Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...
Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; United States. Congress. Senate.; Agricultural prices; Agricultural price supports; Agriculture and state; Eisenhower, Dwight David, Pres. U.S., 1890-1969
Bankrupt Farm Prices - The Gateway to a Depression, speech made by U.S. Senator John C. Stennis (Mississippi) on the Senate Floor, on January 29, 1953. Concerns agricultural price supports and his support for a bill to continue mandatory supports...
Senator Stennis discusses with a constituent the possibility of martial law being imposed in Mississippi. Stennis also notes a speech in which he discourages Mississippians from joining the Ku Klux Klan.
Bush, George H.W. State of the Union Address. Capital Gains Tax Rate. National Prayer Breakfast. The Gulf States Initiative.
1- President Bush delivered his State of the Union Address earlier this week. What were your impressions of the speech?; 2- He mentioned several initiatives to help boost the economy, including a cut in the capital gains tax rate and restoration...
State of the Union. Defense Authorization Bill. Clinton, Bill. Voluntary School Prayer.
1- The President came to the Capitol for his State of the Union address this week. What did you think of his speech?; 2- You were on the conference committee that met this past week to come up with a Defense Authorization bill, after President...
Rice, Donald. Bush, George H.W. Columbus Air Force Base. Meridian, MS. State of the Union. National Guard.
1- Air Force Secretary Donald Rice accepted your invitation to visit Columbus Air Force Base last week. What were his impressions of the facility and the people there?; 2- From Columbus, you flew to Meridian to participate in the conversion of the...
Ingalls Shipbuilding Yard. Military Spending. Guided Missile Cruiser. Pell Grants and Student Loans. United Nations. Hussein, Saddam.
1- You will deliver the keynote speech this weekend at the christening of the new AEGIS Guided Missile Cruiser at Ingalls Shipbuilding on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. What effect will cuts in military spending have on the shipyards on the...
Hussein, Saddam. National Guard Association. American Legion Convention.
1- Congressman, the President recently called for a military air strike against Saddam Hussein in Iraq. What do you think of this?; 2- You recently delivered a speech before the National Guard Association. What were some of your main points?; 3-...
