Pick Em Yourself farms aid harvest labor and savings
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce studies self harvest schemes to relieve labor shortages in picking perishable fruits and vegetables. Danville area hosts grape arbors and growing interest in Pick Em ventures with Scuppernong and Concord varieties priced for customers who gather themselves. The program aims to share knowledge and promote joint advertising to support growers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Publius Vergilius Maro
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce
North Carolina
Danville
Memorial Drive
Country Club Drive
Poff Investigated for Supreme Court Consideration
Norfolk Virginian Pilot reports that Richard H. Poff was investigated in 1971 while discussed as a possible U S Supreme Court nominee. The probe by John J Caulfield found nothing unfavorable. Poff withdrew from consideration citing political attacks and instead joined the Virginia Supreme Court.
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Hampton Roads
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Richard H. Poff
Virginia
U. S. Supreme Court
Nixon
Supreme Court
Senate
Department of Justice
Clement Haynsworth
G. Harold Carswell
Rep. Poff
John J. Caulfield
New York
White House
Caulfield
Poff
NAACP
Afl-Cio
Congress
Johnson
Senator Soaper Promotes Wildlife Name Sports Teams Argument
A senator argues for preserving endangered species by allowing use of wild animal names for teams. The view contends nudie films lack obscenity due to redeeming financial value, according to producers.
Ellsberg on Meet the Press Provokes Bafflegab Debate
James J Kilpatrick argues Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers, dodges core questions on morality and law. He notes the case hinges on ownership of information and national security, condemning self-justifying claims of a higher law while urging clear punishable statutes.
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Washington
Daniel
Elsberg
Pentagon Papers
Meet the Press
Carl Stern
NBC
David “Kraslow
Washington Star-News
Joan
Ellsberg
U.S
Indochina
New York Times
Elisberg
Stern
Kraslow
Antigone
Henry Mencken
Boston Common
Luther King
Birmingham
Watergate
The
Times
Jack Anderson
Park Bench
Muskie Echoes and Ellsberg Testimony in Senate Hearing
Senate committee chair Muskie shows mixed mood during Ellsberg testimony on secrecy and executive power. Ellsberg accuses Nixon aides and cites Pentagon Papers theft while Muskie weighs secrecy limits and democratic disclosure in a tense session.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Chaman
Ed Muskie
Daniel Elisberg
Pentagon
Elisberg
Thurmond
Carolina
Ellsberg
Nixon
Vands
Rand Corp
Muskie
George McGovern
Fitzgerald
Otepka
Benedict Arnold
Congress
Executive
Watergate and the ghouls of Washington
Ralph de Toledano argues that Watergate is overstated and the outrage serves political ends. He condemns the media and New Left for convicting Nixon without evidence and accuses Washington insiders of orchestrating a political lynching while dismissing broader historical wrongs. He critiques CBS Sixty Minutes and defends Agnew despite claims.
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United States
Spiro Agnew
CBS
Nicholas von Hoffmann
Nixon
Hoffman
Nixon calls for tougher federal crime laws to back death penalty
A reader urges Congress to pass stricter anti crime measures citing President Nixon and arguing that liberal judges and media undermine law and order. The letter seeks public support for harsher penalties on drug sellers and restoration of the death penalty for federal offenses.
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Nixon
Washington D.C
Congress
Supreme Court
Parting Shots on Peak Costs and TV in Classrooms
A wry look at mountaineering costs versus free stairs and growing TV use in schools. The piece notes a boy recalling early release due to teacher tech trouble, mentions a Capitol influence on teapot lore, and jokes about a Nixon Library papers scare chaired by a born worker.
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Richard M. Nixon
Watergate keeps political pot boiling across party lines
The piece argues powerful forces push Watergate fever to stay hot, aiding Democratic allies and the media to unsettle the Nixon administration. It notes Europe’s shifts, Brezhnev’s strengthened position, and the West’s cautious press, while the White House wields leverage to push lasting national issues forward.
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Barry Goldwater
Vermont Royster
Wall Street Journal
Democratic Party
Washington Post
BBC
Post
Europe
Brandt
Washington
Bonn
Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
White House
Watergie
Soviet Union
Watergate
Danville Daily Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery in city and suburbs at 50 cents per week by carrier, and 10 cents for a single copy. Mail options include one year for 20 dollars, six months ten dollars and fifty nine cents, three months five dollars and twenty five cents, or one month one dollar seventy five cents. Notice mailed ten days before expiration. renewals urged.
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Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Senator Soaper
James J. Kilpatrick
Holmes Alexander
Kissinger
Haig
Harvard
Elfsberg
Maine
Ralph de Toledano
Richard Nixon
A¢ Nauseum
New Left
David
Uriah
Teapot Dome
Wilson
Mr. Nixon
Haldemans
Ehrlichmans
Andrew Johnson
the People
Mexander V. Berkis
Dome
Jeffrey Hart
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