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©2011, King Features Syndicate, Inc. 1407 Burleigh Combine this low price with todayÊs low interest rates and youÊll have a wonderfully low monthly payment! This comfortable ranch has 3 BR on main, great lower level finishing, an attached garage, and a large lot with alley access. WouldnÊt you like to check it out today? $94,900 Virginia Larson 661-0418 www.yanktonhomes.com www.yanktonhomes.com BULL SALES WILKINSON RANCH BLACK ANGUS Y earling Bull Private Treaty Sale with equal oppor- tunity to bid on each bull. Beginning Sat. Feb. 11th. For more information and a cata- log, call Bill Wilkinson, 605- 203-0379 or Mark Wilkinson, 605-203-0380 De Smet, S.D. EDUCATION ALLIED HEAL TH CAREER train- ing. Attend college 100% online. Job placement assis- tance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified. SCHEV certified. Call 800-481- 9409. www .CenturaOnline.com EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE: Delta Dental of South Dakota, the largest and most experienced provider of dental benefits in the state, has an opening for a Benefit Ser vices Representative. This position requires someone with dental knowledge, experience as a customer service represen- tative, and excellent general office skills. The individual selected for this position must have excellent telephone and customer service skills, be detail-oriented, organized, pro- fessional, and self motivated. Hours are 8:00 - 5:00, Monday through Friday. Salary will depend on experience. Excellent benefit package pro- vided. Send cover letter , resume, and list of business references to: Summer Sporrer , HR, Delta Dental of South Dakota, P.O. Box 1157, Pierre, SD 57501. SIX DA Y DAILY AM P APER has an opening for a #2 pressman. Mostly evening hours, 5 days per week. Full time, benefit package, etc. Goss Press. Send resume to the Plainsman, PO 1278, Huron, SD 57350 W ANTED: SERVICE MANAGER, full-time position at Freeman Implement a CaseIH Farm Equipment dealership in Freeman, SD. Benefits pack- age, salary DOE. Call 877-423- 3977. OWNER/OPERATORS $5,000 Sign-On Bonus! Relocate for tons of warm South TX runs! Frac Sand Hauling. Must have tractor , pneumatic trailers, blower. 1-888-567-4972. RESIDENT OR NIGHT MANAGER for Hotel. If you have hotel, customer service or apartment management experience. Send letter or resume to: Manager , PO BOX 1433, Huron, SD 57350. TOP P A Y for RN’s, LPN’s/ LVN’s, CNAs, Med Aides. $2,000 Bonus - Free Gas. AACO Nursing Agency. Call 1- 800-656-4414 WANTED: SERVICE TECHNICIANS at a stable deal- ership with three locations in South Dakota. Excellent bene- fit package. A/C service departments. Wages DOE. Call Grossenburg Implement, Winner at 800-658-3440, Pierre at 800-742-8110 or Philip at 800-416-7839. EVENTS RED GREEN LIVE - Experience this hilarious one-man show . Sat., May 12th, 7 pm at the Corn Palace, Mitchell SD. Call 1-800-289-7469 or 605-995-8430. Visit www .redgreen.com FOR SALE ESTATE LAND, 5 TRACTS 20- 555 acres, New Underwood, SD, Exit 78. Includes interstate corner. Make offer. 605-692- 1231 or 605-716-0737 LOTS & ACREAGE NORTH TEXAS LAND BARGAINS!!! Gorgeous lake- front, lake view and access acreages in premiere Texas location. All at bargain prices. Call 877-888-1636, x 1571. LOG HOMES DAKOTA LOG HOME Builders representing Golden Eagle Log Homes, building in eastern, central, northwestern South & North Dakota. Scott Connell, 605-530-2672, Craig Connell, 605-264-5650, www . goldeneagleloghomes. com. METAL BUILDINGS BEHLEN BUILDING DISTRIBUTOR 40x80, 50x100, 62x120, 68x200, Take advan- tage of huge Winter discounts. $ave thousands, Behlen Industries, LP. Call now! Jim 1-888-782-7040. NOTICES ADVERTISE IN NEWSP APERS statewide for only $150.00. Put the South Dakota Statewide Classifieds Network to work for you today! (25 words for $150. Each additional word $5.) Call this newspaper or 800-658-3697 for details. 1650 Houses For Sale 108 Jerry Riverside Acres-$111,000 3-Bedroom on main floor, full basement, newer windows, siding and shingles. Lisa, Anderson Realty (605)661-0054. 1300 W. 11th St.