Lawrence Daily Journal World masthead and staff listing
The Lawrence Daily Journal World published daily except Sunday from Sixth and New Hampton Streets Lawrence Kansas lists editors and staff including Simons as editor and publisher Murray managing editor Ernest Pontiga advertising director with subscription rates by carrier and mail across Lawrence Douglas and adjoining counties and notices of AP news use.
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Simons
the World Company
New Hamponite
Lawrence
Kansas
Dolph Simone Eee
Murray
Ernest Pontiga Advelaine
Aralla Douglas
Qonetaa
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
End of Week Report on Heat and City Life
The weekly note describes a heat impacted season with power strain from transformers and algae in city water. It notes fewer civic club attendances, a push to travel for cooler places, and urges readers to finalize plans with telephone operators as daily life adapts to ongoing heat.
Embrace the Individual Beyond Stereotypes
A sociological view argues against absolute labels in judging people. Treat each person on their own merits, not associations. If you like someone, value them for who they are. if you dislike them, don’t condemn all they know.
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United States
Man of Peace Goddard and the rocket’s grim arc
A writer portrays Robert Goddard as a man of peace whose rocket principle began in war and only later aimed at peaceful scientific use. The piece weighs the moral struggle of inventions and notes a shift toward feeding humanity, contrasting past sufficiency with today’s global food dynamics.
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Robert Hutchings Goddard
Goddard
Comment Spending We Can't Afford
An Oklahoma City columnist critiques the money squeeze used to defend ongoing high expenditure. He parallels corporate talk of needing to spend to attract buyers with government’s defense and public works spending, noting the habit of arguing we cannot afford not to spend. He warns a paradox where households overflow with checks they cannot cover.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoman
Ceiling That Saved the Home in Topeka fire
After the Methodist Home for the Aged fire in Topeka, reporters checked facts with the architect and found the building used a superior concrete ceiling that protected residents. Fire damaged only the attic and upper sections, with water damage below, and no injuries or deaths occurred. The piece warns against rumors from gossiping informants.
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Topeka State Journal
Methodist Home
Safety belts gain traction as auto speeds rise
The Independance Reporter notes belts catching on as speeds outpace road design. While belts can save drivers in crashes, opinions vary on their value, and the writer recalls a crash where a belt helped. Regardless, drivers should not exceed safe speeds under current conditions to reduce injuries.
Speed and economics mix in a booming, uneasy year
A clashing mix of traffic cautions and fiscal cheer marks 1950s press commentary. The piece notes speed as a major cause of serious accidents and coins a vivid image of a five billionth hot dog milestone near July 4, alongside wary quotes on living costs and inflation from loan officials. It also mocks President Eisenhower's fatigue amid summer chatter and references a Moon-bound basketball joke.
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America
Bible Verse Reflects Turning Enemy’s Hunger into Kindness
The text urges kindness turning enemies away from harm by feeding the hungry and giving water when thirsty. It emphasizes mercy, restraint, and peaceful conduct as moral guidance. The message echoes scriptural themes of compassion, forgiveness, and practical aid in conflict.
Barbs on gender, travel, and work in light verse
A judge quips that some women drive better than men but a few are wrong about it. The piece wittily notes travel broadens, but men hate leaving wives on vacation. It laments failures who avoid work, suggests train dispatching as a life strategy, and jokes moonshine shortens the path from buyer to cellar.
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Wallace Stevens
Suzanne
Jonreed Lauritzen
Oregon Trail
Robert W. Krepps
Africa
A. B. Mattiessen
Savannah
Pamela Hill
Erance
Madam de Maintenon
Alberta Murphy
Noble
Phyllis Bently
Yorkshire
London
Mel Heimer
Grandfather clauses in state constitutions
After the Civil War several southern states used grandfather clauses to restrict voting to those whose grandparents had voted. The practice effectively barred Blacks from voting. In 1915 the Supreme Court ruled these clauses void.
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Supreme Court
New Books at Free Public Library Display
The Lawrence Free Public Library’s August display features new titles aimed at broad appeal in hot weather. The list includes Muffs and Moraly Pearl Bender, This Way Miss George Jessel, Her Asnarters Quentin Reynolds, Freedom the Press William L Chenery, and more.
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Free Public Library
Lawrence Free Public Library
Pearl Bender
George Jessel
Talks at Geneva will focus on prisoner releases distance from talks
Washington officials caution against expecting a major breakthrough in Geneva as Ural Alexis Johnson and Wang Ping-nan begin exploratory talks. The immediate focus remains the release of 11 American airmen and 40 civilians held by Red China, with broader settlement ideas to be discussed only if both sides agree.
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Washington
United States
Geneva
Far East
America
U. S
Cachoslovakia Ural
Alexis Johnson
Red China
Poland
Wang Ping-nan
Wang
Indochina
Johnson
Day Hammarskjold
India
Nehru
H. V. Krishna Menon
China
John Foster Dulles
Ambassador Johnson
Ambassador Wan
U.S
Korea
Formosa
Red Ching
Quemoy
Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of China
D-Ga
Sec. Dulles
Chou En-lai
U.N
Lawrence town HHofs take command of German POW camps
Old Home Town Capt. E. J. Bowen of Lawrence assumed command of the Lawrence and Ottawa German prisoner of war camps Sunday, after serving at Liberty Missouri since last March. Also notes wartime speculation on atomic bomb work, a school board meeting reelecting Lloyd Purcell as president, and a $338200 budget with 1853 mills levy for the coming year.
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E. J
Jack) Bowen
Lawrence
Ottawa
Liberty
Lloyd Purcell
E. C. Quigley
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Radio and TV Programs Overview for Local Stations
A dense listing of radio and television schedules across WDAF KMBC WREN KFKU and others. Includes news reports sports weather music church programs and a heavy line of daytime and evening shows with times and call letters. Displays a wide array of network and local offerings across multiple stations for a Sunday Aug 7 timetable.
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Texaco
WDAF
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WDAK
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Halle
Wren
Moniter
GU Wen
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