Inmate Poole Sues State Over Prison Rights
An inmate at Virginia Penitentiary, William Poole, sued the Commonwealth for 100000 alleging constitutional rights violations. Judge Juergens dismissed the case after hearing evidence about a peanut butter incident, a pork sausage religious objection, and damaged paintings, highlighting ease of suing the state and concerns over frivolous suits.
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Virginia
William Poole
Virginia Penitentiary
Poole
Commonwealth
Illinois
U.S. District Court
William G. Juergens
Juergens
Penitentiary Mess Hall
Mess Hall
Energy Saving Time A Year Round Daylight Plan
The piece notes support in Congress for permanent daylight saving time to save fuel and reduce energy use. Senator Adlai Stevenson argues a year-long shift could cut about 1.5 percent of national fuel use, with Europe seeing fewer auto accidents and crime during the longer daylight hours.
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Congress
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Britain
Western
Europe
Wallace Support Split in Governor Campaign
Wallace supporters face divisions as American Party members in Newport News and Peninsula Shipbuilders Association back Mills E Godwin Jr. Other Wallace loyalists like M A Goode urge Wallace faction backing Godwin, while Danville Pittsylvania groups oppose Howell, accusing him of opposing Wallace principles.
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Wallace
American Party
Newport News
Peninsula Area
Mills E. Godwin, Jr
Godwin
Peninsula Shipbuilders Association
M. A. Goode
Virgilina
Mills Godwin
Goode
Howell
George Wallace
Danville
Pittsylvania
Henry Howell
Holmes Alexander Foes Destroying Nation To Get Nixon
Washington based column argues critics threaten the republic and urge Nixon removal. The piece claims rumors reflect a breakdown in the President and aides behavior, with references to impeachment pressure, insomnia, and tense White House dynamics with Kissinger.
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Holmes Alexander
Nixon
Vindication of Detente and Nixon’s Mid East crisis view
The piece argues Nixon’s detente claim is dubious citing near confrontation in the Middle East, warns detente should curb Soviet threats, and questions future military strength. It recalls Eisenhower and Kennedy crises in Berlin Cuba and Quemoy Matsu, framing Nixon as attacked by critics while defending free enterprise and law and order.
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Nixon
Soviet Union
Mideast
United States
Russia
U.S
Eisenhower
Lebanon
Khrushchev
Berlin
People’s Republic of
Kennedy
Cuba
Israel
Farrom
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Richard Nixon
Yuletide
Nixon and Cox Fallout Refuels Public Trust Debate
The piece argues Nixon's critics and press pushed the President toward a crisis, labeling Archibald Cox as a partisan prosecutor and condemning the dismissal as a troubling event. It warns that the nation bears wounds from partisan strife and urges focusing anger on responsible figures rather than the President.
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Nixon
America
Archibald Cox
Cox
The Watergate Prosecution Dilemma and constitutional limits
Washington commentary argues that a truly independent federal prosecutor cannot exist under current law. It asserts the House is the proper body to investigate presidential misconduct, with impeachment as the constitutional remedy, while noting the president remains legally above the law in practical terms.
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Washington
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Congress
United States
Cox
Justice Department
House of Representatives
House
Executive Branch
Senate
Warren Burger
White House
Supreme Court
Whither Mr Nixon And The Presidency
This piece argues the Nixon crisis mirrors Johnsons impeachment era, blaming Nixon for Watergate fallout and executive overreach. It contends opposition seeks to derail him, while noting the presidency suffers, the nation faces crisis, and Soviet momentum grows as US leadership wanes.
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Andrew Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Congress
United States
Reader commends sober stance in Danville liquor vote
A caller challenges an editorial on Liquor by the Drink and urges a NO vote on November 6. The letter argues the issue is central to public safety and condemns the paper for an ad cost and its framing. The writer warns Danville risks being out of step with Virginia and appeals to sober voters.
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Tam
Danville
Virginia
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Renewal Notice
The Danville Register lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery in city and suburbs at 50 cents a week by carrier and 10 cents for single copies. Sunday only is 20 cents. Mail subscriptions: one year 20 dollars, six months 10.50, three months 5.25, one month 1.75. Notices mailed 10 days before expiration. renewals encouraged.
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Charlie Chaplin
William F. Buckley, Jr
Crosby
Noyes
Ralph de Toledano
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John Dean II
Gerald Ford
Carl Albert
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Katzenjammer
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Unites States Senate
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