Lawrence Daily Journal World Aims At Local Readers
The Lawrence Daily Journal World published in Lawrence Kansas on Monday April 17 1972 lists staff including President Publisher OLPH Simons Editor Bill Mayer News Editor Ernest Pontius Advertising Director Leo Eller and Controller Daryl Hall. The paper operated since 1854 and details subscription rates by carrier or mail for Douglas and surrounding counties and other regions in Kansas and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olph Aee JR
Olph Simons
Bill Mayer
Ralph Gage
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Bush’s Lawrence visit highlights public service qualities
United Nations Ambassador George Bush impressed Lawrence audiences Friday with his energetic, candid approach and clear mission. He encouraged broader public exposure to government figures and stressed honesty about challenges, signaling confidence in public servants and future U.N. influence. The article also notes Titanic warnings and new non-DDT pest controls from Illinois researchers offering safer insect-killing options.
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United Nations
George Bush
Lawrence
Bush
U.S
U.N
New York City
Ambassador Bush
Chamber of Commerce
Illinois University
Earth
Conservative Kingpin Gets Buckley Tribute
In a tribute to Frank S. Meyer who died of lung cancer in Woodstock New York at age sixty two the piece calls him the principal living American theorist of freedom. Meyer's widow received letters from President Nixon and Vice President Agnew and the essay shares memories of his role as editor and house theologian at National Review.
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Frank S. Meyer
Woodstock
N.Y
Nixon
Agnew
Frank Meyer
National Review
Meyer and Convergence: Fusionism Shaped by Meyer’s Legacy
In a memoir style portrait, the piece recalls Meyer's clash with orthodoxy, his conversion from communism, and his role in forging fusionist conservatism. It links his stance on liberty to foundational figures and his lasting influence on the conservative movement through works like In Defense of Freedom and The Conservative Mainstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Edmund Burke
Eiher
Deliea
Nixon aides doubt Moscow over Hanoi invasion timing
U S advisers privately doubt Soviet instigation of Hanoi's Vietnam invasion amid Nixon's Moscow trip. They warn Moscow risks jeopardizing the Moscow Brezhnev summit and Berlin treaty, while viewing Soviet aim as limited to expanding influence in Indochina and challenging Nixon's Vietnamization policy.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Kremlin
Moscow
White House
Mr. Nixon
State Department
Leonid Brezhnev
Central
Europe
Berlin
Vietnam
Middle East
U.S
Suez Canal
Indochina
What Would You Say No 1 No 2 No 3
A series of hypothetical questions tests decision making in economics. Readers weigh choices on monetary policy, fund management, and economic commentary amid inflation and unemployment signals. The piece prompts judgment on balancing foreign and domestic needs, portfolio optics, and congressional scrutiny.
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Federal Reserve Board
U.S
United States
Fed
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Letters on cockfights and state law use in Kansas politics
Randall Williams of Topeka criticizes Attorney General Vern Miller for raiding cockfights despite no law banning them, warning of selective enforcement. He asks Governor and legislators to censure Miller and urges Kansans to depose him in November.
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Atty. Gen. Miller
Kansas
Vern Miller
Miller
Dick Tracy
Caesar
Randall Williams
Harrison
Topeka
New Panda Diet Costs Prove Costly to Keep
Charles Lacey of 2711 Oxford Rd notes that the newly arrived pandas will consume over eighteen tons of bamboo annually, a diet that inflates expenses and may have people questioning the arrangement.
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Charles Lacey
Oxford Rd
On This Date In History April 17 1972
Highlights include Luther excommunicated in 1521 Benjamin Franklin dies in 1790 Virginia secedes in 1861 Yugoslavia surrenders in 1941 Palermo bombed in 1943 Bay of Pigs invasion launched in 1961 Izvestia attacks Stalinism in 1957 Khrushchev peaceful coexistence denied in 1957 US Supreme Court school integration ruling in 1961 Middle East pact Egypt Syria Libyan confederation in 1971 Thought for today quotes Henry IV.
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Martin Luther
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Virginia
Yugoslavia
Germany
Palermo
Sicily
Cuba
Lawrence Eyes First Urban Renewal Public Meeting 1962
Old Home Town notes Lawrence plans for its first public meeting on urban renewal under the Lawrence Business Assn with Eben Smith as president. Kansas Relays Week features John Uelses, pole vaulting 16 feet, amid wet weather forecasts and Palm Sunday worship attendance records.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Business Assn
Eben Smith
Kansas
Prayer Prompting Hope and Action in Belief
Prayer asks God to fill believers with joy and peace through faith so they abound in hope. It requests divine compassion and resolve to live out the word and become instruments of hope.
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Washington
Metterling
Brazil
Life Magazine
Howard Hughes
Buchwald
Hughes
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