Virginia libraries need full funding for expansion
A survey urges Virginia to fund public libraries fully under the 1970 formula, highlighting that current state aid of 1.1 million falls far short of the 4.5 million need. It cites Danville, Martinsville, and other districts, urging the Governor's Budget Advisory Board and General Assembly to act.
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Virginia
West Virginia
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State Library Board
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Virginia Beach
Danville
Pittsylvania
Martinshille
Henry
Franklin and Patrick
Commonwealth
Martinsville-Henry County
Franklin-Patrick
Pittsylvania County
New Disc Star Uncle Sam Ervin Aims for Hollywood
A North Carolina born humorist Senator Sam Ervin has cut a disc for Columbia Records. The producer expects sales of half a million copies in the first week. The piece may boost Ervin as a TV entertainer on Hee Haw after his record success.
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Sam” Ervin
Corn Pone
Burke County
North
Calina
Columbia Records
New York
Ervin
Carolina Hill Country
CBS
Uncle Sam
Hollywood
Roy Clark
Sam Ervin
Soviet intellectuals warn U S on detente and arms build up
Barry Goldwater notes American intellects are learning from Soviet peers who warn against appeasement of the Kremlin. Russia’s thinkers claim the United States risks danger by detente and disarmament efforts, urging strong defense and continued vigilance as Moscow pursues military expansion and nuclear superiority.
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Soviet Union
Russia
America
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Old House Un-American Activities Committee
United States
Kremlin
Ital
Unital
Nixon
Soviet ‘Union
McGoverns
Bloodless coup plot eyed by Nixon foes and Rockefeller plan
A Washington Post piece by David Broder spurred strong reaction as critics claim a New Left blueprint for ousting President Nixon via an extra constitutional cabal. The essay allegedly imagines governors plotting to replace Nixon with Nelson Rockefeller, then electing him through the House, a notion deemed a dangerous overreach.
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Kennedy
Archibald Cox
United States
New Left
Richard Nixon
Franklin
Hamilton
John Adams
Jackson
Washington Post
David Broder
Nixon
T O
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
House of Representatives
Carl Albert
Rockefeller
White House
Love that speaks and acts for true care in marriage and family
The essay argues love is not sentimental weakness or passive surrender. True love requires boundaries, rebuke, and forgiveness, challenging exploitation in marriage, parenting, and friendships. It condemns tolerating abuse and urges mature behavior, growth, and sustained corrective love.
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Paul
Jesus
Sacred Court Defiance in Nixon Era Cited by Hart
Jeffrey Hart argues that the Supreme Court has become a sacred, oracular arbiter in American life and that Congress and amendments rarely override its decisions. The piece notes strong views that a President might defy court orders, while criticizing the Court’s exalted status and its hold over public opinion.
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Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
John Connally
Charles Wright
Raoul Berger
Congress
Senate
Environmentalists as elitists critique sparks reader reply
REGISTERed Mail To the Editor argues against John Chamberlain's take on environmentalists. The letter contends developers profit from land misuse while rich outsiders buy land, raising prices and taxes for average people. It defends conservation for public access, notes environmentalists' funding limits, and praises their courtroom wins.
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John Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists subscription orders with rates for daily and Sunday delivery in city and suburbs at 50 cents weekly and 10 cent per single copy. Mail rates are one year $20, six months $10.50, three months $5.25, one month $1.75. Notices mailed 10 days before expiration. renewals urged.
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Peedards
L. D. Jolson
Furman University
Geographic
Finland
National Geographic Society
Jeffrey Hart
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