January - December, 1957 Charlotte News Editorials

THE CHARLOTTE NEWS

January - December, 1957 EDITORIALS

And Evening Chronicle
Published Week-Day Afternoons
And Sunday Mornings
by The News Publishing Company, Inc.
W. C. Dowd, Jr., President
and General Manager
J. E. Dowd, Editor
W. C. Dowd, 1865 -1927
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The daily edition of The Charlotte News was established in 1888. The Sunday edition was added in 1910. The
Evening Chronicle, established in 1903, was purchased by and consolidated with The Charlotte News May 8, 1914.

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All 1957 editorials are after W. J. Cash's associate editorship. Stuart Rabb became Associate Editor after Cash resigned at the end of May, 1941 and continued in that capacity for a year at which point, at the end of May, 1942, Burke Davis became Associate Editor. At the end of December, 1942, Editor J. E. Dowd enlisted in the Navy and turned over the editorial reins of the newspaper to Burke Davis until August 18, 1944, at which point Mr. Davis resumed his position as Associate Editor, thereby responsible for most of the editorial column. On October 6, 1945, Harry Ashmore became Associate Editor, and Burke Davis, eventually to join The Baltimore Evening Sun, became special assignments writer. In 1958, Mr. Ashmore won a Pulitzer Prize as Editor of The Arkansas Gazette, for his editorials and leadership regarding the Little Rock school integration crisis of September, 1957.

On January 9, 1947, The News was sold by the Dowds to a group of investors, including W. C. Dowd, Jr. and J. E. Dowd. Thomas L. Robinson became Publisher, J. E. Dowd became General Manager, and Harry Ashmore remained as Associate Editor until April 16, 1947. Mr. Ashmore at that time became Editor of the newspaper, and then left The News on July 26, 1947 to become Associate Editor of The Gazette. William M. Reddig, formerly of The Kansas City Star, then became Editor.

On March 5, 1948, Brodie Griffith, long-time Managing Editor of The News, was advanced to Executive Editor, listed in the latter role on the masthead for the first time. Pete McKnight, long a reporter for The News and friend to W. J. Cash during his tenure, became Managing Editor.

On August 23, 1948, Mr. Reddig's name disappeared from the masthead, albeit without comment on either the editorial page or the front page. He apparently remained, however, thereafter in his former position, as in the 60th Anniversary Edition, published December 11, 1948, he is mentioned as the most recent Editor.

On March 4, 1949, Pete McKnight became Editor, and Sports Editor Ray Howe became Managing Editor. Sportswriter Furman Bisher, who, a year later, would join The Atlanta Constitution for which he would write through age 90 in 2009, became Sports Editor.

On August 13, 1949, former Publisher W. C. Dowd, Jr., who originally hired W. J. Cash as Associate Editor, died of a heart attack at age 55.

On July 31, 1954, Mr. McKnight went on leave to become executive director of the Southern Education Reporting Service in Nashville, Tenn., with the responsibility of studying and then providing information and advice to the 17 Southern states impacted by the May 17, 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, regarding how to desegregate public schools smoothly with a minimum of confusion or strife. At that time, Vic Reinemer, Associate Editor since mid-1951, took over primary editorial writing responsibilities, aided by newly hired Cecil Prince, who would become Associate Editor on October 1, 1955, after Mr. Reinemer's departure in March, 1955 to become executive secretary to Senator James Murray of Montana, Mr. Reinemer's native state. Mr. McKnight would not return to The News, instead becoming Editor of the Charlotte Observer on July 6, 1955, where he would remain through his retirement in 1976.

Beginning January 9, 1957, Cecil Prince became Editor and Perry Morgan, Associate Editor. Mr. Prince had been Associate Editor since October 1, 1955 and Mr. Morgan had been a contributing editorial writer since shortly prior to that time.

Weeks labeled (◑|JAN|◐), (◑|FEB|◐), (◑|MAR|◐), (◑|APR|◐), (◑|MAY|◐), (◑|JUN|◐), (◑|JUL|◐), (◑|AUG|◐), (◑|SEP|◐), (◑|OCT|◐), added in the corresponding month of 2024. Dates marked "&$O'Ð♪" have a website note on editorials. (If you want to know the significance of the hieroglyph, you will have to ask the website publisher. We have no idea.) Last additions, October, 2024.

To facilitate reading organization, the headings of the editorials on the pages after June 19, 1944 are in bold print, visible in the "Engravers Bold" font, which on later versions of Windows is not included as a font. Blame Mr. Gates, not us. The font is available here for free. Once downloaded, simply click "install" at the top of the box and it will quickly load.

There are no Sunday editions of the newspaper in 1957.

