Oral history.; Mr. Palmer E. Foster was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and moved with his family to Ripley, Mississippi. After his high school graduation, he spent four years in the Army during World War II. Then he entered Rust College and in 1949...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 5, 1978 with Miss Florence Mars at her home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Mars was born on January 1, 1923 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. She studied at Millsaps College and University of Mississippi,...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A strong, healthy-looking man labeled "Nat'l economy" sits on a stool, looking pleased with himself. He is dressed in slacks and shoes but not a shirt, and he holds up his left arm to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A map of the United States is filled in with the grid lines of a graph (or chart) and is labeled "College entrance test scores." The graph line runs from West Coast to East...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant and a donkey wearing suits stand near a brick wall looking up at windows set into the wall. Each carries a briefcase; the elephant's case is labeled "Returning...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A very large man labeled "Deficits" is underneath a hospital bed on hands and knees, as if trying to crawl under it. The bed is off the floor by several feet. The patient in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A family stands in front of a large graph with "Credit crunch" at the bottom and a "Dream house" at the top of the upward trend line. The trend line is labeled, "Interest...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Lyndon Johnson stands in front of a cracked mirror straightening the knot in his tie. The mirror is labeled "Polls," and the crack is labeled "Popularity." The crack in the mirror...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The backdrop is a graph with gridlines and two bars rising from the X axis labeled "Debt ceiling" and "New debt ceiling needs." The second bar is much taller than the first....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam holds a paper that reads "Antiwar protests in Washington cost in excess of $1,000,000." He looks angrily at a large graph with a rising expenditure line labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Victor Schiro sits at his desk and appears to be deep in thought. Behind him on the wall is a graph labeled, "City's financial status." The graph line is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The gridlines of a graph form the background of the cartoon. New Orleans mayor Victor Schiro rides in the back of a chauffeur-driven open car which forms the upward trend line...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The background of the cartoon is the grid of a chart with an upward trend line that is labeled, "Cost of living index." At the lower end of the line is a man's leg with trousers...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Legislature" is holding under one arm a rolled up piece of paper that is labeled, "Bill to raise legislators' out-of-season expenses." With his other hand, he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam, hands on lapels and looking very pleased, is labeled, "Tremendous scientific achievements." He is standing in front of a chart with an upward-trend graph line that is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon, dressed as a doctor, carries a large sppon and bottle of medicine labeled, "Nixon inflation medicine...Slowing pains." He is about to enter a hospital room where...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man in a hospital bed pulls the bedclothes up to his nose. He is afraid of what he sees at his window, a ghost labeled "Rising hospital rates." A hospital chart hangs from the foot...
cartoon by John Knudsen; A man labeled "Congress" holds up a piece of paper that reads,"Proposals To Increase Dependents Allowance Above $600.00 On Income Tax" He looks over his shoulder because he has been nudged in the back by the rising plot...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man holding a bouquet of flowers looks around a door into a hospital room at the patient within and says, "Hope there's nothing seriously wrong with his ticker!" In the room, an...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided into two panels. On the left side, Jimmy Carter has been kicked down a flight of stairs that form a downward trend line on a large graph that is labeled,...
