Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Second Chances. As the Seabees worked, a bulky figure in mohair-lined parka, Byrd Cloth coveralls and heavy boots moved among them, carefully, almost instinctively checking every construction detail. For no man knows better than Paul Allman Siple that the antarctic tolerates few mistakes, permits even fewer second chances. At 48, Paul Siple (rhymes with disciple) has spent more time on the continent than any other person. He came there first as an eager, wide-eyed Sea Scout with the Byrd expedition of 1928-30; when he leaves it for the sixth time, in February 1958, some 5½ years...
...Byrd Watchers...
Since you apparently know nothing of Virginia's politics or the - problems of desegregation [Dec. 3], it would be better if you did not further display your lack of knowledge. As for Senator Byrd, the nation as well as Virginia is fortunate in having a man who is against collectivism...
...Virginians are proud of Harry Flood Byrd. If the recent legislation [against desegregation 1 is his way of setting Virginia and other Southern states back, hurrah! Save your Confederate money, boys, the South's gonna rise again...
...find it difficult to understand why Harry Byrd and many other Virginians don't take more pride in their Negro citizens and the progress they have made. I have seen other Southern states, where most of the Negroes seemed dirty and devoid of all social graces, but in Virginia, where I once lived, the average Negro pretty well matched the typical middle-class person anywhere. They are a credit to their state and certainly are not objectionable as fellow students for anyone else's children...