VIRGINIA: Moral Victory

Over much of Virginia, if we read yesterday's election returns correctly, the issue of school integration no longer is the flaming fire that once threatened to consume this Old Dominion. Yesterday was Moderation Day.

So wrote Editor James Jackson Kilpatrick of the Richmond News-Leader, once one of Dixie's hottest massive-resistance defenders, after last week's primary races for the 140 state legislature seats (132 Democratic). Like most politicians, Editor "Kilpo" read the results as a considerable victory for Governor J. Lindsay Almond Jr. and his moderate school program. Politicians also saw in the...

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