Paper’s editor admits slim chances but big book dream
In a reflective column the writer explains why the paper has felt lackluster, traces a two year path from editorial reprints to a potential book with Simon & Schuster. He recounts meetings with Mark Ethridge and Joe Barnes, a May 1958 manuscript start, and a March 1959 contract deadline, noting words between 60 000 and 65 000 in draft.
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Mark Ethridge
Simon & Schuster
New York
Joseph Barnes
Mark
Joe
Joe Barnes
Magnolia Jungle
Confederate money donation to Faubus from Denver couple
Horace G. Duncan and his wife Mary Alice Duncan of Denver join two other Denver couples in sending a one million dollar gift to Arkansas Governor Faubus to aid white private schools in Little Rock. The gesture uses Confederate currency and quotes Lincoln, Gettysburg address, and Jefferson Davis.
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Horace G. Duncan
Asheville
Denver
Cole
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
Faubus
Jeff Davis
Jim Crow
John Wilkes Booth
Denver Post
Duncan
Confederate Committee For
Orval Faubus
Mary Alice Duncan
Oklahoma
Cherry Hills
Watch On The Potomac editorial on Norfolk schools
Robt. G. Spivack notes Norfolk Virginia voters in a 3 2 margin favored segregation after six public schools were closed. He cites turnout to explain the outcome and warns of ongoing education work to align with the Supreme Court ruling while acknowledging persistent white fear and withdrawal toward Negroes. Continued on Page 2.
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Norfolk
Amer
Walt Whitman
Rts
Norfells
Supreme Court
Virginia Voices Speak From Out of the Past
An imagined interview in Washington Post and Times Herald style features a Virginia Politician debating with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. They discuss Supreme Court power, racial equality, and the meaning of liberty, with references to slavery, the Declaration, and the founding era.
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Virginia
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Irving Brant
Washington Post
Times Herald
Virgina
Old Dominion
United States Supreme Court
Free and Independent States
Jefferson
Supreme Court
V. P
Mr. Jelon
Great Britain
Mr. Madison
Madison
Billey
Philadelpha
Continental Congress
West Indies
Washington
Pau
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P. D
East Side
Gov Faubus
Earl Wilson
Sigyn Lund
N.C
Potomac
By Robt. G. Spivack
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