16 Oct 1958
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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1958
Page
1
The column notes a Citizens Council critique of the Golden Out-Of-Order Plan and recounts Harry Golden’s September paper review. It cites his question on humor and defends Southern life tint while praising his best seller Only In America, now on the bestseller list and priced at four dollars.
A brief praise of Dabbs book The Southern Heritage from Knopf noting the author as a 62 year old scholar essayist and Presbyterian elder described by TIME L Y magazine as humanitarian amid harshness, and calling the work one of the best on the present day Southern Scene.
A note on Mississippi attitudes toward new four cent stamps with Lincoln and past Booker T. Washington issues. The writer jokes about boycotts and hints at racial politics, suggesting Republicans might push civil rights agendas.
A student group at an Ohio college selected Mississippi's senior senator, James Eastland, as Ass Of The Week. The writer decries the selection as undemocratic and likens it to communism, arguing the honor should last 5200 weeks and that many Ohio residents deserve investigation.
The Chicago American editorial highlights Mississippi's Eastland and Ohio's Jenner appearing before the Dominican Republic legislature under dictator Ciudad Trijilla. It argues Jenner learned from U S Senate the need for leaders to read carefully, not merely hold titles. Continued on Page 2.
Maxwell Geismar offers a critique of the Stokelys book “Neither Black Nor White.” He praises its attempt to map the mind of the South, bridging the chasm between Faulkner’s upper world and Wright’s underworld. The work blends legend, reporting, social history, and manners in today’s South, with James Stokely as poet and Wilma Dykeman Stokely as journalist.
Hodding Carter reports on a confrontation between Big Daddy Hugh White and Time magazine over the Miss America pageant. The BAWI board canceled a contract, urging readers to boycott outlets and support local media as tensions rise about editorial policy and Southern pride. The piece mocks Time and predicts economic fallout for the magazine.
The Monitor notes a booming plastic hoop manufacturing trend with colorful units sweeping society. It contrasts today’s plastic hoops with iron and wooden predecessors and recalls past hoop fashions, games, and the resale of hoops by grocers while pondering whether new designs truly function as hoops or mere fashion.
Attorney General Rogers underestimates the forces facing desegregation. He and President Eisenhower face a clash of federal and state laws as communities weigh reopening schools. Some groups push to defy Supreme Court mandates amid misconceptions about constitutional issues.
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