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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1961
Page
2
The letter to the editor lauds Senator Jamar Adcock for opposing a controversial resolution and criticizes two local Representatives. Noted is a minister's Sunday message, a denunciation from 319 Tulane professors, and readers recalling backbone amid New Orleans school integration protests.
A critical look at the musical Little Mary Sunshine noting amiable tunes and spoofed operettas. The piece amuses with business gags and Dom DeLuise in a role, but overall the reviewer finds it paltry and devoid of day’s issues.
A passage from Autobiographical Notes describes losing youth's religious paradise to pursuit of an outer world. The author speaks of freedom found in devoted work with this larger reality, admiring contemporaries and past thinkers who sought inner freedom through such occupation. The path is less comforting but proven trustworthy.
A column excerpt shows author Ruark declaring secession from the Confederacy over desegregation and race mixing views. He advocates moving away from white supremacy and criticizes anti Catholicism and anti Judaism, lamenting national division and urging a broader U.S. perspective.
The text contrasts calls to stay ahead in weaponry with warnings that the arms race could end humanity. It notes Defense Department and Soviet cuts, questions Pax and peace, and warns stagnation as a greater threat than war itself.
Column notes a Jan 24 1961 stance on union activism urging readers to join. It references family history on the grapevine and paints a portrait of Southern labor loyalties and collective action. The piece emphasizes personal resolve and civic duty to support organized labor efforts.
The Petal Paper is issued every other Thursday by THE SOUTHERN INC. of Mont de Ala and East Patriations Co. in Hattiesburg Mississippi. It is entered as second class matter at the Petal post office and re entered at Montgomery. The box for subscriptions is Box 349 and the editor is listed as Editor & Publisher. Subscriptions are six months or per year.
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