20 Apr 1961
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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1961
Page
1
A Mississippi columnist criticizes the state centennial materials and the push to honor the Civil War. He questions motives behind “Mississippi's Greatest Hour” and the Mississippi Greys uniform drive, arguing for remembrance without commercialization and urging an end to celebratory framing.
A reviewer critiques a tape recorded account of a homesteader who spent forty years among Canadian timber wolves and grizzly bears. The work is praised as a potential American symphony with movements built around access to power and survival in a harsh frontier. The piece follows a young man seeking free land in British Columbia, his return to enlist in World War II, and the harsh trek back to a cabin with bears and stumps. Ethel and a colt named Ginty join the story as supporting figures.
Georgia Ku Klux Klan members devise a safer portable fiery cross using red light bulbs and a plug in device. The piece notes wind complicating flames and compares it to a Christmas decoration, quoting Ann Arbor News.
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black denounces a series of 5 4 decisions seen as eroding civil liberties. He cites evidence tainted by illegal wiretapping, pre censorship of films, and contempt convictions against critics of the House Un American Activities Committee. He warns of government by intimidation amid the $ what amounted to a 412 6 House budget vote.
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