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...around the county seat, Madisonville (pop. 3,500). Writing virtually all of its 16 to 20 pages himself (his mother handles the society page and his wife reads proofs), he has forced the indictment of a county road supervisor for embezzlement; the collapse of a local Ku Klux Klan movement; the closure of a sleazy club for underage drinkers; the upgrading of the local school board; the proper outfitting of the volunteer fire department, and improvement in the water supply...
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...recurring complaints against Middle South have centered on the hiring practices of Mississippi Power and Light. Several times in the last six years, student groups have claimed that the company discriminates against black workers, and that its managers include Ku Klax Klan members, Harvard has firmly denied the charges. Three years ago, President Pusey said that any discriminations should be covered by federal law. More recently, Bennett reported that his personal investigation revealed no problems...
...agitated hundreds of U.S. communities is whether fluorides,-even in a dilution of one part per million, are safe. The answer, from scientifically controlled studies in many countries, is an unequivocal yes on the basis of the evidence. But strident opposition has come from Christian Scientists, the Ku Klux Klan, the John Birch Society and a handful of physiologists and dentists. They assert that fluorides (among other effects) increase the incidence of mongolism, cancer, allergies, and sterility, and even make the teeth fall...
...have never advocated violence either as a way of life or as a program of action to accomplish desired objectives, whether practiced by the Black Panthers, the Ku Klux Klan, the Armed Forces of the United States of America, or "duly constituted" law enforcement officers of the nation, the states or municipalities therein. Nor do I now. But the fact that I have been unwilling to accept, personally, the violent program of action allegedly being promulgated by some of the leaders of the Black Panthers does not, for one moment, blind me to the injustice, indeed the savagery, which...