Word: cleghorn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slight long-term investigative projects. One example: Observer reporters spent 21 months digging through expense vouchers at the Southern Bell Telephone Co.; so far, eleven executives have been indicted for cheating the utility. The paper's support of school busing has not pleased many readers, but Editor Reese Cleghorn's sensitive editorials rarely offend. That editorial-page task is left to Doug Marlette, 26, whose tough cartoons are syndicated to 80 dailies. Lately, Executive Editor David Lawrence has invited local businessmen to sit in on editorial meetings. "We're not afraid of criticism," he says. "I want...
...other programs that have made S.C.L.C. the largest direct-action, grass-roots civil rights group in the U.S. Its organizers, working mainly in Southern states, have managed to register black voters, successfully demonstrate for jobs, and generally lead the assault on racial injustice. But some sympathetic critics, like Reese Cleghorn, a white liberal formerly on the Southern Regional Council, feel that the organization relies too much on tactics that were more effective ten years ago than today. There are recurring rumors that Abernathy may soon be forced...