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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1958
Page
1
A columnist frames a correspondence between John Sutphin a Methodist minister and Ellis Wright an undertaker as more than a simple dispute between preaching and funeral services. The speaker aligns with the preacher while noting personal stance.
A Mississippi Citizens Council letter urges house to house surveys to resist NAACP pressure on school integration voting by Negroes and residential integration. The reply letter satirically questions integration terms and mocks local institutions while detailing stance and open meeting demand.
Opinion piece argues high oil and gasoline prices keep inflationary pressure, blaming Big Oil for withholding bargains. It describes excess U.S. oil stocks, foreign imports, and price rigidity. It links price maintenance to layoffs and a downward economic spiral, ending with a prompt to continue on next page.
A satirical obituary notes the death of G Gissing Vines in his sleep last month. It contrasts local reception of his Southern literary career with Faulkner like themes and details a controversial reaction from Degradation Mississippi residents including a knife and a flaming cross mystery.
Based on six month figures the United States is headed for a record year with 1 899 670 major crimes by June 30 or one per 11 people. The total is 84 percent above the same period last year and well over the five year average.
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