Liberal and conservative time zones in 1950s Nashville
In 1950s Nashville a public clock had dueling faces, one for conservatives and the other for liberals; the two sides didn't agree about the time of day. I haven't found a photo of this clock, nor have I tracked down the TIME magazine report cited below, but here's the story as told by the late American journalist John Seigenthaler, who was there: "The two [newspaper] owners held strongly contrasting political and ideological views. Evans was a New South liberal, Stahlman an Old South conservative, and their two papers frequently clashed editorially, often on the same day.... In the 1950s as the state legislature was grappling with the question of whether to approve daylight saving time for the entire state, TIME magazine reported: "'The Nashville Banner and The Nashville Tennessean rarely agree on anything but the time of day — and last week they couldn't agree on that.' "It was all too true. The clock on the front of the building had two faces — The Tennessean side of the building facing west, the other, east. When it was high noon Banner time, it was 11 a.m. Tennessean time." My source: Seigenthaler J. For 100 years, Tennessean had it covered. The Tennessean 2007-05-11, republished 2015-04-06. http://www.tennessean.com/story/insider/extras/2015/04/06/archives-seigentha...
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Paul Eggert