* $124,900 No steps. 2-bedroom, 1.75 bath. Joe, Americas Best Re- alty. (605)661-7264. 1403 Oakwood Drive #4 3-bedroom, 3-bath townhome with attached garage. Newer shingles, HVAC, flooring & paint. Lisa, Anderson Realty LLC, (605)661-0054. New Construction: 2-bed- room, 2-bath twin home. All closing costs paid by seller, appliances included. 2822 Mary Street. Offered at $179,900. Call Bill Bobzin Broker/Owner, Century 21. (605)661-0148. 1660 Acreage - Lots For Sale Ridgeway North Develop- ment has numerous lots avail- able. North of Hillcrest Golf Course. Call Kirby, (605)665-0524 or (605)660-1422. 1680 Want To Rent Real Estate Want to rent home, Yankton area from 3/1 to 3/20 for father and 2-sons. Stove & refrigera- tor, call with a price! (920)667-4951. 1700 Merchandise Computer Games, movies, board games, CD’s, books. 50¢ to $10 each. (605)665-1946. 1705 Items $100 or Less Craftsman 32cc gasoline blower/vac for sale. Excellent condition. $55. (605)464-1879. Large Columbia coat, zip out lining, red and white $65. Large black, medium mauve and large navy coats $10/each. (605)660-5685. New Kindle and cover $100. (605)665-0641 or (605)661-3518. Nordicak Nordic sport ski 450 exercise machine, very good condition $75. Call (605)369-2389. Orbitrek Elite Elliptical Trainer-Compact and on Wheels $50. Floral Green Sit- ting Chair $25. (605)665-8359 or (605)760-7618. RCA Black/silver 5 CD disc player, AM/FM radio-stereo. Works excellent, 3-large speakers $50. (605)665-8558. Sears best 2hp router with dust bag. Excellent condition. $65/OBO. (605)464-1879. Treadmill for sale, excellent condition, $90. Call (605)760-3131. 1775 Home Furnishings Sofa and loveseat, moca col- ored, microfiber, like new, sell- ing $350/set. (612)965-3393. 1810 Tools 4 piece Bosch cordless set $150. Call (605)884-6297. 1840 Lost and Found Lost: Prescription eye glasses on Tuesday 1/31 in the vicinity of the 24 Hour Express Laundromat, Freedom Value and Bonanza. Call (605)665-8439 PRESS & DAKOTAN n MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012 PAGE 11 “We’re just excited they want to do something nice for state employees,” Kidwiler said. The average state employee has lost about $1,800 in pur- chasing power due to inflation during the three years when salaries were frozen, Kidwiler said. At the same time, cuts in some agencies meant remaining employees had to pick up additional duties, she said. “The fact state employees hung in there and got the job done, I can’t say anything but good about state employees,” said Kidwiler, a program assistant at South Dakota State Uni- versity. Daugaard has said he believes his plan is best, but he’s willing to listen to other ideas. The governor’s plan would give a $5,000 bonus to some- one making $100,000 a year, but only $1,000 to someone making $20,000 a year. Abdallah said his proposal would give bigger bonuses to about 80 percent of the state’s workforce, those making $45,000 or less. That’s the breakeven point between the two plans because someone making $45,000 would get a bonus of about $2,300 under either one. Employees making higher incomes likely will invest their bonus payments, while those in lower income brackets will spend it, boost the economy and increase sales tax collec- tions, Abdallah said. “They could pay bills with it. They could buy a new re- frigerator or TV, whatever they need. It puts the money right back in the economy,” Abdallah said. Republican majorities in the House and Senate have ap- pointed three-member working groups in each chamber to assess all the options and report back to the full GOP cau- cuses, which will then decide what to support. Senate Republican Leader Russell Olson of Wentworth said some lawmakers like the governor’s plan, some think 5 percent is too much, and others want to take employee per- formance into consideration. Some private business employees also have questioned the proposed state bonuses, saying many in the private sec- tor did not get raises in recent years and also are not get- ting bonuses, Olson said. “But I think it’s justified, especially for those employees who held through the longest — three years without a raise or a cost of living allowance. They are dedicated employees and should be compensated,” Olson said. Olson said it may be unfair to give an employee hired just last year the same bonus given to someone who worked for the state all three years in which no pay raises were granted. Assistant House Democratic Leader Mitch Fargen of Flan- dreau said he prefers Abdallah’s plan because lower-paid employees need the money more than higher-paid officials. “I believe the people making $30,000 or $40,000 a year are the ones who have been hurting over the last couple of years by having their pay frozen,” Fargen said. The governor’s plan would spend $12.3 million in state general tax dollars on the bonuses, $5.7 million in federal funds and $13.2 million from other state funds such as the dedicated road taxes that fund the Transportation Depart- ment. Abdallah’s alternative would spend roughly the same amount. Lawmakers said for employees paid with a mix of funds, the federal government would pay its share of the bonuses under the governor’s plan, but there could be a problem getting the federal match under Abdallah’s proposal. Bonus From Page 1 YOUR NEWS! THE PRESS & DAKOTAN “Those states that are gaining on us are all funding education a lot better than we are” Johnke said. “I think you’re doing a disservice by listening to the governor.” Johnke made reference to South Dakota Secretary of Education Melody Schopp indicating the governor ap- pointed people to certain groups. Rep. Nick Moser (R-Yankton) made clear that Schopp is wrong. “With teachers not being involved in the process, I would tend to think you’re probably right about that” Moser said. Rep. Jamie Boomgarden (R-Chan- cellor) said he doesn’t believe Dau- gaard purposely disregarded or ignored feedback from teachers before announcing his proposal. “My guess is he went behind the scenes, individually to certain people” Boomgarden said. “Ill give him the benefit of the doubt on that until we know for sure.” Faced with persistent questions about how to fund education, Sen. Jean Hunhoff (R-Yankton) boiled the issue down to one main point — merit vs. achievement. “The premise out there is, how do you get performance to improve?” Sen. Hunhoff asked. “The idea was merit. Tell me how you see how something could work to raise student perform- ance, as an option. Let’s not focus on just what’s bad.” Near the end of the discussion, Rep. Bernie Hunhoff (D-Yankton) said he did not believe the proposal will gain much traction because of such heated debate. “I suspect they’ll do the right thing and water it down” he said. “We need to get back on the ball and worry about the bigger picture. We’re arguing over a bill that probably won’t survive intact; It’s a nothing bill, as far as I’m considered.” Instead, Rep. Hunhoff has proposed a plan to set a goal for spending per pupil in South Dakota, compared to the six neighboring states. He said the Olympic average would be approxi- mately $10,200. “We’re getting an amazing bargain for what We’re paying in South Dakota” said Rep. Hunhoff, who said the pro- posal will be discussed today (Mon- day) in Pierre when the legislative session resumes. A member of the House Education Committee, Rep. Tom Jones (D-Viborg) said the state needs more quality teachers in grades K-3 — the “forma- tive years,” as he put it. “We’re so far behind, we can’t con- tinue to stay with the status quo” Jones said. “We have students choos- ing not to go into education because they can make so much more in an- other field. The best economic devel- opment we have in our state are our kids.” Irene From Page 1 “One of things I said to him was, ‘You had guts doing what you did,’” Sall said. “The first thing he said to that was, ‘No, you guys had guts, coming in there.’ I hadn’t thought it like that be- fore.” Yes, Sall had a more personal in- volvement in the Ole Miss situation. In the fall of 1962, Sall was stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., with the 82nd Air- borne Division, a unit specializing in parachute landing operations. Unaware of what was going on in Mississippi, Sall and his fellow soldiers were soon sent there to help quiet the rioters. “To this day, I’ll never forget the exact moment we were told of our trip,” Sall said. “There was this young man in our line, and he raised hand and said, ‘I don’t know if I can do this.’” “He was just being honest, but you could hear a pin drop in that place,” Sall added. “We were all thinking the same thing.” Those concerns were understand- able, given the makeup of the unit, Sall said. “It was mostly southern boys in that group,” he said. “I thought, ‘Can we trust everyone else?’ There was a feel- ing that maybe they could jump over to the other side.” The 82nd Airborne Division was in Mississippi for over a week until the sit- uation had been tampered, Sall said. “To say we were looking for a fight wasn’t an exaggeration,” he said. “The thing we didn’t expect was just how big those crowds were. We thought it’d be nothing more than students — that we’d be chasing co-eds around.” Sensing the uproar caused by both situations, both presidents at the time debated and weighed the magnitude of using federal troops, Sall said. “If you examine how they handled those situations, the last thing they wanted to do was use federal troops,” he said. “That was the absolute last thing they wanted to have to order.” For the Little Rock confrontations, Eisenhower said 1,200 federal troops. John Kennedy would later amass 30,000 federal troops after initially sending 300 unarmed U.S. marshals to Oxford, Miss. “Kennedy took the ‘big stick’ ap- proach,” Sall said. “He was more wor- ried about a major insurrection.” Sall has no qualms about his belief that had federal troops been in Oxford earlier, the violence might have been slowed. “People can draw their own conclu- sions from all of this,” Sall said. “But Kennedy held off committing the troops until it was almost too late. Those mar- shals there early really took a beating. Things certainly would have been dif- ferent.” Though not planned for Sall’s pres- entation, the library will close the three-week series with a film somewhat related to the two events. “Mississippi Burning” is a film that is said to be loosely based on a FBI inves- tigation into the actual murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. Featuring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as FBI agents with differ- ing tactics on the situation, the film was nominated for six Academy Awards. There are similarities between the movie and the real-life situation in Mis- sissippi. Both featured government agents sent to the segregated south to deal with racist fervor. “Certainly, things would’ve been dif- ferent at Oxford if those troops were down there on Sunday or Monday, in- stead of the middle of the week,” Sall said. “I’m not sure some of that vio- lence could’ve been prevented, but those marshals didn’t have ammunition — everyone else did.” Among the “characters” — as Sall put it — involved in both situations was Gen. Edwin Walker. In 1957, Walker was summoned by Eisenhower to quell pro- testers during the Little Rock segrega- tion. However, five years later, Walker joined civilian rioters at Ole Miss, protesting the use of federal troops. “We don’t really know his frame of mind in 1957, but it’s interesting that he switched sides of the fence,” said Sall, who was about the same age, a junior in high school in Sioux Falls, as the Little Rock Nine students. Helping to overshadow what hap- pened in Mississippi was what occurred two weeks later — the Cuban Missile Crisis. “Ole Miss was blown right off the front page, and a lot of people just for- got what happened,” Sall said. “There wasn’t anything like that in Little Rock.” In the hopes that his presentations educate people on “landmark events,” Sall said he believes both have been rel- atively forgotten by the general public. “Much of what happened there is taken for granted. It’s not exactly an- cient history,” he said. “It doesn’t hurt to remind ourselves what people had to go through for certain rights. “The whole ‘separate but equal’ thing wasn’t working, and these events proved it.” Sall From Page 1

