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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1976
Page
2
Survey notes sugar prices peaked amid inflation, prompting reduced consumption and a global supply response. Now a surplus and dumping talk arise as U.S. cane and beet growers seek higher tariffs. The Ford administration should resist. farmers should switch to crops better suited to U.S. conditions and world competition.
At the Fifteenth International Congress on Entomology in Washington scientists voiced a gloomy view of defeating pests harming homes and food. Experts warned insects invade with packaged foods, conceal themselves in pantries, and threaten health. eradicating them may require sealing buildings and fumigation. Government research funding was urged to find safe controls. The piece shifts to a tractor designed by Jones Copeland praised for rugged builds and wide use, including aiding Daniel Ludwig and D P Cleveland, with 108 sold and aims for 400 yearly by 1981.
The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics shows male secretaries rising from 17000 in 1985 to 29000 within a decade, while total secretaries total about 3.25 million. Reasons include women entering new fields and perceived efficiency. Men earn about 179 a week versus 145 for women, highlighting continuing inequality in a female dominated field.
A Southern-focused critique argues Jimmy Carter strains evangelical codes and Southern manners after his Playboy interview. Jeffrey St John and others accuse him of siding with Northern liberals, building a coalition with labor and Meany, while failing to level with Southern voters on core issues. The piece frames Carter as moving from Jim Crow era morals toward a national bureaucratic state.
Two American scientists backed by the National Geographic Society presented fossils from Ellesmere Island in Canada suggesting a land bridge once linked North America and Europe. Dr. Robert M. West and Dr. Mary R. Dawson described teeth and bone fragments of diverse animals, from mice to large tapirs, found in a temperate Arctic region, supporting the continental connection theory.
A Washington brief critiques Henry Kissinger’s Africa diplomacy, arguing his majority rule stance risks racial backlash and misreads ethnic justice. It contrasts his Southeast Asia gambles with hopes for a Chilean ceasefire, while noting Stoessinger’s biographical readings and broader calls for détente over force.
Joseph Kraft argues that despite a recent dip in the Index of Economic Indicators and rising unemployment, the underlying economy shows a cautious recovery. Inventories, consumer demand, and investment are gradually turning positive while inflation fears temper renewed growth and political credit in the Ford administration is questioned.
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