Easton King Named Involved in Local Tax Debate
Easton King of Pascagoula editor of the Chronicle Star faces scrutiny after he criticized a proposed two county tax on scrap fish and menhaden. The piece cites his stance against the Sisson bill and notes tensions in Jackson and Harrison Counties.
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Easton King
Pascagoula
Chronicle Star
Easton
Shandy King
Irene King
Susan
Elizabeth
Upton Sisson
Jackson
Harrison
Sisson
Letters on P D East and Methodist misfits prairie front
A series of editor and reader letters debate P D East faction in New York and a Methodist Wesley Foundation at Ole Miss. Critics defend academic freedom amid charges of misfits, integration, and church state issues, referencing Sartre and campus events on the Northern Frontier.
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P. D
PETAL
Methodist
Ole Miss Wesley Foundation
South
Magnolia Curtain
Ross College
Wesley
Jean-Paul Sartre
Spirit Moves Planter to Move Family to Little Rock
In this passage the Spirit moves a Mississippi Delta planter to seek fairness and gather all his children to relocate to Little Rock so they may attend school together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Ness
Little Rock
Kipling Daughter Blocks Sinatra On The Road To Mandalay
Mike Barry notes Rudyard Kipling's daughter refuses release of a Sinatra recording of On The Road To Mandalay due to word substitutions. The Kentucky Irish American editor adds that future works could face censorship, humorously warning about references like Gunga Din.
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Rudyard Kipling
Mike Barry
Kentucky Irish American
Louisville, Ky
Unconfirmed Report Claims Sickle Cell Vaccine Near
Mississippi readers learn of a purported government vaccine to cure sickle cell anemia and prove white supremacy. The piece cites a “Brain Department” and a Montgomery Alabama chamber of commerce link. No verifiable evidence or dates are provided.
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Mississippi
Brain Department
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Alabama
Education Dream Amid Racial Barriers in Louisiana
The speaker sings of leaving the plantation and heading south seeking schooling, despite shame and violence. He recalls being slugged and marked by a hostile environment while pursuing literacy and knowledge from white institutions. The piece frames persistence in education against oppression on a Southern plantation.
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Hells
D. G. Billings
Mr. Billings
Nashville, Tenn
Lennie Jordan
Lennie
Cookie Jar
Will D. Campbell
Glory
Miss
Kipling
The
Cose
England
Gwine
Joe
Paul Dehn
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