Disaster raises call for safer emergency vehicle rules
Civil Defense Coordinator Clarence Rea noted the Danville collision near Main and River Streets killed five and affected two companies. He argued the tragedy shows the need to prioritize the belt highway quadrant to divert heavy traffic, reduce hazards, and clarify when emergency vehicles may legally preempt signals. Police seek witnesses to establish circumstances while urging clearer city codes on red lights and priority driving.
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Clarence “Pete” Rea, Jr
Main
River Streets
Danville
U.S. 39
Mast
City Farm
North Carolina
Piedmont
Richmond
Virginia Department of Highways
Hell Line
NYT reporters give mixed signals on Vietnam and Cuba
The piece critiques Anthony Lewis and compares his Vietnam dispatches to Herbert Matthews’s Cuba coverage. It argues Lewis, like Matthews, offered a selective view, initially noting no Vietnam disruption but later acknowledging port activity reductions. It contends Hanoi shaped the narrative to mislead.
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New York Times
North Vietnam
Anthony Lewis
NYT
London
Hanoi
Lewis
Herbert L. Matthews
Cuba
Castro
Matthews
Havana
Herter
Boston
Saltonstall
Times
Videl Castro
Maiphong
Anticosti to upside down continents reveal magnetic past
A Danville article notes scientists analyzing ancient rocks in Colorado Arizona and Wyoming suggest three billion years ago North America lay below the equator and upside down relative to today. The land then rotated through a wide arc first clockwise then counterclockwise while other continents followed similar paths.
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Antinvica
Colorado
Arizona
Wyoming
North America
Soaper unfazed by taxes in defining success
Senator Soaper argues success is making money without paying taxes. The annual ramp festival continues in North Carolina, noted as downwind from much of the country.
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North Carolina
Abortion Debate in New York Legislature and Nixon View
Jeffrey Hart discusses the New York Legislature repeal of liberal abortion laws, Nixon's stance and Catholic Church positions. He weighs rights over the fetus versus maternal needs, argues for duties to support unwanted children, and calls for adoption and social provisions alongside moral debates.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
New York State
Law Hill
Mary
Cardinal Cooke
Wallace’s Michigan Maryland wins alter politics after shooting
In a hospital bed Governor Wallace gains national sympathy and power as he pursues Democratic nomination. He carried Michigan and Maryland, winning across cities and rural districts by addressing burning issues like busing and crime. The piece notes his populist stance and its disruption of liberal complacency.
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George Wallace
Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Alabama
Senator Myern
Parting Shots on Wallace and Democratic Convention
The column argues Wallace’s impact on the Democratic race, noting his Michigan and Maryland wins and potential delegate strength at Miami Beach. It contemplates Kennedy’s influence, liberal reforms, busing disputes, and the risk of Wallace as kingmaker or disruptor if party unity falters at the convention.
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Humphey
Wallace
George Meany
McGovern
Humphrey
Michigan
Maryland
California
Miami Beach
Iennessee
Alabama
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Chicago
Nixon Moscow trip eyed for big trade deal
Holmes Alexander argues Nixon should secure a billion-dollar USSR goods exchange to justify the Moscow visit. He notes self interest and commerce as priorities, with Russian petroleum, grain, lumber, and fertilizers offering vast market potential while warning against arming concessions. A trade pact could outweigh disarmament gains.
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Washington, D. C
Richard Nixon
Moscow
Nixon Hte
Soviet Union
Nixon
Russia
Commercce
Orville Freeman
Dminn
Tim Babcock
Occidental International Corp
Freeman
Babcock
Thie
Ussr
U. S
United States
Leningrad
U.S
Canada
Business International
Moscow Visit Frames Nixon Summit News Tone
Ralph de Toledano notes Moscow atmosphere shapes early Nixon visit. Reporters fret over blocked access and await communiques while Moscow modernizes with hotels, towers, and restored churches. Brezhnev talks in Sessions as White House press awaits results not captured on paper.
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Soviet Union
Nikita
Lieve
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Nixon
Vnukoano
White House
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Danville Register
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THOR
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Mather
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Willie, Mays
John Lindsay
Syndicated
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Washington Zoo
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American Press Corps
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