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...stands, the situation is utterly confused, with new suits being filed regularly, and this makes the moderates happy. They feel that the stalemate demonstrates that neither Maddox nor Callaway represents the will of a majority of people. "It showed the nation that Georgia wasn't ready to swallow either of those segregationists," said a prominent moderate. Arnall is not campaigning or making statements, but he is apparently tickled pink at the predicament caused by his write-in votes...
...Gossip Columnist Dorothy Kilgalfen died in her Manhattan house in November 1965. Because she was the only journalist ever allowed a private interview with Jack Ruby after his arrest, Penn Jones naturally decided that hers could be added to "that list of strange deaths." Even Ramparts editors could not swallow that one, conceded that "no serious person really believes" Kilgallen's death-from alcohol and barbiturates-was part of the plot...
...slap the hogs away from the trough." In trouble, Johnson has not only shown himself eager to shake hands with Negroes, but has also gone hat in hand to seek Faubus' blessing. Faubus, in turn, is urging his supporters to "come to the lick log" (Arkansas argot meaning swallow your pride and back Johnson). Nonetheless, with a private poll showing Rockefeller ahead with 52% to Johnson's 43%, Arkansas should elect its first Republican Governor in 94 years...
...music side, the new troubadours are experimenting with all manner of sounds and complex musical modes. Says Jazz Bassist Steve Swallow: "There is a scarcity of young jazzmen because the most talented young people are playing rock 'n' roll. They have saved songwriting from the tyranny of Irving Berlin...
...released from the asylum to beg about the country, like Poor Tom in King Lear. Deitch plays him as a controlled crafty-plotter--a fuzzy combination of Puck and an American confidence-man. His dress and manner is stylized motley rather than lunatic tatters. His elegant flourishing makes him swallow the many good jokes he has, and completely twist his character...