Word: grayness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sense, the action called for was mild. The voters simply approved a plan recommended by a commission headed by State Senator Garland Gray to 1) provide private-school tuition to pupils in cities and counties that had closed the public schools rather than desegregate, and 2) pay the tuition of any pupil who wishes to attend a private school in cities and counties that have desegregated. But mild or not, the action was in every way a revolt, an overwhelming sign that Southerners are thoroughly aroused against a decision they think violates their rights...
...planned to launch a grandiose air armada on the pretext of "inspectin' " the runways at a Jacksonville airport. By last week he had reconsidered, decided instead to forgo the aerial junket in favor of rolling down the road a piece in Montgomery for the annual Blue-Gray (North v. South) Bowl game. Drawled Kissin' Jim jovially: "But I reserve the right to inspect them Jacksonville runways at any time...
Still, there are a few gray spots left in the picture. Despite their 50 per cent representative gain, the Communists actually suffered a slight reduction in popular vote. Their phenomenal representative increase stems from the tangled electoral law rather than from popular strength. More important, after the first shock of the election results had worn off, Premier Faure proposed again yesterday the formation of a long-needed government of "national union," which would include all parties from Socialists to Conservatives...
Eastern and southeastern Virginia counties with Negro populations ranging from 50% to 80% were generally all for the Gray plan. Rather than integrate their schools next autumn, they proposed to close them down. The Gray plan would give them a green light...
Distinguished Virginians who had given previous impressive testimonials in favor of the Gray plan began hedging. Said former Governor Colgate W. Darden, president of the University of Virginia and recent U.S. delegate to the U.N. "It would be catastrophic if schools were closed in Virginia for either race...