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Shows transportation zones, trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:601,920; 1 in. represents approx. 9.5 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Shows transportation zones, trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:1,520,640; 1 in. represents approx. 24 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Shows transportation zones, trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:1,532,320; 1 in. represents approx. 24.5 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Shows transportation zones, trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:2,344,320; 1 in. represents approx. 37 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Shows transportation zones, trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads. Scale ca. 1:2,344,320; 1 in. represents approx. 37 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
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North sheet: 501062 (540226). South sheet: 501732 (540246). Shows railroads. Scale 1:2,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Descriptive leaflet illustrated with the following two maps: [a] Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Colored. Scale ca. 1:14,400. 11 x 22 cm. (Shows names of commander roads, railroad, and tour route.) [b] The Vicksburg campaign. Aug. 1962. Colored. Scale ca. 1:2,350,000. 40 x 23 cm. (Map of the Mississippi River from Memphis to the Gulf of Mexico showing drainage, railroads, and towns.) Description derived from published bibliography. Various scales. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 291.4 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Say Newspaper Must Be Lawyer For The People CHICAGO UPIStuart List publisher of the Chicagos American told high school newspaper editors and advisers Friday that a newspaper must be an attorney for the peo ple A newspaper should realize that to accept evil without pro test is in reality to cooperate with it he said in a speech for delivery to the annual conven tion of the National Scholastic Press Association It is not enough to love the flowers You must also hate the weeds List said basic good taste and high standards of performance are marks of how a newspaper meets its responsibilities A newspaper must know the people of its community and love them he said Always the newspaper must ask the question do we reflect what is good for the people of the com munity not what is good for ourselves List represented the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation in presenting this years journalism awards for general excellence to five high school newspapers TVia irinnofc nrnrA Pa1_ legian Baltimore City College Baltimore Md The Hoofbeat Murrah High School Jackson Miss The Rocket John Mar shal High School Rochester Minn The Profile Proviso West High School Hillside
NewspaperPeople Affinity By Rosecoe Drummond More Americans are reading newspa pers more thoroughly than ever before There must be a reason Despite the decline in the total num ber of newspapers total newspaper cir culation in the United States today is at an alltime high There must be a reason The reason must have something to do with newspapersand people There is a special affinity between them between newspapers and people People must feel a great identity of interest with their own newspapers One of the reasons may well be that the printed word requires more of its read ers than any other media Readers get more out of newspapers because they put more of themselvesmore of their own thinkinginto their newspapers I do not speak disparagingly of other news media quite the opposite I think that radio and television reporting is a tremendous boon to our democracy Radio and television reporting greatly expands the surface of public know ledge In my judgement most newspapers greatly expand the depth of public know ledge Dictator Diem The latest clear act of dictatorship in South Vietnam where American boys are being asked to die fighting for the regime is the imposition of
Hancock Voters Seek Reversal In High Court JACKSON UPIAn attorney for a group of Hancock County voters hias asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to overrule a Chancery Court decision and re turn the states first county voter redistricting case for trial Attorney Upton Sission of Gulf port appealed to the high court to reverse a ruling by Chancellor William Hews at Bay St Louis which sustained a general demur rer by the defense dismissing the case The suit filed last Feb 13 by Powell Glass Jr of Bay St Louis and a group of Hancock residents as a class action asked that the county election commission be en joined from holding a further elec I tion for supervisor until redistrict ing had been accomplished The court took the matter under advisement The suit complained that one of the countys five beats had been virtually annihilated by the federal governments purchase of land for the space vehicle test site center in Hancock and Pearl River coun ties It claimed that the county had not been redistricted in more than 100 years and said that efforts to __ I IP ASTORALL PURPOS K I BLEACH wow Baby Food Ss 6 r 49
