Word: rotarians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Finch's participation--suggested that Mississippi is losing whatever politcal uniqueness it once had. The speeches bored, the issues were non-existent, and the candidates came across as conservative facsimiles of one another. All stood slightly to the right of Ronald Reagan. All were good family men, churchgoers, Rotarian-types who seemed to have gone straight from Ole Miss to Ole Miss Law School, on to the D.A.'s office, private practice and finally politics...
Jimmy Carter's widely discussed "born again" experience may seem unusual to Northerners; in the South, it is a common occurrence. When a Southerner calls his territory "God's country," he is less Rotarian than religious -although a certain chauvinism may still shine through. A Valdosta, Ga., man likes to point to a sign displayed at a filling station that reads SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU. In the North, he claims, the sign would read WATCH...
...Butterfield. At the time, Prouty was looking for access to the White House to get help for a project involving U.S. prisoners of war in Viet Nam. His CIA connections referred him to Howard Hunt, the convicted Watergate burglar and a longtime CIA agent. "If you're a Rotarian," explains Prouty, "you go to a member of the Rotary Club." The old school tie worked. Prouty said that Hunt, who was working for a CIA front company, told him, "My contact is Butterfield...
Having said this, I must take issue with Sidey on his term "a Rotarian without a red neck." Rotarians are not rednecks. Rotary is an international organization of the most excellent men of good will in each community. Square, perhaps, but in the fine old sense...
...appreciation showered down on all those he touched. "Thank you very much" was his standard line, and when he was particularly stimulated he said, "Thank you very, very much." He was a Rotarian without a red neck, and he was an Eagle Scout without self-righteousness. He was something new from the U.S. on the international scene...