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1650 Houses For Sale

108 JerryRiverside Acres-$111,000

3-Bedroom on main floor, full basement, newer windows, siding and shingles. Lisa, Anderson Realty (605)661-0054.

1300 W. 11th St.* $124,900No steps. 2-bedroom, 1.75 bath. Joe, Americas Best Re-alty. (605)661-7264.

1403 Oakwood Drive #4 3-bedroom, 3-bath townhome with attached garage. Newer shingles, HVAC, flooring & paint. Lisa, Anderson Realty LLC, (605)661-0054.

New Construction: 2-bed-room, 2-bath twin home. All closing costs paid by seller, appliances included. 2822 Mary Street. Offered at $179,900. Call Bill Bobzin Broker/Owner, Century 21. (605)661-0148.

1660 Acreage - Lots ForSale

Ridgeway North Develop-ment has numerous lots avail-able. North of Hillcrest Golf Course. Call Kirby, (605)665-0524 or (605)660-1422.

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Want to rent home, Yankton area from 3/1 to 3/20 for father and 2-sons. Stove & refrigera-tor, call with a price! (920)667-4951.

1700 MerchandiseComputer Games, movies,board games, CD’s, books. 50¢ to $10 each. (605)665-1946.

1705 Items $100 or LessCraftsman 32cc gasolineblower/vac for sale. Excellent condition. $55. (605)464-1879.

Large Columbia coat, zip out lining, red and white $65. Large black, medium mauve and large navy coats $10/each. (605)660-5685.

New Kindle and cover $100. (605)665-0641 or (605)661-3518.

Nordicak Nordic sport ski 450 exercise machine, very good condition $75. Call (605)369-2389.

Orbitrek Elite EllipticalTrainer-Compact and on Wheels $50. Floral Green Sit-ting Chair $25. (605)665-8359 or (605)760-7618.

RCA Black/silver 5 CD disc player, AM/FM radio-stereo. Works excellent, 3-large speakers $50. (605)665-8558.

Sears best 2hp router with dust bag. Excellent condition. $65/OBO. (605)464-1879.

Treadmill for sale, excellent condition, $90. Call (605)760-3131.

1775 Home FurnishingsSofa and loveseat, moca col-ored, microfiber, like new, sell-ing $350/set. (612)965-3393.

1810 Tools4 piece Bosch cordless set $150. Call (605)884-6297.

1840 Lost and FoundLost: Prescription eyeglasses on Tuesday 1/31 in the vicinity of the 24 Hour Express Laundromat, Freedom Value and Bonanza. Call (605)665-8439

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“We’re just excited they want to do something nice forstate employees,” Kidwiler said.

The average state employee has lost about $1,800 in pur-chasing power due to inflation during the three years whensalaries were frozen, Kidwiler said. At the same time, cuts insome agencies meant remaining employees had to pick upadditional duties, she said.

“The fact state employees hung in there and got the jobdone, I can’t say anything but good about state employees,”said Kidwiler, a program assistant at South Dakota State Uni-versity.

Daugaard has said he believes his plan is best, but he’swilling to listen to other ideas.

The governor’s plan would give a $5,000 bonus to some-one making $100,000 a year, but only $1,000 to someonemaking $20,000 a year.

Abdallah said his proposal would give bigger bonuses toabout 80 percent of the state’s workforce, those making$45,000 or less. That’s the breakeven point between the twoplans because someone making $45,000 would get a bonusof about $2,300 under either one.

Employees making higher incomes likely will invest theirbonus payments, while those in lower income brackets willspend it, boost the economy and increase sales tax collec-tions, Abdallah said.

“They could pay bills with it. They could buy a new re-frigerator or TV, whatever they need. It puts the moneyright back in the economy,” Abdallah said.

Republican majorities in the House and Senate have ap-pointed three-member working groups in each chamber toassess all the options and report back to the full GOP cau-cuses, which will then decide what to support.