J P Coleman Favors Creating More Good Jobs The time has come for Mississippi to gear its indus trial program to the idea of creating not just jobs but more good jobs former gov ernor J P Coleman said in speeches over the state this week Coleman cited the record of great industrial progress which he said shows our success and accomplishments in the field of industrializa tion HP continued to expand on his plans for boosting the states economy and indus trialization program if he is elected governor for the next four years The key to creating more good jobs for Mississippians is an intensive research pro gram and a modern vocation al training program which will equip Mississippians with the skills they need to qualify for good jobs the former governor said Modern industry can not operate with unskilled work ers Coleman said and when we send our young people out into the world with no skills or specialized training we are condemning them to a mediocre income for the rest of their lives The former governor said he would pattern his program for skilled training after the highly successful program in North Carolina Howell Warner And Billy
j4omed County HERALD Published by the Holmes Cotinty Publishing Company at 200 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class mail under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Subscription lates for Holmes and adjoining counties 300 per year six months 200 elsewhere 400 per year PAUL TARDYEditor ALL1E S TARDY Associate Editor_ Retailers govern economy The whole welfare of a community is closely related to the prosperity of local retail outlets The conditions of churches schools government libraries and other cultu ral institutions are largely a reflection of the health of business community Thus it is one of the first functions of a local newspaper to assist m the development of a sound local econo my Newspaper advertising is a proven stimulant and long range supporter of local retail trade Few publishers however are so shortsighted that they would not re cognize the neqd for other forms of advertising in the local community The newspaper publisher wishes his advertising to be effective and he knows that newspaper advertising can be effectively supplemented by good window display posters at point of sale and personal salesmanship within the store Any supplemental advertising which helps
Dorsey McCay Is Candidate For lieutenant Governor Of Mississippi Dorsey McCay of Water Valley candidate for Lieuten a n t Governor today an nounced the formal opening of his campaign and the ap pointment of his state cam paign manager Named by him is Clinton T Howell of Jackson Howell was the editor of the Missis sippi Methodist Advocate Of ficial weekly NewsMagazine of the Methodist people in Mississippi for eight years and is now in the printing business He is the author of several books the latest Lines to Live By is an inspirational volume of poe try philosophy and sayings He was a member of the Campaign Staff of Ross Bar nett in his successful race four years ago McCay a former lay prea cher of the Methodist Church is 42 years of age He was educated at Northwest Jr College and Jackson School of Law He is married to the former Mary Helen Rankin of Nettleton niece of the late Congressman John Rankin The McCays have five sons He says he will wage a vigorous campaign based up on his stand for 1 Economy in State Government 2 A balanced state budget 3 Increased pay for our
i r We Must Print The News A Lying Newspaper Is No Good Continued From Pape One T testified that the then Sheriff Smith had told Holmes supervisors he did not intend that any Negroes will vote while he was sheriff I was un der oath to tell the truth And I did The men who disputed my testi mony were talking for quotation in the Holmes County Herald Those who denied Sheriff Smith made the statement at the time and place designated did not do so in court They were not under oath Thein state ment was made to a newspaper that has consistently agitated racial mat ters since it was founded four years ago a newspaper that has done everything it possibly can to destroy me personally and my newspaper This is simply because I have re fused to bow to the wouldbe political bosses of Holmes County or permit them and the Citizens Council pres sure groups through which they work to dictate the editorial and news poli cies of this newspaper T might add that I shall continue to resist their domination and print the truth about all matters of public importance so that the people
gSLSHE More than 2000 seniors of high schools and Junior Col leges visited the Mississippi Vocational College campus March 15 1968 The students were welcomed by Miss Freshman Lonnie Lockett Greenville Miss Juni or Clarice Dumas Calhoun City President Charles Rained Civil Rights Continued From Page One accused Leflore County officers of violating his civil rights when they forced him from the Negro waiting room of a bus depot in Greenwood Releya commission investigator made the report when he returned to Washington Cothron in a statement said that at the time of the bus station incident Relyaa actually was registered at a Greenwood hotel and was certainly not an inter state bra passenger Tt appears that Relyaa went to Clsrfcsaale from Greenwood tor the express purpose erf returning to Greenwood on a Greyhound bus and creating an incident Cothron said a deputy had been instructed to be on the alert for persons who might cause trouble and strife between the races He said Relyea was removed from the bus station to prevent possible trouble and to obtain his identity When his identity was estab lished the sheriff said Relyaa wm ewHttied not to caw any racial trouble and was released