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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1966
Page
2
A clipped, unreadable OCR item mentions an editor and a manager in unclear roles with scattered words like business manager and GES. The fragment offers no definite event or facts to anchor a full summary.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report deep fractures in the Minnesota DFL as Humphrey's troubles convulse party lines. Ron Stinnett is dispatched to aid Keith in the gubernatorial primary while Rolvaag's bid fuels discontent and questions about endorsement practice. A brutal intra party struggle shadows races and loyalties across state politics.
Residents and officials note FMC Corp installed scrubbers on several plant stacks in Lawrence to curb airborne pollution. Experts estimate industry pollution at 130 tons yearly, but FMC acted unprompted to add filters, showing civic responsibility without regulatory pressure.
A columnist warns that leaders like James Meredith and Stokely Carmichael risk violent backlash and push the movement toward vigilante action. The piece argues law and patience are needed, citing the danger of replacing stable leaders with abrupt, emotion driven tactics and predicting a costly national clash if they gain influence.
During a vacation in the L A area a local man faced emergency surgery costs for a family member. He remarked he now understands why masks are worn in the operating room, highlighting the high price of medical care in the region.
The fragment suggests a headline about a music or cultural topic titled Nature's Warning or new ace of ruling sons. Details are unclear but centers on a recording release or notable artist. The item appears to be a short cultural note from a historical page.
A survey of rising profits, incomes and credit constraints shows mixed signals. Higher costs and rates contrast with robust industrial activity and defense spending likely to sustain growth despite climbing inflation fears. Consumers face higher prices and housing costs while lenders tighten credit.
A retrospective from 18 23 and 40 years ago recalls events at the 1956 Republican National Convention in San Francisco where Stewart Newlin sought James Hagerty’s attention. It also notes Dr. Raymond Moore receiving the Hayden Memorial Geologic Award and historic moves of Victory Junction and a Detroit transportation strike. Further back, 1926 notices mark Harvard president Charles Eliot’s death, Rudolph Valentino’s death in New York, and local Republican leadership changes in Douglas County led by Marshall Gorrill with Wilder Metcalf and Walter Thiele involved.
The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows his handiwork. A devotional prayer asks for renewal in body mind and spirit and forgiveness for blindness and sin through Christ guiding readers to say Our Father in heaven.
The piece criticizes the New York chapter of the ACLU for denouncing the House Committee on Un-American Activities while urging it to examine its own stance. It describes a violent scene at a hearing, the ejection of a Rutgers-credentialed lawyer, and attacks on the ACLU for allegedly undermining government and Viet Nam policy.
Letters discuss the Kansas Farm Bureau Citizenship Seminar at Rock Springs Ranch and praise for American democracy. They warn against protest as a privilege of liberty and urge support for Vietnam policy and global freedom, citing pride in fellow countrymen and national respect. Kathy Schott voices views on protest and U S ideals.
A writer questions anti war sentiment, asking how protesters feel about soldiers abroad and whether their calls to end the war conflict with the freedoms they enjoy. The author argues communism would censor protest and warns against appeasement of communist powers following past actions in Korea.
A reader describes her 37 year old son's heart attack four months earlier. He spent two weeks hospitalized and four at home, lost 25 pounds, then returned to work but tires easily and feels low. Dr Molner notes smoking cessation, weight control, and a possible link between mood and recovery. The piece emphasizes lifestyle changes and emotional adjustment after a heart attack.
Art Buchwald writes to seven year old Virginia about the 1967 end of the New York Herald Tribune. He explains unions advertisers and readers all helped end the paper and laments New York and other cities losing a daily, urging belief in newspapers and their editors, reporters, and staff.
Clay ton Gengras, Republican governor candidate, owns Fairfield County Show Buses used by Sylvia Cooper to New York. He advised placing his posters on the right and Dempsey’s on the left with split bus campaigns, and suggested showing The Impossible Years on Dempsey buses and Sweet Charity on Gengras buses. Harold Arlen’s new musical Softly was noted, with a phone number change after a persistent caller.
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