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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1965
Page
2
The Journal-World celebrates KU Greek Week noting eight fraternities and six sororities earned national recognition for academics and civic involvement over the past year. The piece lauds active members alumni and university leadership and hopes for expanding chapters.
James K. Hitt of Kansas University warns that enrollment projections are too conservative and expects a major fall surprise. He notes applications nationwide exceed expectations with Ivy League jumps and widespread overcrowding at top schools while vacancies grow at lesser colleges.
Dr James Silver a Mississippi University professor and critic of segregation denounces Martin Luther King Jr plan for an Alabama boycott as a stupid bad tactic that could harm civil rights. He challenges the strategy while calling King a great man and urges mass capital diffusion to ease racial problems.
In North Vietnam the Hanoi government accepts Soviet thanks for support in the Nam War and notes red China has offered help though less emphatically. The report cites evidence of growing Soviet military and political backing for the North Vietnamese cause amid the American conflict.
Analysts view Russia's offer of volunteers as a political move aimed at pleasing Hanoi and offsetting Red China. Details remain vague with promises to send personnel only on future aggression or direct Hanoi appeal, while experts doubt a large scale intervention is planned.
President Johnson pushes domestic Great Society milestones while facing worsening foreign risks in Vietnam and regional trouble. The piece cites Indonesia, the United Arab Republic, India Pakistan tensions, Cyprus, the Congo, and De Gaulle’s stance as growing hazards beyond Capitol Hill deals.
Chancellor Franklin Murphy of KU spoke at a Truman birthday banquet in Independence Missouri. James Parsons of Lawrence named president of the Second Congressional District of the National Association of Postmasters. Dr J W Twente of KU received a Kansas Master Teacher Award for service and his deanship of the School of Education.
Today we reflect on eternal life through Christ as taught in I John 5 11. A prayer seeks truth guidance toward the eternal city and asks to awaken in Thy blessed likeness through Jesus Christ.
Readers celebrate the Lawrence High School A Cappella Choir tour spanning Emporia Towanda Arkansas City and Winfield praising manners and performance. They defend LEA salary committee remarks and question Journal-World coverage of a teachers meeting and critique KU alumni architecture reporting.
A reader from Lawrence disputes April 23 editorial claims about a meeting at Lawrence High School. The letter says no amateur night atmosphere or booing occurred, but groaning arose at the cited average teacher salary of 5896 dollars per year and questions who earns that much.
About 100 youths, many wearing Young Americans for Freedom buttons, staged a White House demonstration in support of Viet Nam policy. A prior week saw pickets condemning U S involvement in Viet Nam. The event followed renewed public debate on the war.
In a health Q A column readers learn that a retracted nipple may signal nothing serious or indicate conditions such as chronic mastitis or cancer. with twenty years’ duration the condition is likely benign, but any new inversion warrants medical evaluation. The column also notes acne is not due to bloodstream issues and explains postpartum fertility risks after delivery including ovulation timing and breastfeeding effects.
In Selma Alabama former Florida governor LeRoy Collins drew attention during a LBJ assignment as his photo at the march sparked gossip. He phoned his wife at the airport who refused to meet him and quipped March as the return cue. The piece also notes Judge Leibowitz’s courtroom key demonstration and Adolf Berle Jr.’s 70th birthday tribute with Justice Douglas sending greetings.
A prayerful editorial notes Easter’s enduring meaning in daily life and highlights Canton Ohio eight-church cooperation forming Hermitage Housing Inc. It cites Stewardship in Contemporary Life edited by T K Thompson and promotes Dr Roy Menninger's talk in Lawrence Kansas on April 30. Prepared by a Catholic Jewish Protestant editorial board.
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