Arkansas: Squealing at the Lick Log

Campaigning for Governor in the Ozarks, Winthrop Rockefeller may look upon Elder Brother Nelson's battle in New York as a polite drawing-room exercise. Winthrop, 54, an Arkansas cattle rancher, is squared off against don't-or-die Segregationist Jim Johnson, a Wallace Democrat who resigned a $20,000-a-year seat on the State Supreme Court to run for a post that pays only $10,000. Typically, Gentleman Jim drives into town, sighs into a loud speaker, "I love all of you and, oh, oh, I do need you," then begins hugging and kissing the crowd, men and women...

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