31 Oct 1957
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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1957
Page
1
On October 31 in Kansas City about eleven hundred people gathered for the Missouri Council of Human Relations annual convention. The speaker declined due to an allergy and ear infection, joking about being unable to discuss human relations and ready to disrupt them instead.
The author recalls learning about journalist George Seldes after discovering his book Tell The Truth And Run. He notes Seldes lived in Connecticut in 1953 and later in Vermont, and remarks on the book’s apt title and Seldes' contributions.
The speaker argues that truth telling does not affect newspapers as big business drives bias. He notes no dent in dollars from truth and suggests nearly all papers are pressured, claiming a free press is a broke press.
The piece argues for a new Constitution to boost industry and fair legislative representation by county population. It notes Mr. Coleman initially supported the convention for broad reasons and later tied it to racial issues, with continued discussion on page 2.
Government officials say the United States will launch a golf ball sized sphere from a golf course in the near future. The high paid golfer in the country will drive the sphere into space and then retire.
Mississippi Southern College announces homecoming on Friday and Saturday November 15 16 honoring the classes of 1917 1927 1937 and 1947. A reunion dinner starts Friday at 7 p m in the college cafeteria followed by a full day of activities Saturday highlighted by the football game.
The piece admonishes excitement over Sputnik and warns Americans, especially in the South, to focus on voting. It urges Neagoes to vote and questions when the rest of the nation will awaken to the stakes. It frames Sputnik as a misdirected concern while urging civic participation.
Harry Golden notes pressure on White Citizens Councils and Patriots groups as they monitor desegregation in schools. He highlights strain within white organizations and the broad religious denominations' official backing of Supreme Court rulings against racial segregation, while acknowledging Black allegiance to Baptist Methodist Presbyterian and Episcopalian faiths.
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