Word: civic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chamber of Commerce wired a withdrawal of the invitation, and Dr. Powell, who at first insisted that he would attend, finally bowed out. In Toledo, Negro Civic Leader Ella Phillips Stewart heard about the ruckus and decided that she would not accept her invitation. In Chicago, Roosevelt University Sociology Professor St. Clair Drake also received an invitation, but the word from Richmond was that his invitation-as well as any others that had slipped through the racial screen-would be withdrawn...
...Arkansas, are glad to have a Rockefeller-a very rich (also civic-minded) newcomer in our midst [March 11]. Ark is a poor state because it is all, or more than half of it, mountains. Beautiful, but too cold for a winter resort and too hot for a summer resort. There is rich rice and cotton land in the Ark River Valley, but we can't get money to develop our big river and get the water freight which is a must for big industry now. This is just to explain that while we welcome Mr. Winthrop Rockefeller...
...Heaven. Over the years, the Teamsters' Boss Beck has labored mightily to achieve a standing of eminent respectability. Unlike his goon-squad lieutenants, he does not smoke, drink, play cards, shoot pool, follow the horses or bestow nylons indiscreetly. Beck and his Teamsters spend lavishly for civic and political purposes, e.g., a cool $1,000,000 pledged to the City of Hope Medical Center near Los Angeles, and (according to McClellan committee testimony) about $500,000 to defeat a right-to-work referendum in Washington State last year. With the notable exception of Washington's ex-Republican Governor...
...such arguments, Publisher Hugh Wagnon of Pocatello's Idaho State Journal retorts: "Ivory Tower." Although he draws the line at serving as publicity chairman, Wagnon is glad to work in other posts for service and civic groups. "I believe," he argues, "that only by working with people, can [an editor] obtain that intimate, firsthand knowledge that makes for accurate reporting, and editorial comment and criticism that is easy, natural and fair." Wagnon admits that the community-conscious reporter gets his sympathies involved with his projects, but concludes: "But you become a first-class citizen instead of a second-class...
...most of the nation's newspapers compromise and give George an occasional helping hand depending on the particular job. Boston Herald newsmen may not take pay for any community job, may not work for any group that is dependent upon publicity, but are encouraged to take part in civic projects outside these restrictions. Cleveland editors shy away from controversial community projects, but scramble to be identified with prestigious civic and philanthropic groups...