Grand Jury Examines Koinonia Mission in Georgia
An interview transcript with Clarence Jordan from Koinonia Farm details March Grand Jury sessions in Americus Sumpter County Georgia. Jordan discusses his motives for coming to Georgia the farm’s purpose and how questions touched on racial dynamics and a burned house incident.
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Clarence Js
Koinonia Farm
Americus
Sumpter
Koinonia
Sumpter County
Georgia
Clarence
Grand Jury
Clarence Jordan
Jordan
Baptist Church
Not Raising Hogs Business Queried by Octave Broussard
Octave Broussard writes to the Secretary seeking guidance on a hogs not being raised venture in Terrebonne Parish. He cites a $1000 payment this year for not rais ing hogs and asks which breeds and farm type avoid raising hogs. He plans a small start with about 4000 hogs and contemplates corn payments, asking if payments apply for not raising 100000 bushels of corn. He also asks about a side of 10 or 12 hogs for personal bacon and notes the item originated in Fort Worth Weekly Livestock Reporter.
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Rien Bordeau
Terrebonne Parish
Gove
Es Ee
P.S
Dear Mr East praised letters and Mencken quotes
A reader from Grand Bay Alabama lauds Margaret Huncke of Fort Smith for a thought provoking letter dated April 17. The writer lauds HL Mencken's May 1 quote and recalls a December 20 1956 contribution of The Petal Paper front page story by Mencken while noting personal newspaper subscriptions.
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Margaret Huncke
Fort Smith
Mencken
G. B. Shaw
Nation
America
American Mercury
H. L. Mencken
Mississippi State College to Mississippi State University of Agriculture
A historic note records a name change to Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. The state has another university, the University of Mississippi at Oxford. The writer urges adding a third university, speculating on Mississippi Southern College becoming the University of South Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
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Mississippi State College
Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science
State of Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Oxford
Mississippi Southern College
Hattiesburg
University of South Mississippi
Eastland fights Civil Rights Commission with new objections
A historical note critiques Senator James Eastland for blocking civil rights progress. It details how Eastland and his committee delayed the Civil Rights Commission created after President Eisenhower signed the civil rights law, describing the process from the signing last September to the January swearing in, March Senate approval, and the staff appointment of Gordon M. Tiffany.
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James O. Eastland
Senate
Ian
Civil Rights Commission
Eastland
Eisenhower
Congress
Gordon M. Tiffany
New Hampshire
A Sonnet on Time and War by Orrin Alfred
The poem ponders brief human life set against vast time and the slow search for meaning. It contrasts fragile existence with humanity’s drive toward conflict, noting how war and hate maim. Yet the speaker ends with a breath and a wary hope that life endures.
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Orrin Alfred
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East Side
P. D
Pde
Clarance
Christian
Octave Broussard
Livestock Reporter
Fort Worth
Texas
Grand Bay, Ala
Mr. East
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