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sen. tugene McCartnys program entitled “Poetry and Politics”, set for Tuesday night, April 25 at the Rappahannock County Library in Washington promises to be a unique county experience, according to Mrs. Norman Sims, Librarian. “Never before has Rappahannock had a onetime presidential candidate, or perhaps any other formidable political personality, engage in an informal discussion with local residents on the subject of congruity of poetry and politics!”, she reports.
Sen. McCarthy is a manyfaceted individual whose wit and humor flash through his conversation like summer heat lightning. He is knowledgable in a wide range of subjects, being a teacher of economics, education, politics, literature and history.
For ten years he was a congressman from Minnesota in the House of Representatives. In 1958 was elected as senator from that state, serving eight years. During that time he was on the Agriculture, Finance and Foreign Relations Committees.
In 1968 McCarthy challenged Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic nomination, and in 1976 he ran as an independent candidate for president.
Mrs. Sims added from the Library’s viewpoint, “Sen. McCarthy has not only written some seven books on political philosophy, but he has published a fine volume of poems and written a very good children’s book of convincing animal stories. However the evening with McCarthy develops, it promises to be interesting, amusing and certainly enriching.”
At present Eugene McCarthy, now a resident of Rappahannock living in the F.T. Valley, is collaborating with James J. Kilpatrick, the bard of Scrabble, on a book scheduled to come off the press this summer.
The evening with McCarthy program will begin at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 25. Tea and coffee will be served at 7. "Come early to get a comfortable seat,” invites Mrs. Sims. "The Library will be open to welcome you.” r
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