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Bill of Wading. In Hattiesburg, Miss., during the city's worst flash flood in years, a mailman sloshed into a flooded filling station, handed Operator Paul Shows his monthly water bill...
Having made her third stump speech of the day, Militant Mary drove away to make four more. Following her to the platform was Paul B. Johnson, balding Hattiesburg lawyer, who has twice before been defeated for governor. "Four years ago," Johnson recalled, "a lousy Negro from Jackson, paid by my opponent, said, 'Sorry, Mr. Paul, if it hurts you, but all us Negroes is for you.' " Flushing with resentment at the memory, Johnson cried: "A Negro lie will not defeat Paul Johnson this time ... As long as I am governor, there will be no intermingling of the races...
Medicine has made spectacular strides in the 20th century, but people may be too impressed with its wonders. Said John L. Bach, A.M.A. press chief, speaking before a gathering of doctors in Hattiesburg, Miss.: "The word 'science' now carries some of the connotations of magic in the nonscientific man's vocabulary. So much has been written on what's new in medical science and what science reveals that it is [hard] for the man in the street to understand where science leaves off and science fiction begins." As a result, said Bach, the patient often reveres...
...Hattiesburg, Miss...
...Creel amputated his forearm. Holding the arm against his ribs and squeezing it with his right hand to stanch the bleeding, he walked a mile to the nearest house, where he got a towel for a crude tourniquet. Two hours after the accident, he got to a hospital in Hattiesburg. Professionals tidied up his rough & ready surgery, and Creel was soon resting easily. Then he expressed his chief fear: that the amputation might make it harder for him to support his wife and baby...