Democratic split over 1976 convention rule enforcement
Democrats split over policing the 1976 convention rules as Barbara Mikulski seeks to head the enforcement group while Robert S. Strauss backs former New York Mayor Robert J. Wagner for the 17 member Compliance Review Commission. The plan bars mandatory quotas and includes diverse participation goals.
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Barbara Mikulski
Baltimore
Robert S. Strauss
Strauss
Robert J. Wagner
New York
George McGovern
Miss Mikulski
Wagner
Miss. Mikulski
Richard G. Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Alex Smith
Chicago
House
Senate
Employment at 85.7 Million in United States
The United States added 570,000 jobs in October bringing employment to 85.7 million and reducing the unemployment rate to 4.5 percent the lowest in three and a half years. Manufacturing gained 105,000 positions as the labor market grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Wastefulness Bring Energy Crisis and Rationing Calls
The piece argues strict fuel oil and possibly gasoline rationing are imminent due to wartime supply fears. It urges lower thermostats, abandoning air conditioning, reduced travel, airline flight cuts, and a shift to conservation. It reflects on past energy use and laments wasteful habits while stressing prudent, long term limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Levant
Nixon
The Imperial Presidency debate and energy outlook
Jeffrey Hart cites Arthur Schlesinger Jr on The Imperial Presidency and questions if the United States remains a republic or has become a global empire. The piece argues congressional limits hinder managing distant interests and notes Wilson’s early imperial view. It contrasts energy waste with returning to simpler living and self reliance, warning against reliance on nuclear power and luxury.
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Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Jackson
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Raphael
Schlesinger
United States
Republic
White House
Hichard
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Caribbean
Representative Assembly
Woodrow Wilson
Old Republic
Arabia
Libya
von Tim
Ford Nomination and succession plan debate
The piece argues for speeding Ford's Vice Presidential confirmation and proposes a constitutional change to align succession with the president's party. It notes Speaker Carl Albert would become president if no VP is confirmed and calls for automatic, party-consistent succession. It also comments on pumpkins, UN observers in the Middle East, and economic quirks with bad checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vas
Imperial
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Berlin
Middle East
South
Afghanistan
Gerald Ford
White House
Ford
House
Carl Albert
Resign Now Letters From Virginia Voters Demand Impeachment
A Virginia office reports over a thousand letters opposing President Nixon and urging resignation or impeachment. Of 162 respondents contacted, 125 voted for McGovern, 32 for Nixon, and 84 cited the Washington Post as their information source. The memo argues impeachment critics mainly did not vote for Nixon and supports letting Nixon finish his four year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
Watts
Nixon
McGovern
Common Cause
American Civil Liberties
Battery I 111th Field Artillery Reunites in Danville
A WWI veteran recalls Danville’s 1917 armed camps with Battery E and I units, noting high volunteer turnout and postwar hardships. He recalls the Bonus Bill, the Bonus March, gas used by MacArthur, and calls the nation the best despite faults, closing with a salute to his country.
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Danville
Battery I
111Th Field Artillery
Richmond Blues
Company M
Battery E Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Virginia
France
Salvation Army
Congress
Washington, D.C
Hoover
General MacArthur
Rev. Abernathy
Washington Mall
Robert Churchill
20Th Division
ABRF
Harrisonburg U
Let Probe Begin House Urged For Nixon Impeachment Action
Editors urge the House to press impeachment proceedings against President Nixon to settle charges over the past 20 months. They argue a Senate trial would vindicate or condemn, restore order, and protect the Republic, warning against partisan delay. Figures and rhetoric emphasize the electoral stakes and the need for due process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Gerald Ford
Nixon
Ford
White House
Danville Daily Subscription Rates and Policies
The Danville Register explains carrier and mail rates for daily and Sunday editions with in city and suburban delivery at 50 cents weekly, single copies ten cents, Sunday only twenty cents, and annual mail rates of twenty dollars with renewals due ten days before expiration.
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Russell Kirk
Minneapolis
Eadin
Petente
Jeffrey Hart
The
Imperial Presidency
Sam
Unele
Mother Nature
AL Snows
Avila
Spain
Janes J. Kilpatrick
Hebrides
Scotland
United Nations
Sen, William L. Scott
Richard Nixon
Republicar
Harris
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