Senate Republican Leader Russell Olson of Wentworthsaid some lawmakers like the governor’s plan, some think 5percent is too much, and others want to take employee per-formance into consideration.

Some private business employees also have questionedthe proposed state bonuses, saying many in the private sec-tor did not get raises in recent years and also are not get-ting bonuses, Olson said.

“But I think it’s justified, especially for those employeeswho held through the longest — three years without a raiseor a cost of living allowance. They are dedicated employeesand should be compensated,” Olson said.

Olson said it may be unfair to give an employee hiredjust last year the same bonus given to someone whoworked for the state all three years in which no pay raiseswere granted.

Assistant House Democratic Leader Mitch Fargen of Flan-dreau said he prefers Abdallah’s plan because lower-paidemployees need the money more than higher-paid officials.

“I believe the people making $30,000 or $40,000 a yearare the ones who have been hurting over the last couple ofyears by having their pay frozen,” Fargen said.

The governor’s plan would spend $12.3 million in stategeneral tax dollars on the bonuses, $5.7 million in federalfunds and $13.2 million from other state funds such as thededicated road taxes that fund the Transportation Depart-ment. Abdallah’s alternative would spend roughly the sameamount.

Lawmakers said for employees paid with a mix of funds,the federal government would pay its share of the bonusesunder the governor’s plan, but there could be a problemgetting the federal match under Abdallah’s proposal.

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“Those states that are gaining on usare all funding education a lot betterthan we are” Johnke said. “I thinkyou’re doing a disservice by listeningto the governor.”

Johnke made reference to SouthDakota Secretary of Education MelodySchopp indicating the governor ap-pointed people to certain groups. Rep.Nick Moser (R-Yankton) made clearthat Schopp is wrong.

“With teachers not being involvedin the process, I would tend to thinkyou’re probably right about that”Moser said.

Rep. Jamie Boomgarden (R-Chan-cellor) said he doesn’t believe Dau-gaard purposely disregarded orignored feedback from teachers beforeannouncing his proposal.

“My guess is he went behind thescenes, individually to certain people”Boomgarden said. “Ill give him thebenefit of the doubt on that until weknow for sure.”

Faced with persistent questionsabout how to fund education, Sen.Jean Hunhoff (R-Yankton) boiled theissue down to one main point — meritvs. achievement.

“The premise out there is, how doyou get performance to improve?” Sen.Hunhoff asked. “The idea was merit.Tell me how you see how somethingcould work to raise student perform-ance, as an option. Let’s not focus onjust what’s bad.”

Near the end of the discussion,Rep. Bernie Hunhoff (D-Yankton) saidhe did not believe the proposal willgain much traction because of suchheated debate.

“I suspect they’ll do the right thingand water it down” he said. “We needto get back on the ball and worryabout the bigger picture. We’re arguingover a bill that probably won’t survive

intact; It’s a nothing bill, as far as I’mconsidered.”

Instead, Rep. Hunhoff has proposeda plan to set a goal for spending perpupil in South Dakota, compared tothe six neighboring states. He said theOlympic average would be approxi-mately $10,200.

“We’re getting an amazing bargainfor what We’re paying in South Dakota”said Rep. Hunhoff, who said the pro-posal will be discussed today (Mon-day) in Pierre when the legislativesession resumes.

A member of the House EducationCommittee, Rep. Tom Jones (D-Viborg)said the state needs more qualityteachers in grades K-3 — the “forma-tive years,” as he put it.

“We’re so far behind, we can’t con-tinue to stay with the status quo”Jones said. “We have students choos-ing not to go into education becausethey can make so much more in an-other field. The best economic devel-opment we have in our state are ourkids.”

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“One of things I said to him was,‘You had guts doing what you did,’” Sallsaid. “The first thing he said to thatwas, ‘No, you guys had guts, coming inthere.’ I hadn’t thought it like that be-fore.”

Yes, Sall had a more personal in-volvement in the Ole Miss situation.

