Tag: August 1963
Blackout in the ATL: A Newspaper’s Dark Day
August 30, 1963, will be etched in the memories of Atlanta Daily World staff for a long time. The once-thriving newspaper, founded on August 3, 1928, as an independent and non-sectarian publication, suffered a significant loss. William A. Scott, its founder and publisher since August 5, 1928, had passed away on February 7, 1964. Key…
Taylor’s Treaty Tango: Joint Chiefs Chairman Defies Senate Pressure
In a tense showdown with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, General Maxwell D. Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stood firm against claims of civilian pressure to support the partial nuclear test ban treaty. On August 14, 1963, Taylor testified that the Joint Chiefs’ approval of the treaty, announced the day before, was…
