Racial balance and politics loom in Richmond education debate
The piece analyzes the 4-4 Supreme Court split on Richmond school mergers with Henrico and Chesterfield, urging focus on education quality over forced integration. It links court rulings, civil rights aims, and constitutional structure, then shifts to Virginia GOP debates where John Dalton, Herbert Morgan, and Joseph Canada weigh joint debates amid pre convention campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Supreme Court
Richmond City
Henrico
Chesterfield
Richmond
Detroit
Robert R.merhige, Jr
Merhige
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
Republic
del. Herbert Morgan
Arlington
John Dalton
Radford
Dalton
Morgan
Joseph Canada
Virginia Beach
Canada
U.S
Ted
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanley
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Safe Grounds Initiative Moves To Curb Campus Assaults
University of Virginia Student Council seeks safer grounds for women and all users after rising attacks. Proposals include high frequency sound devices for self defense and a cadet style night patrol to deter assailants and ticket parked cars. Priority is safety over standings in Charlottesville campus life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Social Security and the Poverty Question in Nixon Era Debates
The article questions whether Social Security truly counters poverty amid an inflationary economy. It notes critics accuse administrators of heartlessness while considering Cohen and Johnson officials’ claims about OEO and War on Poverty. It highlights groups barred from benefits, such as teachers who retired before amendments, and defends Social Security as the major anti poverty program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
OEO
Cohen
Wilbur Cohen
Johnson
Miss X
New York
Clearwater
Florida
New York State
Connecticut
American Federation of Teachers
Albert
Night Of The Long Knives In Watergate era politics
The piece portrays factional infighting within the Republican Party during Watergate, detailing Haldeman Ehrlichman power, Mitchellites, and anti White House sentiment. It discusses campaign focus on Nixon, Democrat defections, and liberal attempts to smear administration figures, with a side note on retired teachers and Social Security.
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Nixon
Republican Party
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Haldeman-Ehrlichman
John Mitchell
Mitchellites
Justice Department
Haldemanites
White House
Maldeman
Gordon Allott
Colorado
Sammy Glicks
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bicentenary impatience across states and commissions
The writer laments slow efforts to celebrate the U S bicentennial. Virginia shows coherent plans in Williamsburg Jamestown Yorktown. many states lag. Nixon reshapes the national commission while governors cut posts. Michigan's Lansing misses funding for a Grand River park project. Rockefeller Jr begins private efforts to salvage celebration.
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United States
Virginia
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Yorktown
Old Dominion
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Appalachians
America
Atlantic Seaboard
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Michigan
Lousiana
Lansing
Grand River
In Defense Of Old Values In Virginia Alcohol Trends
An editorial argues old values persist despite new reports on drugs. It notes Virginia ABC findings that bourbon and scotch lose popularity to smoky tastes and vodka or slivovitz, while youths favor table wine for health, signaling a shift away from hard liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
He-Hill
Virginia
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
ABC
Old South
Kentucky
Franklin County
ABC Board
Roosevelt Nixon work ethic echo spans generations
Holmes Alexander reviews Bernard Asbell’s forthcoming The FDR Memoirs, arguing the imagined Roosevelt voice praises self-reliance and a strong work ethic. The piece contrasts Roosevelt and Nixon on welfare, noting both presidents failed to fully enact work-based policies, and contends restoring the Roosevelt-Nixon ideal remains vital for America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
America
Richard Nixon
Franklin
Roosevelt
Bernard Asbell
Asbell
Jas
Fdr
United States
Nixon
Capitol
Congress
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Ralph de de Toledor Ledano
Jeffrey Hart
Night of the Long Knives
Elliott Richardson
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richardson
Jacob Javits
Edward Gurney
Kirk
North Carolina
Richard F. Gibbs
Gibbs
United Kingdom
Britain
John D. Rockefeller
H. J. Mencken
Mencken
Roanoke Times
Holmes Alexander
Danville Register
Danville
U Ita
City
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