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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1958
Page
1
Lawrence Daily Journal World issue details editor publisher and staff names from 1958 layout. Includes address Sixth and New Hampshire Lawrence Kansas and subscription rates by carrier and mail, with postal matter status and AP and ABC affiliations.
The piece argues current congressional retirement provisions are sensible but cites Sen. Johnston of South Carolina proposing a much larger pension plan that could exceed 120 percent of average salary. It notes GOP critiques by Sen. Williams of Delaware and includes a partisan tone with references to past foreign policy polemics.
A New York Daily News piece argues that American fickleness shapes foreign policy, listing decades of shifting loyalties from the French, British, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, and others. It cites John O’Donnell’s view that Dulles’s era reflects a national pattern of oscillating affection and hostility in wars and alliances.
Widespread worry over postwar deficits fueling inflation and tighter family budgets as economists clash on remedies. The piece traces deficit origins to Sputnik era defense spikes and recession, with Treasury borrowing plans and rising money supply risking higher prices and fewer goods. Government spending across federal state and local levels may total about 35 billion annually, widening the gap versus tax receipts.
About 30 enroll in KU Restaurant Management School. Mr and Mrs Glenn Gililand welcomed a son. Jayhawk Sundusters members return from Olathe meet with prizes: Gene Smoyer second, Stephen Carter third, Neil Smoyer Ray Griswald Kenneth Dougan fourth. Topeka baseball team crowned Kansas American Legion Junior champion and contends nationally. Kansas official cites 12.5 million surplus in state sales tax fund and potential 11 percent property tax cut to counties. Also notes Frances Pomeroy wedding to James Naismith in 1933 and other 1918 county race notes plus club directors dinner at Country Club.
A market notice quotes a biblical verse in a brief item noting a preacher referencing a figure mightier than I, and the speaker evinces unworthiness to perform even the latchet loosening as a sermon theme.
Charley Weaver alias Cliff Arquette detours from TV plans to birth a Gettysburg Civil War museum with colorful uniforms and statues. He jokes about offers from Jack Paar, says the museum could be a strong business, commutes to New York for two shows weekly, and pursues wood carving as a hobby while noting show business is fickle. Jerry Lewis quips about taxes after a colleague grouses.
HAROLD MILNER reports that the Black Hills Passion Play attracts hundreds of thousands yearly, with performances in Spearfish June to August and Lake Wales Florida January to Easter. Since 1930 it has been staged about 5,000 times, witnessed by over five million, led by Josef Meier who says faith keeps the troupe together. The production blends German traditions with modern touches, featuring camels horses pigeons and a chorus on a 24 block outdoor stage. rainouts are rare at Spearfish but more common in Lake Wales across seasons.
Mrs Marilyn Pardridge of Tucson Arizona travels to Atlanta to learn exact details of the Dec 1 1954 crash that killed Capt Clinton Pardridge and Capt Robert O'Brien. The widow hopes witnesses and records can answer her four daughters questions about their father's death and the tragedy.
Cleveland AP report on Dr. T. Keith Glennan as new NASA director nominee comments that progress in space work has been substantial since Sputnik. He will face Senate hearings next week, begin about September, and leave Case Institute of Technology president position. He toured Soviet colleges and notes Russians exploit capitalist incentives for education.
The Nautilus under ice voyage team includes Ralph D. Barnhart Jr. of Coldwater Kansas and James G. Irvin of Lowry City Missouri. Both are listed as crew members in the AP report from Washington.
A Colony Restaurant tale recalls Gene Cavallero who turned a $3.50 per head bill into a Christmas surprise for three playwrights Otto Preminger Moss Hart Edward Chadwick with a note paid in full. The column also mentions Victor Mature’s Broadway tip and other quick vignettes about public figures.
A 1938 1958 book roundup features Juan Ramon Jimenes translated works and Fairfax Downey's The Guns at Gettysburg 1958, along with Around the World in 40 Minutes by Woodbury, 195% and The Relic and Other Poems by Hillyer 1957. Also listed are The King Must Die by Renault 1958 and Chez Pavan by Llewellyn 1958. MARRY IN ANGER by Diana Goines 1938 and The Voyage Home by Ernest Schnabel 1958 conclude the catalog.
Current Best Sellers compilation includes fiction titles Anatomy of a Murder Travel Ice Palace Ferber The Enemy Camp Weidman The Winthrop Woman Seton The Northern Light Cronin and nonfiction picks Inside Russia Today Masters of Deceit Hoover Please Don’t Eat the Daisies Kerr Dear Abby Van Buren Kids Say the Darndest Things Linkletter.
A compendium review highlights titles by poets and novelists including Robert Hillyer, Maria Molnar, J. H. Rush, Jonathan Daniels, Rex Warner, Rex Stout and Ann Bridge. The selections span traditional verse, biographical fiction, a Caesar biography, a Portuguese reportage, and a Nero Wolfe mystery collection, with varied themes from life on a Hungarian estate to imperial era depictions.
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