Lawrence Journal-World staff and publication details
The Lawrence Journal-World and World Company staff are listed with editors and executives. Publication notes show editors Stevie Parsons Ernest Pontius Leo Eller and Dolf Simons, with rates for carriers and mail and a publication date of Thursday Evening Aug 5 1971.
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Dolph C. Oes JR
Dolph Simons
Stevie Parsons
Dary DL Hayee
Ernest Pontius
Leo Eller
Bill Mayer
Associated Press
Mixing Two Issues in War Policy and Law School Surge
A Kansas University law school note discusses war policy and draft politics, praising President Nixon for slowing the Vietnam War while urging Congress to act openly. It also highlights a surge in law school enrollments nationwide and KU admitting 200 freshmen amid high applicant denial rates and crowded facilities.
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Vietnam
Congress
America
Nixon
Kansas University
Law School
Fanciful terms enter economic vocabulary in restless times
New terms such as profitless prosperity and growth recession appear as economists seek clearer ways to describe a complex economy. Growth recession implies growth in GNP but a widening gap between potential and actual output, with rising unemployment and inflation despite some positive indicators.
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New York
Pierre Rinfret
Rinfret Boston Associates
United States
Rinfret
County Eyes Fireworks Ban In Rural Districts
Lawrence officials curb sales and limit hours for fireworks and county commissioners weigh outlawing sale in rural areas after resident complaints. Thousands wear hearing aids from ear drum damage during July Fourth cannonades, as authorities seek quieter celebrations.
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Lawrence
Four-Week Orientation For KU Foreign Students In 1961
Old Home Town recalls KU hosting about half of its 60 foreign students for a four week orientation in Lawrence covering social political and economic customs in the United States. The Lawrence National Guard unit of about 100 returned to town after summer training at Camp Ripley Minnesota earning an excellent rating.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
U.S
Lawrence National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Lloyd Purcell
F. C. Whipple
Board of Education
Douglas County
Mills and Burns Face White House Criticism
Washington reports show Rep. Wilbur Mills and Fed chair Arthur Burns were subjects of White House attacks as Nixon aides accused Mills of grabbing credit for a trade concession and pressured Burns to align with administration policy. The disputes highlight internal tensions and questions about presidential control.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
Arthur Burns
Capitol
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Mills
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
H.R
Bob) Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
George Shultz
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Richard Cook
Shultz
High Command
Mr. Nixon
Peter G
Peterson
State Department
Japan
Dr. Burns
Connally
Herbert Klein
Reserve Board
Klein
English Obscenity Trial Mirrors Ginzburg Case Contrast
London reports an obscenity verdict 10-1 against three defendants for issue 28 a magazine drawn by schoolchildren. The piece contrasts British pragmatism with American free speech debates and cites Ralph Ginzburg and scholarly works on censorship.
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London
Mag
House of Commons
Ralph Ginzburg
America
Walter Berns
Irving Kristol
New York Times
The Fred Barkle Lie: Personalization Gone Wrong
A credit card company assigns a fictitious liaison named Fred Barkle to handle customer issues. Dave Parsons finds repeated billing errors for a plane ticket he did not take. Barkle denies responsibility, reveals no real employee by that name, and explains staff rotate weekly to avoid familiarity.
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Fred Barkle
Barkle
Mr. Barkle
Parson
Mr. Parsons
We Are An African People We Are An African People
Editor notes Charles Scott Jr a KU graduate living in Topeka and managing Hope Plaza writes on the drug problem. He argues drugs are a symptom of larger economic and political inequities rooted in African communities and critiques white America’s late concern and selective action.
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Charles Scott Jr
Kansas University
Topeka
Hope Plaza
Journal-World Opinion
America
James Baldwin
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Kaw
Telephone
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulation
John Cunniff
Old Home Town
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
William Buckley JR
John Selwyn Gummer
Times Square
Manhattan
ECOLO
JEST
By Bill Dane
Art Buchwald
Dave Parsons
Dave
Fred
Parsons
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