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December 31, 1956 - January 5, 1957 (◑|DEC|◐➳$➴), (◑|JAN|◐)

|Dec 31(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 5(&$O'Ð♪)|

January 7-12, 1957 (◑|JAN|◐)

|Jan 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 12(&$O'Ð♪)|

January 14-19, 1957 (◑|JAN|◐)

|Jan 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 19(&$O'Ð♪)|

January 21-26, 1957 (◑|JAN|◐)

|Jan 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 26(&$O'Ð♪)|

January 28 - February 2, 1957 (◑|JAN|◐), (◑|FEB|◐)

|Jan 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 30(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 31(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 2(&$O'Ð♪)|

February 4-9, 1957 (◑|FEB|◐)

|Feb 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 9(&$O'Ð♪)|

February 11-16, 1957 (◑|FEB|◐)

|Feb 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 16(&$O'Ð♪)|

February 18-23, 1957 (◑|FEB|◐)

|Feb 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 23(&$O'Ð♪)|

February 25 - March 2, 1957 (◑|FEB|◐), (◑|MAR|◐)

|Feb 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 2(&$O'Ð♪)|

March 4-9, 1957 (◑|MAR|◐)

|Mar 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 9(&$O'Ð♪)|

March 11-16, 1957 (◑|MAR|◐)

|Mar 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 16(&$O'Ð♪)|

March 18-23, 1957 (◑|MAR|◐)

|Mar 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 23(&$O'Ð♪)|

March 25-30, 1957 (◑|MAR|◐)

|Mar 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 30(&$O'Ð♪)|

April 1-6, 1957 (◑|APR|◐)

|Apr 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 6(&$O'Ð♪)|

April 8-13, 1957 (◑|APR|◐)

|Apr 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 13(&$O'Ð♪)|

April 15-20, 1957 (◑|APR|◐)

|Apr 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 20(&$O'Ð♪)|

April 22-27, 1957 (◑|APR|◐)

|Apr 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 27(&$O'Ð♪)|

April 29 - May 4, 1957 (◑|APR|◐), (◑|MAY|◐)

|Apr 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 30(&$O'Ð♪)|May 1(&$O'Ð♪)|May 2(&$O'Ð♪)|May 3(&$O'Ð♪)|May 4(&$O'Ð♪)|

May 6-11, 1957 (◑|MAY|◐)

|May 6(&$O'Ð♪)|May 7(&$O'Ð♪)|May 8(&$O'Ð♪)|May 9(&$O'Ð♪)|May 10(&$O'Ð♪)|May 11(&$O'Ð♪)|

May 13-18, 1957 (◑|MAY|◐)

|May 13(&$O'Ð♪)|May 14(&$O'Ð♪)|May 15(&$O'Ð♪)|May 16(&$O'Ð♪)|May 17(&$O'Ð♪)|May 18(&$O'Ð♪)|

May 20-25, 1957 (◑|MAY|◐)

|May 20(&$O'Ð♪)|May 21(&$O'Ð♪)|May 22(&$O'Ð♪)|May 23(&$O'Ð♪)|May 24(&$O'Ð♪)|May 25(&$O'Ð♪)|

May 27 - June 1, 1957 (◑|MAY|◐), (◑|JUN|◐)

|May 27(&$O'Ð♪)|May 28(&$O'Ð♪)|May 29(&$O'Ð♪)|May 30(&$O'Ð♪)|May 31(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 1(&$O'Ð♪)|

Jun 3-8, 1957 (◑|JUN|◐)

|Jun 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 8(&$O'Ð♪)|

Jun 10-15, 1957 (◑|JUN|◐)

|Jun 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 15(&$O'Ð♪)|

Jun 17-22, 1957 (◑|JUN|◐)

|Jun 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 22(&$O'Ð♪)|

Jun 24-29, 1957 (◑|JUN|◐)

|Jun 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 29(&$O'Ð♪)|

Jul 1-6, 1957 (◑|JUL|◐)

|Jul 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 6(&$O'Ð♪)|

Jul 8-13, 1957 (◑|JUL|◐)

|Jul 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 13(&$O'Ð♪)|

Jul 15-20, 1957 (◑|JUL|◐)

|Jul 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 20(&$O'Ð♪)|

Jul 22-27, 1957 (◑|JUL|◐)

|Jul 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 25|Jul 26|Jul 27|

Jul 29 - Aug 3, 1957 (◑|JUL|◐), (◑|AUG|◐)

|Jul 29|Jul 30|Jul 31|Aug 1|Aug 2|Aug 3(&$O'Ð♪)|

Aug 5-10, 1957 (◑|AUG|◐)

|Aug 5|Aug 6|Aug 7|Aug 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 9|Aug 10|

Aug 12-17, 1957 (◑|AUG|◐)

|Aug 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 13|Aug 14|Aug 15|Aug 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 17|

Aug 19-24, 1957 (◑|AUG|◐)

|Aug 19|Aug 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 21|Aug 22|Aug 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 24|

Aug 26-31, 1957 (◑|AUG|◐)

|Aug 26|Aug 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 28|Aug 29|Aug 30|Aug 31|

Sep 2-7, 1957 (◑|SEP|◐)

|Sep 2|Sep 3|Sep 4|Sep 5|Sep 6|Sep 7|

Sep 9-14, 1957 (◑|SEP|◐)

|Sep 9|Sep 10|Sep 11|Sep 12|Sep 13|Sep 14|

Sep 16-21, 1957 (◑|SEP|◐)

|Sep 16|Sep 17|Sep 18|Sep 19|Sep 20|Sep 21|

Sep 23-28, 1957 (◑|SEP|◐)

|Sep 23|Sep 24|Sep 25|Sep 26|Sep 27|Sep 28|

Sep 30 - Oct 5, 1957 (◑|OCT|◐)

|Sep 30|Oct 1|Oct 2|Oct 3|Oct 4|Oct 5|

Oct 7-12, 1957 (◑|OCT|◐)

|Oct 7|Oct 8|Oct 9|Oct 10|Oct 11|Oct 12|

Oct 14-19, 1957 (◑|OCT|◐)
|Oct 14|

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