Where Is The Spirit That Made Us An Image Of The Gods
The Texas Observer reprints a dialogue titled Citizen Solon and Voltaire by Thomas P Yoakum a San Marcos High School history and government teacher. The piece discusses concerns about liberty equality and nonconformists. It features Citizen Solon and Voltaire debating tyranny and the future of an enlightened society with continued dialogue on page 2.
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Texas Observer
West 24Th
Austin
Texas
Ronnie Dugger
Hand
Ennough
Dugger
Thomas P. Yoakum
San Marcos
Citizen
Solon
Citisen
Voltaire
Plan to fund P D by gifting subscriptions
A letter writer in Petal Paper urges readers to support PDE by buying gift subscriptions for two “opinion makers” in the community a minister and a rabbi to boost individualism and circulation. The writer claims no payment or role in circulation and signs as Dv R N Gross.
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PDE
P. D
U. S. of A
Vance Packard
Unitarian
Adam
Watch On The POTOMAC Eisenhower Language Criticism
Since the 1956 elections Washington writers and politicians mock the Presidents speaking style. Some label him a murderer of the King’s English, though a reporter listening in the Old Indian Treaty Room notes the President’s words, revealing the public discourse around his rhetoric.
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Eisenhower
Washington
How To Be In Man Of Distinction Final Draft Harper's
Final part of a three part discussion on how a Harper's magazine draft becomes copy. The writer explains aims for student insight into preparation and publication while offering to send previous parts on request.
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Harper’s Magazine
Harper's
Mississippi Native Writes Own Succeeding Tale
The author of this success story is a Mississippi native born in Columbia and raised in logging camps. He founded a Petal newspaper in Forrest County in 1953 after edits of two unions publications. He boasts Petal Paper’s broad reach beyond Petal and notes a wide circulation across the South and abroad. His tells of hardships, including losing local advertisers after segregation-related measures, and his belief in progress through controversial stances amid 1954 school integration debates.
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Columbia
Marion County
Union
Petal
Forrest County
Mississippi
South
Tam
Spottt
Fist. T
Huthiesbure
Barrest
Petalites
United States
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