Palmer Hoyt and Arkansas press clash over integration remarks
East Side columnist recalls Palmer Hoyt editor of The Denver Post upsetting Governor Faubus by asserting the integration issue matters more than the method. An AP report noted twenty six guests walked out as Hoyt spoke in Little Rock. The Times-Picayune also covered the story.
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Courier-Journal
Louisville, Ry
Ethridge
Palmer Hoyt
Hoyt
Denver Post
Denver
Colorado
Arkansas Press Convention
Little Rock
Faubus
Central High
Faubus the
Tom Allen
Press Association
Wal Faultus
Arkansas
New Orleans
Times-Picayune
Dear P D Who Sent Christmas Cards
A reader comments on P D East and the idea of a fan club. The letter discusses freeing the mind from preconceived ideas and evaluating new concepts, ending with a playful note about P D buttons available by request before Christmas.
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P. D
P. D. East
Alfred
State of the Union echoes shock over election bets
Robt. G. Spivack notes Eisenhower's State of the Union amid Sputnik fears and Cape Canaveral setback. He says Democrats overconfident after a stroke and Cape Carnival, while Republicans hail the address as strong. He warns against underestimating opponents and recalls Deweyitis risk.
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Eisenhower
Dmany
Cape Canaveral
Sen. Kefauver
Tom Dewey
Population Decline Where Went The Mules
In four-year shifts across Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama mule counts plummet from 1950 to 1954. Officials report a total male loss of 381 560 while joking about mules joining citizens councils and becoming jackasses. Legislators deny being the missing mules with no clear explanation.
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Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Citizens Councils
Citizens - Councils
Squire Smith Goes to Heaven in a Texas Satire
Texas Observer presents a fantasy one act where Squire Smith reaches heaven in a satirical tour. St Peter guides him through streets of glittering palaces and modest quarters reflecting political divides, civil rights debates, and the afterlife's imagined treatment of racial and party distinctions.
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Squire Smith
Heaven
N. T. Grate
Pearly Gates
St. Peter
Squire
St. Smith
Texas
Centralton
Sa. Smith
Sq. Smith
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Center
Golden Street
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W. S. O'Banion
S. P
Abraham Lincoln Jones
NAACP
Legislative Assembly
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By Robt. G. Spivack
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Texas Observer
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Bsthrus Haaca
HAACA
Heavenly Association For the Advancement of Colored Angels
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