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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1959
Page
2
A nostalgic column mocks Dickens and Scrooge while lampooning postwar politics. It imagines spirits scaring Scrooge into childish antics and critiques Senator McCarthy and figures like Herblock and Dr. Brogan, praising a local broadcast and a senator defending minority rights.
The cartoonist Herblock has a new book titled Her Block's Special For Today from Simon & Schuster. It is priced at 3.95 dollars.
The writer reveals receiving an invitation to a Christmas party in Westchester County, New York, extended by Maxwell Geismar. He apologizes for misinformation sent to subscribers about his social status.
The Rosenblatt study notes Rockefeller’s impact on both parties and warns Democratic leaders that relying on veteran lawmakers risks failing to build a real party record. It highlights battles to end the filibuster and curb the Dixie dominated House Rules Committee as tests shaping the 1960s political trajectory.
A speaker reflects on biblical origins of language and race, mentioning the flood, continents split by water, and a curse on Canaan. He notes white and British roles in history and contrasts modernist religion with social issue talk, suggesting hierarchical differences among people.
In Little Rock a Centenary Protestant Church minister faces conflict after turning away invited Negro worshippers amid a nationwide push for church integration. He struggles between local distrust of integration and national church support, feeling his spirit unsatisfied as he navigates a thorny path between parish loyalties and civil rights pressures.
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