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...listen, and listen tight. . . . " I can't tell you what a pleasure it was to open my mailbox this week and find John Wayne mounted on his faithful steed [Aug. 8] staring...
Unlike many Southern liberals who wish to be judged by the enemies they make, McGill was pained by the hatred he drew. His mailbox and front yard were bombed and raked by rifle fire. Telephoned threats often awoke him throughout the night. Crosses were burned outside his home. Redneck politicians drew votes by railing against "Rastus McGill," "Red Ralph (only a kaw-muh-nist talks like thet)" and "those lyin' Atlanta papers." McGill could detest the ideas of his enemies, but not the men themselves, nor could those who got to know him fail to respect...
...most part, the nominations that flood TIME'S mailbox are careful and serious, often well-reasoned. Even those who nominate themselves are usually quite sincere. "You have my photograph in your files," wrote a man from Manhattan. "It is that blurred composite picture showing a man trying to keep his ear to the ground, his eye on the future and his chin up." There is always a group of loyal wives, like the woman from Florida who nominated her husband -"on behalf of all husbands and fathers who, though part of the establishment, set an example of honesty, integrity...
...opening my mailbox and catching a glimpse of Robert Vickrey's cover portrait of John Updike tumble out [April 26], I was instantly impressed with a feeling of Andrew Wyeth's nostalgic quality. Being a Wyeth fan, I immediately dove into your cover article and was quite pleased with myself and with Robert Vickrey on reading of John Earth's comparison of the artist Wyeth to the author Updike. I am now hurriedly on my way to our library to uncover every novel by Updike I can find...
...Israeli Ambassador to Warsaw, Dov Sattath, who reported receiving 3,200 letters of support from Polish gentiles during the Middle East crisis. Most were signed and bore the sender's address-an act of considerable courage in a country where the censor is as ubiquitous as the corner mailbox...