Witch hunt returns to Ole Miss amid school book fears
The piece notes the American Legion and State DAR pushing lawmakers to appoint capable readers to the state textbook committee and warns of a renewed witch hunt at the University of Mississippi. Wilburn Hooker and Edwin White accuse Will D Campbell of promoting integration by ping pong with a Black student, prompting chatter of a legislature session and a Barnett administration shift.
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D.a.r
American Legion
D.a.r.’S
Magnificent
Magnolias
University of Mississippi
Wilburn Hooker
Edwin White
Lexington
Miss
National Council of Churches
Hooker
White
Will
Will D
Electross Barnett
Notable Hollywood Tidbits From a Busy Night
The piece recalls Frank Sinatra origins and a wolf with a heart of gold in an era of entertainment. Bob overhears a woman ordering an imported caviar sandwich, Jack Carson interrupts with jokes, and a cat waking a husband becomes fodder for humor. Also notes on Never So Few set at MGM, John Sturges directing Burmese jungle scenes, and Robert Montgomery's last screen role in June Bride (1948).
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Frank Sinatra
Lynny Katessen
Jack Carson
Carson
Bob
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Burma
John Sturges
Robert Montgomery
Warners
June Bride
Bette Day
Bob Mitcham
Robert Mitchum
Mitchum
Tough Guy
Debbie
Cary Grant
Arry
Grant
Hollywood Life and Summer Science in The World of Nature
Feature notes John M. Fratsie and Mississippi Southern College discuss actors lives between scenes and the real world of film creation. Debi/ Debbie and Cary Grant are cited in comic exchanges while stunt work informs actors’ routines as summer science time encourages children to observe weather, skies, and the troposphere for learning and safe exploration.
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the World OF Nature
John M. Fratsie
Conservationist
Mississippi Southern College
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William F. Halsey, Jr
Jimmy Cagney
Halsey
Montgomery
Cagney
al Pinson
Cordis
Gary Cooper
Kingdom Come
Pinson
Hollywood
James Cagney
Bing Crosby
Marlon Brando
Marilyn Monroe
Frank
Tony Curtis
Houdini
Deborah Kerr
California
Southern Bell
Mississippi
Main
Newton, Kansas
James Rutchman
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