Americans talk on stage and in print from a Mississippi letter
An extended pamphlet style column in which the author critiques Paul Harvey in Hattiesburg, mocks Ku Klux activities and local politics, praises figures like Norman Vincent Peale and Maud Falkner, and laments racial discrimination in Florida and Hattiesburg. It references Elvis Presley and Darwin with satirical tone and calls for moral reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Council
Tomp. Brady
Nelson
Norman Vincent Peale
America
Pablum
Renunciation of Logic as Kennedy Support Sparks Debate
A South Carolina delegation chair shouts for Kennedy amid factional strife. The piece notes intra party tensions and compares attitudes toward Kennedy with views on Roosevelt Hoover and Kefauver, reflecting complex loyalties among Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Kennedy
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Jack Kennedy
Roosevelt
Hitler
Hoover
Stalin
Kefauver
Stennis to Speak at Mississippi Forestry Association Meeting
Senator John Stennis will headline the annual Mississippi Forestry Association meeting at Edwards Hotel in Jackson on Friday as part of Forest Festival Day. The event includes a luncheon at 12 30, entertainment by Charlotte Wicker, and reports on association projects such as the Forest Fire Prevention Conference and Sears Roebuck Forestry Contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stennis
Mississippi Forestry Association
Edwards Hotel
Jackson
Appropriations
Stenmis
Mississippi
National Forest
Charlotte Wicker
Belhaven College
Sam E. Moreton, Jr
Brookhaven
Association
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Queens of the Forest
U.S
Linds Carol Eldridge
Forest
Draft Deferment Tests Set For November 15
Col John W Patten Jr Mississippi State Director of Selective Service announces national qualification tests for college students scheduled for Thursday November 15 1956 and Thursday April 18 1957 to be held at about 1000 testing centers. Eligibility requires student deferment intent full time study and no prior test. Applications for the November test must reach the local board by October 30 1956 and late postmarks will not be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Patten, Jr
Selective Service
Mississippi
General Hershey
Col. Patton
Weko
Science
Do Negares Have Rights Almost Another American Myth
A plea for racial tolerance urges white leadership to ban stigma and support equal rights. It argues for civil over social distinctions, coexistence in schools and public life, and gradual voluntary integration with proportional black representation to avoid chaos and preserve freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic
America
Segregaon
Leftovers, Thank You Letter on Segregation and Education
A Norfolk reader argues for using existing schools to split daily sessions by race to double instructional hours. The letter claims savings, argues against discrimination, and contrasts proposed plan with Ku Klux Council demands to deport Black people. It concludes that true liberty and justice require ending all discrimination.
Dance Institute Set At MSC For Oct 25 27
Mississippi Dance Institute at MSC will host a three day event October 25 to 27 featuring instruction by Doon and Morw Armstrong. Miss Jean Kubik and Dr J L Milam describe skilled leaders and side light adds to the festival with a squirrel dance contest for young children Saturday October 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dance Institute
MSC
Jal
Mississippi Dance Institute
Ove
Reeves- Now Department
Doon
Morw Aemstrung
Ie Leiders
Addiion
Don Armarnt
Jean Kubik
Spanseriye
Armstrongs
Achidiog
Kubik
Don Armstrong
Mornda Cats- 212
Teathers Assit
Plavidy
Torhone Windsir
Dexte Institute
Emory University
Rubik
Marie Tastrong
J. L. Milam
Division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Orathel
Milam
Mili
Miss Kubik
Polio Progress Report Highlights Mississippi Vaccination Gains
Dr A L Gray, director of Preventable Disease Control, releases a polio progress report showing 1956 data through September. Vaccinated Mississippians show far fewer cases than unvaccinated youths under 20, with 44.2 per 100000 in unvaccinated versus 9.6 in those with one or two injections. Fewer than one third completed all three Salk doses due to the seven month gap between injections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Underwood
Mississippi
A. L. Gray
Gray
Uisa
Salle vfDrane
Siena Durol
Mississippi Central Railroad Joins State Tree Farmers
The Mississippi Central Railroad received its first tree farm certificate at a Brookhaven ceremony. Sam E. Moreton Jr., president of the Mississippi Forestry Association, presented the award and praised the railroad's shift toward forestry-based income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Central Railroad
Brookhaven
S. E. Moreton, Jr
Mississippi Forestry Association
LeRoy Morris
Riley E. Davis
E. Morsion
R. T. Perry
Perry
Mississippi
Sam E
Moreton, Jr
Moreton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Harvey
Hattiesburg
Job
Karen
Mister Colonel Hound Dog Rebel
P.D
Washington
John Bell Williams
McCall's
Margaret Silver
Maud Falkner
Mr. Darwin
of Florida
Monticello
Tallahassee
Deborah Coggins
Hell
Hells
Southland
East Side
P. D
Sen. Stennis
Senator Stennis
Liberty
Justice
Journal and Guild
Norfolk
Virginia
Norfolk Journal and Guild
NAACP
Petal Optimist
Varioas Committee
Barrell C. Young
ON. Ashcraft
Optimist
Noe
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