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...city room bulletin board of the Nashville Tennessean went a memo last week: "The constructive, liberal policies which have characterized the Nashville Tennessean under the direction of my father will be continued ..." The statement, signed with a bold signature startlingly like that of the late publisher. Silliman Evans, was the work of Silliman Evans Jr. In accord with the "earnest desire" expressed by his father, brisk, self-assured Silliman Evans Jr., 30, will be come the new publisher of one of the South's liveliest and most powerful papers. His brother, Tennessean Reporter (and vice president) Amon Carter Evans...
...Silliman Jr. was carefully trained by his hard-driving father. He broke in as a printer's devil at eight, sold newspapers on the street, learned to use a camera, did some reporting. At 18 he joined the Air Transport Command, became the ATC's youngest wartime pilot, landed the first U.S. transport plane in liberated Paris. After the war Silliman Jr. took over two smaller dailies then owned by the company; Both he and his brother are well aware that they must move fast to live up to their father, described in his early days...
...Died. Silliman Evans, 61, president-publisher of the Nashville daily Tennessean (circ. 112,947) and longtime key figure in Democratic Party politics; of a heart attack; in Fort Worth, where he had attended the funeral of Publisher Amon Carter (see below...
...Yale team won 11 and lost three games this season and reached the top in the College league after a tie with Silliman College. The quintet's high scorer is Dick Vojir...
...play-off yesterday, Leverett won the House soccer championship. Goals by Steve Parker, Tom Russell, and Bob Bachner, gave the Bunnies the victory, although Kirkland took twice as many shots at the goal. The Bunnies as a result of yesterday's victory now will face Silliman, Yale's intramural champion, here Friday...