Arkansas: The Squire of Petit Jean

To the first head of the newly created Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, Governor Orval Faubus had one admonition: "Think of Arkansas first in all that you do." That was in 1955, and since then Millionaire Winthrop Rockefeller, a transplanted New Yorker, has certainly paid heed to Orval's words. In fact, he has perhaps done too well at helping Arkansas redeem itself from poverty. For Democrat Faubus is now trying to oust Republican Rockefeller from the A.I.D.C. chairmanship.

Winthrop, 50, the fourth of the five Rockefeller brothers, settled in Arkansas ten years ago,...

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