Word: orval
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Alabamans last week picked for their next Governor a man whose segregationist ideas would make Orval Faubus seem like an admirer of the N.A.A.C.P. Winner of a Democratic primary runoff: former Circuit Judge George C. Wallace, 42, of Barbour County...
...April Fools' Day. Arkansas' Governor Orval E. Faubus announced that he would not run for reelection. But last week, just three hours before the filing deadline for the July 31 Democratic primary. Faubus smilingly said that he had changed his mind and would try for a fifth term...
...Segregationist Dale Alford, 46, who was elected to Congress in 1958 in the stormy aftermath of the Little Rock crisis. Plainly, segregation is going to be a primary issue. This is unfortunate, since 48 Negroes now attend three Little Rock high schools, and there has been no trouble since Orval stirred up the fuss in the first place...
Ulcer-ridden and looking somewhat haggard, Arkansas' four-term Governor Orval Eugene Faubus, 52, had just announced that he would not seek re-election this year-and last week a motley line of would-be successors was forming...
During his seven years as Governor, Orval Faubus in many ways has racked up a respectable record. With the help of Winthrop Rockefeller's Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, he has brought unprecedented industrial growth to the state, increased teachers' pay, built new schools and hospitals, raised average old-age welfare payments from $32 to $60 a month. He is plainly proud of such achievements. Said he, in a farewell television speech to the people of Arkansas: "We have done many good things and made much progress together." It seemed a pity, therefore, that he would be longer remembered...