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    Letter from Shields Johnson to Francis P. Gaines, May 18, 1956 (correspondence)

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    5/18/1956
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    Johnson, Shields
    Subject
    Political conventions
    Gaines, Francis Pendleton, 1892-1963
    Washington and Lee University. Mock Convention, 1956
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    This item contains 1 PDF file. Shields writes as Vice President and General Manager of the Times-World Corporation of Roanoke, Virginia. He mentions enclosing a column (which is not included here) from the Washington Daily News "which referred to the picture-taking incident at Washington and Lee." This incident occurred immediately following the sudden death of Senator Alben Barkley while delivering the keynote speech at the 1956 Mock Convention.
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