to Phnom Penh’s peril and the brutal regime’s advance. He dismisses claims of US orchestrating Lon Nol’s coup.
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United States
Sihanouk
Kennedy
South Vietnam
Chester Bowles
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Central Intelligence Agency
Paris
Lon Nol
Moscow
North
Vietnam
Lan Nol
Foreign Service
Air Force
Khmer Rouge
United States Army
NVA
Angkor Wat
West should back Concorde for global competitiveness
John Chamberlain West urges the West to recover strength and credibility by embracing energy self sufficiency and closer Western Europe America ties. He critiques anti Concorde sentiment, argues new SST flights would not worsen noise, cites DOT findings shielding ozone concerns, and says the jet is a business tool to keep Western nations competitive.
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U.S
Indochina
South Vietnam
Robert Thompson
England
France
West Germany
Cambodia
Australia
West
Japan
Europe
America
British Airways
Kennedy Airport
New York
Dulles
Virginia
William Proxmire
Atlantic Coast
Kennedy
Department of Transportation
DOT
Moscow
Vladivostok
Seniors take college courses under VCCS plan
Joseph M. Taylor president of Danville Community College explains that qualified high school seniors are enrolled in college courses with principal and superintendent approval. The Virginia Community College System already supports seniors taking courses to get a head start, and schools may accept college credits toward the senior year. The college seeks articulation with local high schools for maximum educational efficiency.
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Danville Register
Virginia Community College System
Danville Community’ S College
Thomas C. Little
Richmond Public Schools
Vccs Advisory Council of Presidents
Dublin
Virginia
Danville Community College
Joseph M. Taylor
Ivory Heads in Ivy Clad Towers Editorial Letter
Letter from John R. Freeman praising a Sunday editorial on Danville education. It urges questions about education quality, testing, support for gifted and disabled students, teacher professionalism, and collaboration with Averett and Danville Community College to offer advanced courses credited by colleges.
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Danville
Averett and
Senator Soaper and the stamp tax rumor flair
A clipped, satirical paragraph notes a Texas tale about Senator Soaper and a $10,000 tip claim stirring talk of John Connally. It pivots to concerns about a 1040 form and a minor stamp deduction while riffing on royal ancestry and hanging horse thieves among presidents.
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John Connally
Danville Daily Subscription Rates Explained
The Danville Register lists daily and Sunday home delivery rates and mail options. Rates include 85 cents weekly by carrier, 15 cents per single copy, 25 cents for Sunday only, and yearly mail at 33 dollars with six, three, and one month options. Notices mailed 10 days before expiration.
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Danville
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