Supreme Court upholds community standard obscenity ruling
The Supreme Court majority, 5 to 4, sticks to June guidelines that communities determine obscenity in trials. Justices reject 12 challenges, allowing states to punish printers or sellers of material deemed prurient or offensively sexual without serious literary value.
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Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
William O. Douglas
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan
Douglas
US Army School of the Americas shapes Latin leadership impact
The Army School of the Americas has graduated 29,000 officers and enlisted men, with more than 170 reaching top posts in Latin American governments and services. Inter-American Air Forces Academy accounts for 11,577 graduates in ten years. These programs foster welfare, nation building, and US Southern Command influence across the region.
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U.S. Army School of the Americas
Latin America
Army School
Inter-American Air Forces Academy
Navy
Army Southern Command
United States
Southern Command
Unplanned Alliance With Russia Faces Kissinger Visit
Washington reports a shift in U S Soviet relations as Kissinger returns from Moscow with notes of a possible alliance rather than a detente. The piece discusses implications if American and Russian troops were to patrol jointly in the future.
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Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Suez Canal
III Corps
Sinai
Israel
Suez
Kissinger
United Nations
China
Britain
France
Nixon
Washington, D.C
Portugal
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
USA
Russia
Mongolia
UN Security Council
Secretary -Kissinger
Soviet Asia
Golan Heights
Megiddo
Washington
Moscow
Congress
New York
Haifa
Levant
Syria
Egypt
America
Endings and Beginnings in Kilpatrick's Blue Ridge Move
Kilpatrick recounts moving from Alexandria to Blue Ridge Mountains, packing decades of books and mementos, choosing home in the hills while continuing Washington reporting. He reflects on endings and beginnings, the value of perspective, and the uneasy balance of US Soviet and Middle East diplomacy amid detente.
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Scrabble
Alexandria
Blue Ridge Mountains
Atlantic City
Peter Kramer
Joe Williams
Joe Caliandro
Red Oak Mountain
Caliandra
Washington
Armageddon fears shape Kirk on Israel and Soviet policy
Russell Kirk argues that Armageddon looms in the Middle East as Israel faces Arab coalitions with Soviet and American backing. He warns Congress against hawkish moves, urges restraint, and calls for avoiding direct superpower intervention while acknowledging potential regional upheaval.
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Israel
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Middle East
Russia
America
Danville Op-Ed Opposes Downtown Parking Garage Bond
A Danville reader argues against a $1.5 million parking garage bond, warning of debt, higher taxes, and non revenue status. He cites better uses for funds, asks for more asphalt lots, and urges a no vote on November 6. Arthur M. Martin Jr. M.D. signs the letter.
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Danville
Robert E. Lee Jr. High School
Crosstown
Arthur M. Martin, Jr., M.D
Parting Shots About Prison Life and Social Limits
Commentary notes that prison life often lacks chance to share a cell with the rich or powerful, reflecting a justice system bias and social distance. The remark highlights the irony of criminal punishment separating inmates from influential figures.
Detente tensions shaped by Israeli Soviet pressure and US aid
William F Buckley Jr argues the last week showed US aid to Israel, Soviet threats, and Arab oil leverage driving a fragile cease fire. He critiques detente policy, noting Israel’s counterattack, US military alert, and the resulting strain on American power and diplomacy.
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Israel
Golan Heights
Haifa
United States
Suez Canal
UN Security Council
Soviet Union
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Jackson
Archie Cox
State Department
Congress
Mediterranean
Nixon
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists subscription details including daily and Sunday carrier rates at 50 cents per week, single copies at 10 cents, Sunday copies at 20 cents, and mail rates of 20 dollars yearly, 10.50 half year, 5.25 quarter, and 1.75 monthly. Notices remind renewal prompts and mail expiration notices sent 10 days prior.
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John Marshall
Blue Ridge
Woodville
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Defense
Schlesinger
International Institute For Strategic Studies
Russell Kirk
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William F. Buckley, Jr
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