POLITICAL NOTES: Buttinsky Damyankees . . .

Outside Mississippi, their names were a byword and a hissing. But if any outsiders thought that national contempt could defeat ugly little Theodore Gilmore ("The Man") Bilbo, 68, or frenetic John E. Rankin, 64, in Mississippi's Democratic primary, they were ignorant of Mississippi — and the South.

Last week, the returns were in, and the most sinister buffoons in the Congress of the U.S. were reelected. Despite the scandal that has marked his 38-year political career, "The Man" had beaten four opponents to win a third Senate term by a 3,824 majority...

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