Residency Rule Bias Sparks City Council Debate
Danville and Pittsylvania officials examined a residency rule for firefighters amid calls for equal standards across city workers. Council member Wenico Barker urged a uniform policy as City Manager James W. Lord reviews a municipal worker handbook, aiming to remove discrimination while ensuring rapid emergency response.
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Good Wheat and Grain Sales Signal Benefits for Farmers and Consumers
U S Department outlook suggests 1976 wheat crop near 2 billion bushels and corn near 6.4 billion, with substantial carryover possibly lifting bread prices. Recovery may help consumers, while a 3.4 million metric ton grain sale to the Soviet Union marks a favorable seller’s development for farmers.
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Reagan era pundit talk on Kissinger Reston and Panama
The essay challenges James Reston’s claims about Henry Kissinger and Reagan, questions Kissinger’s supposed testimony on Reagan’s gullibility, and argues for Reagan’s sovereignty over the Panama Canal. It contrasts Reston’s cosmopolitan stance with Reagan’s view, cites treaty language on canal rights, and condemns Reston’s influence on public discourse. It ends by praising Reagan and criticizing the Reston circle.
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Alaska
Red Play To Lull FDR Now Used On Europe
Washington reacts to Cold War era claims that Communists in Western Europe aim to lull the world into accepting Moscow direction. The piece recalls Browder’s 1940s US ties, alleges Soviet espionage, and warns that Italian Communists seek inclusion in government while promising NATO bases and a free market counterweight to the East. It argues the drive would betray NATO and the Common Market, and cites Tito and Cuba as precedents of Communist duplicity.
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Soviet Defense War Game and ABM Lessons
Holmes Alexander interviews Paul Nitze on Soviet defensive strategy and ABM parity. He cites SALT I aims, Safeguard debates, and Russian preparations for dispersed industries, shelters, and population movement. US lag in defense preparedness versus USSR is framed as a political and strategic warning.
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Foy Kohler
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Nixon
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Harsh talk and old days musings in a quirky row
A witty passage features Senator Soaper defending federal bureaus, Congressman Sludgepump defending constituents, and a desk neighbor lamenting discarded yogurt cartons in his yard. The dialogue satirizes politics, memory, and environmental neglect with humorous asides.
Barry Goldwater on Panama Canal Negotiations and Guerrilla War
Senator Barry Goldwater argues for a diplomatic path on the Panama Canal, cautioning against armed conflict and potential guerrilla warfare. He stresses retaining US operations rights via negotiations, preserving military options only as a last resort, and endorsing a Senate treaty debate to define US jurisdiction.
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Reagan Wins Texas Core to GOP Comeback in Primaries
Stanton Evans notes Reagan’s wins in Texas Indiana Georgia and Alabama show issue dominance over a hostile establishment. By stressing detente foreign policy and spending Reagan attracted crossovers and built a potential national majority for the fall, bridging organizational and financial problems.
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