Ten phrases for discussing the racial issue sparked by a Portla jon letter
A reader from Portla jon encloses a sheet listing ten phrases on race and praises a Southern Way of Life. The letter recounts Clyde Kennard’s Mississippi Southern College enrollment attempt, his arrest, and calls for framing critics as a defense of Southern values amid racial tension. The writing criticizes MSC students and faculty, suggesting an investigation of campus members.
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Ruth Haefner
Portla Jon
South
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi Southern College
Clyde Kennard
Chicago
Magnolia Jungle
Kennard
Ole Dixieland
Citizens Councils
Golly
Eastland
NAACP
Nautilus crosss North Pole marks new Arctic era
Excerpt recounts Nautilus subs crossing the North Pole on August 3 1958 as crew members hail the historic achievement. The account notes the submerged Northwest Passage opened and a record gathering at the Pole, with science instruments compiling Arctic data for the first time.
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Jenks
William R. Anderson
USN
Saturday Evening Post
North Pole
United States
U. S. Navy
Tom Curtis
Curtis
Northwest Passage
Pacific
Atlantic
Arctic
Pole
Reader Letters Question Dixie Morality And Southern Slavery
In a Mississippi periodical style, readers discuss race and religion urging southerners to confront slavery legacy and moral duties. A Lake City correspondent criticizes a recent editorial by William Bennett MD, preferring a straightforward moral approach over ornate biblical framing.
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East
Dixie
William L. Bennett
M. D
Ten Commandments in schools debate from Scarsdale letter
A Scarsdale reader argues against Dr. Bennetts August 27 letter opposing public school display of the Ten Commandments. The writer, a Jewish college sophomore, defends moral teaching at home and school but supports church state separation, urging rights protection for minorities and youth guidance to reduce delinquency and conflict.
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Scarsdale
New York
Mr. East
Bennett
God
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P. D
East Side
John McCormally
Hutchinson News
Hutchinson
Kansas
McCormally
San Francisco
Calif
Mr. Bennett
Tom E. Pray
Magnolia
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