Wallace tour reveals Alabama assets and tensions
Southern View editor notes Alabama impressed visiting editors with progress under Gov. Wallace. Tour shows modern cities, growing education funding, and a mix of racial tension and harmony. Reporters encountered both praise for progress and demonstrations, questioning political motives while witnessing state investment in schools and industry.
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Alabama
Cotton
Mobile
Ers
Montgomery
Alabama State College
South
Wallace
Newsman Views Arts Festival at the White House
Washington reports a day of art and music at the President's wife Lady Bird's festival. John Hersey spoke of Hiroshima while Duke Ellington's big band played beneath President Johnson's window. Guests praised Sol Hurok and colleagues as artists such as Louise Nevelson and Oronzio Maldarelli were featured. The event drew criticism from some attendees over Vietnam and the Dominican Republic policies. The President noted that artists enjoy freedoms unique to America.
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Washington
UPI
John Hersey
Hiroshima
Duke Ellington
President Johnson
Hersey
Ellington
White House
Viet Nam
Lady Bird
Sol Hurok
Roger Stevens
Robert W. Dowling
Gene Kelly
Hollywood
Broadway
Charlton Heston
Helen Hayes
Louise Nevelson
Miss Nevelson
Oronezio Maldarelli
Bianca No.ll
Dominican Republic
America
Wallace Tour Highlights Alabama Politics and Race
Four day Alabama visit by Gov. George C. Wallace draws criticism as a political stunt with staged press conferences and guarded access to Negro demonstrators in Selma. Report notes limited candid discussion on voting rights, praise for education spending, and calls for ending voter disenfranchisement amid federal pressure. Also reports Vermont contest to honor clean service stations and a prize committee lineup.
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Wallace
Selma
Huntsville
Alabama
Mobile
Montgomery
Birmingham
State of Alabama
Levi Watkins
Alabama State College
Watkins
Pittsburgh
George C. Wallace
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Chamber of Commerce
Wilcox
Lowndes
Bullock
Cullman
Decatur
Gov. Wallace
Edward C. McLean
Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Petroleum Association
Joseph W. Walsh
Burlington
Walsh
The
Petroleum Association
Sal Brogna
Tidewater Oil Company
Texaco, Inc
Alabama Editors Tour Highlights Segregation Record
Gov. George Wallace led about 50 editors and newsmen on a state tour to inspect Alabama's segregation record. Among attendees were John Lofton of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and George W. Shannon of the Shreveport Journal, each filing UPI reports on their experiences.
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Shreveport
Alabama
George C. Wallace
George Wallace
John Lofton
Pittsburgh Post — Gazette
George W. Shannon
Shreveport, la
UPI
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Johnny Hart
Blondie
Steve Canyon
Buckie Young
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Perdita Rune
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Steve
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Lakewood
Heart of
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