In the fall of 1962, Sall was stationedat Fort Bragg, N.C., with the 82nd Air-borne Division, a unit specializing inparachute landing operations. Unawareof what was going on in Mississippi, Salland his fellow soldiers were soon sentthere to help quiet the rioters.

“To this day, I’ll never forget theexact moment we were told of our trip,”Sall said. “There was this young man inour line, and he raised hand and said, ‘Idon’t know if I can do this.’”

“He was just being honest, but youcould hear a pin drop in that place,”Sall added. “We were all thinking thesame thing.”

Those concerns were understand-able, given the makeup of the unit, Sallsaid.

“It was mostly southern boys in thatgroup,” he said. “I thought, ‘Can wetrust everyone else?’ There was a feel-ing that maybe they could jump over tothe other side.”

The 82nd Airborne Division was inMississippi for over a week until the sit-uation had been tampered, Sall said.

“To say we were looking for a fightwasn’t an exaggeration,” he said. “Thething we didn’t expect was just how big

those crowds were. We thought it’d benothing more than students — thatwe’d be chasing co-eds around.”

Sensing the uproar caused by bothsituations, both presidents at the timedebated and weighed the magnitude ofusing federal troops, Sall said.

“If you examine how they handledthose situations, the last thing theywanted to do was use federal troops,”he said. “That was the absolute lastthing they wanted to have to order.”

For the Little Rock confrontations,Eisenhower said 1,200 federal troops.John Kennedy would later amass 30,000federal troops after initially sending 300unarmed U.S. marshals to Oxford, Miss.

“Kennedy took the ‘big stick’ ap-proach,” Sall said. “He was more wor-ried about a major insurrection.”

Sall has no qualms about his beliefthat had federal troops been in Oxfordearlier, the violence might have beenslowed.

“People can draw their own conclu-sions from all of this,” Sall said. “ButKennedy held off committing the troopsuntil it was almost too late. Those mar-shals there early really took a beating.Things certainly would have been dif-ferent.”

Though not planned for Sall’s pres-entation, the library will close thethree-week series with a film somewhatrelated to the two events.

“Mississippi Burning” is a film that issaid to be loosely based on a FBI inves-tigation into the actual murders of threecivil rights workers in Mississippi in1964. Featuring Gene Hackman andWillem Dafoe as FBI agents with differ-ing tactics on the situation, the film wasnominated for six Academy Awards.

There are similarities between themovie and the real-life situation in Mis-

sissippi. Both featured governmentagents sent to the segregated south todeal with racist fervor.

“Certainly, things would’ve been dif-ferent at Oxford if those troops weredown there on Sunday or Monday, in-stead of the middle of the week,” Sallsaid. “I’m not sure some of that vio-lence could’ve been prevented, butthose marshals didn’t have ammunition— everyone else did.”

Among the “characters” — as Sallput it — involved in both situations wasGen. Edwin Walker. In 1957, Walker wassummoned by Eisenhower to quell pro-testers during the Little Rock segrega-tion. However, five years later, Walkerjoined civilian rioters at Ole Miss,protesting the use of federal troops.

“We don’t really know his frame ofmind in 1957, but it’s interesting that heswitched sides of the fence,” said Sall,who was about the same age, a junior inhigh school in Sioux Falls, as the LittleRock Nine students.

Helping to overshadow what hap-pened in Mississippi was what occurredtwo weeks later — the Cuban MissileCrisis.

“Ole Miss was blown right off thefront page, and a lot of people just for-got what happened,” Sall said. “Therewasn’t anything like that in Little Rock.”

In the hopes that his presentationseducate people on “landmark events,”Sall said he believes both have been rel-atively forgotten by the general public.

“Much of what happened there istaken for granted. It’s not exactly an-cient history,” he said. “It doesn’t hurtto remind ourselves what people hadto go through for certain rights.

“The whole ‘separate but equal’thing wasn’t working, and these eventsproved it.”

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