M. Stanton Evans, Pioneer of Conservative Movement, Dies at 80

M. Stanton Evans, an early leader of the conservative movement in American politics and an author of its central manifesto, the Sharon Statement, died on Tuesday at a nursing home in Leesburg, Va. …

Mr. Evans was the editor of The Indianapolis News, chairman of the American Conservative Union, a radio and television commentator, a journalism teacher and the author of a raft of books, including a defense of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin in his anti-communist crusade. CONT.

Adam Clymer, New York Times

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