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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1963

Page

2

Lawrence Journal World Staff and Publication Details

Lawrence Journal World staff list with editor Dolph C Simons Jr and publisher Bill Mayer. It notes the paper is published daily except Sunday from 1856 with address Sixth and New Hampshire Streets and a 1983 edition date.

Dolph Simons Dolph C. Simons Jr Bill Mayer Jack Zimmierman Cusses Ernest Pontius Leo Eller W. C. Bimona Worth Company Sixth New Hampshire Lawrence Douglas United States Kan Audit Bureau of Circulations Associated Press

Kennedy Attacks House Vote on Foreign Aid Cut

President Kennedy denounces the House action as irresponsible and partisan after a 222 to 188 vote to slash foreign aid. He blames Republicans while noting his own party controls Congress, and questions the right way to defeat Communism in the hemisphere. Castro and Communist forces cited as context.

Kennedy House Senate Democratic House America Hemisphere

Policy Focusing Questions In South Viet Nam Dilemma

The piece argues US policy in South Viet Nam shifts hourly as Washington weighs power centers led by Diem Ngo Dinh Diem brother Ngo Dinh Nha and Madame Nhu Army or coalitions. It rejects withdrawal and urges study, consultation, and action based on reliable information.

United States South Viet Nam Washington Ngo Dinh Diem Diem Ngo Dinh Nha Madame Nhu U.S Henry Cabot Lodge Viet Nam Southeast Asia

Modern eavesdropping and the erosion of privacy

The piece warns that advancing wiretap methods threaten individual privacy and raise fears about admissible evidence and rights. It notes the tension between catching criminals and protecting innocent citizens, signaling uncertainty about how far surveillance will go.

IRS stirs row over instant beer taxes and prohibition era links

A spokesman says the Internal Revenue Service blocks a new instant beer product, framing the dispute as tax policy not a return to prohibition. The debate centers on whether the IRS will tax the beverage like beer or treat it differently.

Internal Revenue Service IRS Beer

Instant beer tax debate stirs industry concerns

Brewers argue that freezing and removing water to produce a concentrate cuts shipping costs by about 75 percent and would lower consumer prices, while the IRS has yet to decide on taxing the process. Granddad muses on nickel beer as a curbside joke.

Granddad IRS

Samos and the U2 link to test ban debate

The article explains how Samos sky spy satellites supplement the U-2 program, aiding intelligence on Soviet missiles and defenses. It notes U-2 data shaped U.S. military planning and warns that ending flights would require alternate information sources to judge Soviet capabilities.

Senate Samos Samok Soviet Union Francis Gary Powers Earth U.S United States Defense Thomas Gates Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Old Home Town Recalls Past KU Field Day and School News

A KU archeology team found a 60 year old Indian village in South Dakota with Dr. Carlyle Smith and Roger Grange aiding. Fall Field Day at K State canceled due to arid conditions. Mound Valley at Branch Experimental Station, and four new teachers announced at Tonganoxie High School.

South Dakota Carlyle Smith Roger Grange K-State Mound Valley Branch Experimental Station Tom Beatty Tonganoxie High School James Sellards Hilda Billman Mary Belcher Agnes Bray Bray

Daily Bible Message and Prayer Card

A noted Bible message urges heedfulness for church leaders as the Holy Spirit appoints overseers to feed the church bought with Christ’s blood. A closing prayer asks for true service to God, transforming ugliness into beauty and using daily gifts for His work.

Holy Ghost Church of God Christ

Jack's Straws Some Folks Have The Touch

An anecdote by Jack Zimmerman about icing cakes and cement mishaps. The narrator frets over brickwork that refuses to stay set, noting a daughter’s quip and a clumsy repair that ends with a humorous lesson on frosting. The piece ends with a reflection on cake frosting versus cement.

Jack

Made in Poland tag sparks patriotism and fear

Letter writer laments foreign goods flood in local stores and warns that buying from Communist countries could financially and physically harm the United States. He cites a wicker stool labeled Made in Poland and questions whether Americans will awaken to protect jobs and national interests.

Poland America U.S.S.R R. Hardacre Lindenwood Lane

Understanding pregnancy timing and seven month viability

A medical reader explains lunar month calculations for due dates, noting average 280 days from last period minus 14 days for fertile time, about 9 calendar months, with viability around seven months or 196 days. It cautions that many factors alter length and survival odds, and that later births over 300 days occur.

Carnegie shares wealth 16 cents per American

Bernard Baruch recalled a story about Andrew Carnegie. A socialist visitor urged dividing wealth. Carnegie checked his holdings and the U.S. population, then said 16 cents per person was each share. The anecdote appeared as reminiscence in Leonard Lyons’s column.

Bernard M. Baruch Ith Ave Burnet Hershey Andrew Carnegie Carnegie America U.S.A Evelyn Keyes John Huston Charles Vidtor

Books and works listed in New City Library catalog

The catalog reviews multiple 1963 publications and related works. Gonner Schwartz reports a Consumers Union study on smoking and public health, plus novels by Jennifer Dawson and historical tales like Rescue in Denmark. Other entries include Caravans, The Miseducation of American Teachers, Soon One Morning, Nureyev Autobiography, The Collector, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Story, The Shore Dimly Seen, and About Prints.

Consumers Union Jennifer Dawson Oxford Denmark Harold Flender Sweden James A. Michener South Pacific Hawaii Ellen Jasper Afghanistan James D. Koerner Koerner Herbert Hill James Baldwin Gwendolyn Brooks Nureyev

Current Best Sellers List From Publishers' Weekly

The list lists fiction titles including The Shoes of the Fisherman by West Elizabeth Appleton O Hara The Glass Blowers by Du Maurier Grandmother and the Priests by Caldwell City of Night by Rechy and non fiction The Fire Next Time by Baldwin Travels with Charlie by Steinbeck One Way to Russia 1200 by Hope The Whole Truth and Nothing But by Hopper and Brough My Darling Clementine by Fishman.

West Elizabeth Appleton Baldwin Charley Steinbeck Russia Hopper and Brough Clementine Fishman

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Lawrence Daily Journal-World U-2 Central Intelligence Agency Los Angeles Times News Service Old Home Town William Knox Vinland H. W Bill) Hargiss Jayhawkers Gwinn Henry Hargiss Fay Brown Oak Ridge Douglas County Teachers Association Old Bemer Kansas Historical Society Lindley Topeka Lawrence Camp Fire W. C. Markham Kansas Highway Commission Kansas By Jack Zimmerman Editor Journal-World Joseph Molner D. P Dr. Moiner S.K Dr. Melner Vale Mrsa. W.G Andy Carnegie Leonard Lyons Mance Mike Todd Artie Shaw John O'Hara Groucho Marx W. Averell Harriman Overseas Press Club Moscow Jfk Baltimore Sun Harriman OPC New City Library By Gonnie Schwartz Rudolph Nureyev Kremlin Europe John Fowles Frederick Clegg Miranda Gray Clegg Jhe Rodgers and Hammerstein Stanley Green Sound of Music Hammerstein Robert Goldston Columbia S. W. Hayter Publishers’ Weekly Interlandi Ciaei Aason
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