Lawrence Journal World masthead and 1964 notice
The item presents the Lawrence Journal World masthead with staff names and roles, publication details, address, contact, and subscription rates dated Tuesday Evening April 28 1964. It lists editors Polph Simons Dolph Simons Jr Bill Mayer Tack Zimmerman Ernest Pontius Leo Eller and notes ownership by World Company with circulation and AP membership.
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Polph Simons
Dolph C. Simons JR
Bill Mayer
Ernest Pontius
Ising
Leo Eller
Ww. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
United States
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Reorganizing Douglas County Mental Health Center Faces Key Decisions
The Mental Health Center teeters on a future shaped by the City-County Health Board and community cooperation. Resignations of Dr. Gary Lee and psychologist Ted Mathews follow internal tensions, with calls for clear rules, improved medical leadership, and reduced hearsay to restore community pride.
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Douglas County Mental Health Center
Gary Lee
Ted Mathews
Lee
Mathews
Douglas County Board of Commissioners
Mental Health Agency
City-County Health Board
County Commissioners
Lawrence
Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic
County Commission
Health Board
Mental Health Center
George Learned
Learned
CIA Oversight Debate Returns in Congress
Washington notes renewed push for a joint Senate House watchdog committee over the CIA. Proponents cite the need for formal, full time supervision modeled after the Atomic Energy joint committee, while acknowledging secrecy and insider access limits.
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Washington
Times- Post
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Congress
CIA
Dean Rusk
House Rules Committee
Senate House
House
Joint Committee
United States
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Los Angeles Times News Service
Childish Motoring Behaviors Highlighted in Driver Dangers
A brief note on how reckless driving by motorists of all ages often results in accidents. The piece stresses that age does not determine risk and calls for caution on the roads.
Grudge Drag Races Endanger Drivers at Public Intersections
The piece warns that heat between drivers at drive-ins or lights leads to impromptu drag races on public roads. It notes youths are often involved, though older drivers risk similar outbursts. Such acts threaten the drivers, passengers, and bystanders and violate traffic laws.
Old Home Town Recalls Quilts and Quaker Lane Events
A 1954 note recalls a hand made quilt gifted by Mrs Eugenia Sterling Polson of Great Bend to the Calendar Congregational Church group after a daughter inherited the piece. Centennial reenactments by 35 horsemen led by Gayle Mott occurred in Lawrence with a brief address at the Old Pioneer Cemetery. A 1939 item notes Mrs Mary Bethune addressing delegates in Lawrence.
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Calendar
Congregational Church
Eugenia Sterling Polson
Great Bend
Noble Elderkin
Calendar Group
William Sterling
Quantrill
Lawrence
Gayle Mott
Eudora
Massachusetts
Old Pioneer Cemetery
Dale Turner
Mary Bethune
America
Washington, D.C
Kansas
National Congress of Colored Parents
Lawrence Junior High
Paul Gilles
Kansas City
Kan
Garland Landrith
Lawrence High School
Snickers at Freedom and Democracy on the Cocktail Circuit
In a Vienna Times-Post piece, Ernest Conlie argues that Western smugness masks stark gaps between East and West. He notes leaky borders, cautious passport policies, and limited dissent behind the Iron Curtain while praising Khrushchev's competitive coexistence and Western tolerance. He warns against complacency as resistance wanes and faith shifts toward evolution over revolution.
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Vienna
Times-Post
America
Moscow
Washington
Los Angeles
State Department
Cuba
Franco Spain
South Viet Nam
South Korea
U.S
Birmingham
Europe
Soviet Bloc
Nikita Khrushchev
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Poland
Warsaw
CIA
New York
Los Angeles Times News Service
Common Sense Vital Sparks a Civil Rights Debate
A reader challenges the Journal-World editorial stance on integration and civil rights, arguing that courage and action by civil rights leaders are necessary. The letter defends protests, questions the label extremism, and discusses prayer in public schools and religious freedom as upheld by Supreme Court rulings.
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Journal-World
Martin Luther King
Roy Wilkins
Washington, D.C
Lawrence
Kan
Johnson
America
Governor of
Alabama
University of Alabama
Catherine Weinaug
Weinang
Supreme Court
United States
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer excerpt
A brief church note highlights believers sharing together and prayerful supplication for joy and peace through the Holy Spirit. It ends with praise to God in the church and in Christ Jesus, concluding with the Lord’s Prayer language.
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God
Christ Jesus
What is staph infection and why isolation may be advised
Staph is a common bacterial infection from staphylococcus present on skin and in the nose. It can cause boils and, if it spreads, blood poisoning. Antibiotics can fail against resistant strains, requiring lab testing to guide treatment. isolation protects the patient and others from transmission after surgery or contact with carriers.
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Mrs. I. A
Proneness to Heart Attack Might Not Be Manufactured
San Francisco physician Dr. Meyer Friedman argues heart attack proneness is innate in individuals he calls the "A" personality. He cites biochemical traits and fat metabolism differences that keep fats in the blood longer, suggesting future drugs and lifestyle changes could counteract this hereditary risk.
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Los Angeles
Times-Post
San Francisco
Meyer Friedman
Harold Brunn
Mt. Zion Hospital
Friedman
Hal Boyle Little Gems From Our Pal Hal
New York readers get a collection of Hal Boyle quips surveying everyday life and public figures. Jokes touch on dandelions, flights, de Gaulle, Shakespeare, office habits, telephones, and simple human foibles with a light humorous tone.
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Hal
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Old Home Town
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Woodlawn School
Horace Greeley
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Ernest Coniie
Brooklyn
Joseph G. Molner
Bell
Harry Nelson
Hal Boyle
Chicago
Charles de Gaulle
William Shakespeare
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