Cities And Sales Taxes Debate In Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach delegation at a League of Municipalities gathering pushes to keep local sales tax rights if Virginia adopts a statewide tax. They urge parallel local taxes, fair distribution, and state funding for matching funds and school costs, signaling a push for more municipal revenue amid upcoming General Assembly deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
League of Municipalities
Virginia Beach
Atlantic
South Atlantic
Beach
General
League
General Assembly
Question In Search Of An Answer About Wessin Exile
A dated column discusses General Wessin’s exile from the Dominican Republic after a U.S. landing and questions U.S. democracy aims. It links Dominican turmoil to Havana and Moscow influenced campaigns, cites Greece and Korea as contrasts, and warns against making the Dominican Republic Cuba at our door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominican Republic
Republic
Wessin Y Wessin
U.S
State Department
Wessin
Santo Domingo
Washington
Dominica
Havana
Peking
Moscow
Uncle Sam
Greece
Korea
Viet Nam
Panmunjom
Cuba
Wessing Wessin
Lead in Air and Blood Sparks Warning on Gasoline
A Caltech scientist notes blood lead levels have risen from 0.002 to 0.25 parts per million in Americans, with acute symptoms at 0.5 to 0.8. Urban exposure is higher. air lead comes from oceans, volcanoes, smelters, paints, and auto exhaust. Without a safer upgrade, rising cars could worsen public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crair C. Patterson
California Institute of Technology
India
Letters Oppose Food Stamp Plan and Local Job Views
A reader congratulates Councillors Carter and Clarke for voting against a food stamp proposal while recounting personal experiences of seasonal work and unemployment. He questions federal funding and notes two youths refused dishwasher jobs despite pay, arguing unemployment support taxes burden workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carter
Robert Clarke
Danville
Chatham
Virginia Unemployment Commission
Carter
Clarke
Danville Register Subscriptions Rates and Details
The Danville Register lists subscription rates payable in advance with district post office mailing rules and department contact information. The notice provides SW 3 2311 dial-in numbers for department inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Great Society export mockery from Stresa briefing
In Stresa Italy a Mont Pelerin Society gathering mocks U S plans to export the Johnson Great Society. An English economist calls it carrying coals to Newcastle as Europe recalls Beveridge style welfare and state controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stresa
Italy
Washington
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
Lyndon Johnson
Newcastle
Mont Pelerin
Great Society
Europe
Beveridge
Goldberg
Johnson
Congress
Sergio Ricossa
University of
Turin
Mont Pelerin Society
Italian Health Service
Ricossa
England
Mont Perlerin
United States
Arthur Goldberg
Abvi Leiety
America
Moral Bystanders and a Homeless Nation in Sayre’s View
Washington column recounts Dean Sayre’s sermon condemning moral apathy in the nation. It notes race riots in Los Angeles, ongoing white violence in the South, and legal cases against major firms and figures, arguing the country lacks ethical leadership and faces widespread defiance of law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Francis B. Sayre
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Dean Sayre
Sayre
Hobson
Los Angeles
Justice Department
Medgar ‘Evans
William Moore
Viola Liuzzo
James Reed
Jonathan Daniels
Martin Luther King
Magnaiss
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Noto
International Union of Electrical Workers
James Carey
U.S. Senate
Bobby Baker
Dirksen Holds Ground Over 14(b) Repeal Battle on Capitol Hill
Ralph de Toledano analyzes Senator Dirksen’s staunch stand against President Johnson in the Senate fight to repeal Taft Hartley’s Section 14(b) allowing states to bar compulsory unionism. The piece frames Dirksen as a principled opponent risking political backlash in a high stakes clash with the White House and AFL CIO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Senate
Johnson
Taft Hartley
LBJ
Afl-Cio
White House
Everett M. Dirksen
Senator Dirksen
President Johnson
Dirksen
Congress
Washington
Mr. Dirksen
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
New York
Kashmir cease-fire fades as UN proves powerless
The Kashmir crisis exposes the UN's impotence as India and Pakistan ignore the 17 year old cease-fire line. Pleas for a plebiscite have failed, with both nations expanding control and fighting. Similar patterns threaten other hotspots, signaling the UN as an ineffective force in failing to secure peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kashmir
United Nations Organization
India
Pakistan
Nehru
Sheik Abdullah
U.N
U Thant
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Cyprus
Hyderabad
Goa
Portugal
Palestine
Nasser
Yemen
Israel
Gaza Strip
United States
Earth
League of Nations
Soaper and Social Shifts Echo in a Fragile Era
A rambling column cites varied topics from television in cars to civic reform. It notes mayoral ambitions in New York City, suburban secretaries in the President’s cabinet, and foster-grandparent programs for the elderly. It also mentions a draft for poverty programs, college football, space travel’s novelty, consumer information needs, and Larry O’Brien’s appointment as postmaster general.
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Danville Register
MR. Hand-Out
Vear
John Chamberlain
Tillie
Holmes Alexander
Ralph de Toledano
Russell Kirk
Senator Soaper
Outer Space
Larry O'Brien
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!