Word: davises
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Davis Jackson, assistant Director of Admissions at Dartmouth, stood by his institution's policy of allowing coaches free rein in approaching candidates, and William D'O. Lippincott, Dean of Students at Princeton, advocated reliance on a "healthy" attitude toward athletics rather than on restrictions.
Two men stood at the head of the opposing forces. In the state capital of Baton Rouge, segregationist Governor Jimmie Davis-a smudged, folk-singing carbon of Arkansas' Orval Faubus-guided his legislature through a stormy special session, signing into law a paroxysm of sweeping resolutions aimed at tearing...
Hip Deep. By week's end it was apparent that New Orleans would be no Little Rock. For one thing, Jimmie Davis and his legislature, perhaps mindful of Little Rock, did not care to back their last-ditch segregation laws with National 'Guard power, and after flare-ups...
Married. Sammy Davis Jr., 34, high-powered, high-strung Negro entertainer; and Swedish-born Cinemactress May Britt (real name: Maybritt Wilkens), 24; both for the second time; in Hollywood.
While the public demonstrations and frenzied bills have been ineffective, they have caused sparks bright enough to catch federal executive departments in their glow. Attorney General William P. Roger's telegram to Governor Davis warning that he would "use the full power of my office" against further obstruction to the...