"Mr. Faubus has baldly drawn the line between defiance of the law and orderly adjustment of our difficulties," said the Arkansas Gazette two days before the Arkansas Democratic primary last week. "In effect, he is asking the people of Arkansas to endorse armed rebellion against the United States."
Orval Faubus got his endorsement. In a landslide that rattled the nation's teeth —much as they were rattled when the troops landed in Little Rock last September—Faubus won the primary, thus is slated to be the second man ever to spend three terms in the Arkansas Governor's chair. In a record turnout...
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