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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1957
Page
2
The speaker argues Mississippi gains from federal spending while praising states rights yet accuses federal officials of hypocrisy. The piece condemns political theater as film-flam and notes approval of Eisenhower skipping nine holes.
The third annual Piano Workshop at Mississippi Southern College runs July 6 to 12 with Rudolph Ganz as guest artist. Sessions occur in the Frank E. Marsh Fine Arts Building and include master classes and faculty-led seminars. Undergraduate and graduate students may earn credit and housing is available on campus.
Ott Brockman, manager of Southern Bell, said hurricane Audrey caused over $88 thousand in Mississippi. More than 14,644 telephones and 460 long distance circuits were affected. 83 of 159 exchanges reported cable trouble. About 15,000 phones restored after repairs along a 50 mile corridor from Natchez to Columbus.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis sent over $33,000 in emergency polio funds to 12 Mississippi counties in the first half of 1957. The bulk funds aimed to finance care for patients from previous years, while the State Board of Health reported 38 new polio cases in the state, a 14 percent drop from the prior year.
A critical, satirical take on Harold Stassen as a presidential hopeful assigned to a disarmament post by President Eisenhower. The piece argues his suitability is dubious while noting the shifting Soviet stance from rejection to cautious engagement, framing the era's nuclear diplomacy as precarious and ironic.
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