Lawrence Daily Journal World History and Contact Details
The text lists the Lawrence Daily Journal World staff roles inside a 20th century Kansas newspaper, noting President and Editor C Simons and other management positions. It provides establishing year, address at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets, Lawrence Kansas, and telephone number VI 8 3 1 0 0. It includes subscription rates by carrier and mail, with regional pricing for Douglas and adjacent counties and nationwide mail rates. It also states postal class and Bureau and Associated Press memberships.
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Pany
Sixth
New Hampshire
Kan
Douglas
United States
Lawrence
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Presa Cogram
Mail fraud risk warned during holiday shopping season
The U S Post Office Department cautions buyers that many mail order firms are honest but con artists often set up during the gift season to cheat the gullible. It is conservatively estimated that at least 1 million dollars is lost each year to mail fraud. Henry Montague, chief postal inspector, urges investigation of unknown companies or suspicious bonus offers before sending money.
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Hage
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrence
Kansas
U. S. Post Office Department
Henry Montague
Ideal temperature for babies and adult comfort debated
Reader asks if 00 degrees is ideal for all children under two. Dr Molner says there is no universal ideal temp. babies tolerate cooler settings due to metabolism and snug clothing, but room temp varies with covers. Common sense in dress matters. 60 degrees can be comfortable with appropriate sleepwear.
KU Vespers Christmas Show Set For December 12
The Kansas University Christmas Vespers will be held on Sunday December 12. The annual holiday production is led by the late D M Swirthout former Fine Arts dean and remains a community highlight drawing crowds from nearby towns.
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Kansas University
D. M. Swirthout
Alcoholism and Society Face Growing Recognition of Disease
The piece argues alcoholism costs, kills, and harms millions in the U.S. and that treatment and early intervention in workplaces reduce absenteeism. It cites UCLA psychiatry expert Dr. Max Hayman and urges reframing alcoholism as a disease, not a moral failing, to spur better care and fewer stigmas. It lists behavioral patterns and common denominators of victims and notes slow societal shift toward change.
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U. S
Max Hayman
UCLA
Alcoholism Research Clinic
Seasonal Jobs In a Bind
Prosperity and a tight labor market push stores to find December help while skilled jobs grow harder to fill. Higher pay and shift of housewives to suburbs reduce available part time workers as clerks face similar pay competition.
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New York
Yesteryear
Claudette Colbert Votes With Her Own Hair in Trend Poll
Noted actress Claudette Colbert is named one of America's 10 best coiffured women by hair stylists. She reveals her hair hasn’t changed in 30 years and that she handles her own styling, a surprising setback to beauty parlors.
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Claudette Colbert
America
Miss Colbert
Claudette
Town Chronicle From Half a Century Ago
A 1955 column recalls Dr Joyce Brothers on the $64,000 Question with boxing ties. It notes a Kansas State forum on land use and MU coach Don Faurot enduring a dreadful season. Also, 1948 obit for Dr Carl Phillips and Kennedy stepping aside as ambassador. 1925 local telephone transfers and city official W W Cleland’s sudden death are referenced.
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Joyce Brothers
Kansas
K-State
Texas
Columbia
Don Faurot
Carl Phillips
Lawrence
England
Joseph Kennedy
Palm Beach
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Kennedy
Ottawa
Garnett
Kansas Telephone Co
Southwestern Bell
Bible Message and Prayer Notes
A devotional note reflects on Romans 7 24 and asks for freedom from sin. It praises surrender to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and offers a short prayer modeled on the Lord's Prayer asking for guidance and witness.
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Jesus Christ
Blonde coroner aims for Congress in New Jersey
Janet Bond of Mount Holyoke College wins the coroner seat in Princeon New Jersey, starting a three year term. The office is largely ceremonial with medical duties handled by the county medical examiner. Bond hopes to use the position as a stepping stone to Congress while enjoying the social perks of office.
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Mount Holyoke College
Jack Princeon
N. J
Janet Bond
Miss Bond
Congress
Lovely
Division of Demonstrators Offers Some Comic Relief
Washington report centers on rival protest groups outside the White House trading slogans and poses a comic scene as a photographer notes the crossfire of antiwar factions. The piece ends with a photographer asking a passerby to join in singing We Shall Overcome.
Reader Letter on Milk Price Confusion and Dairy Economics
A dairy farmer voices frustration with the misreporting of milk pricing in the Journal-World. He argues farmers receive a blend price far below the Class One rate and that plants capture more value for bottling and distribution, urging readers to reconsider who sets prices and how profits are shared.
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Journal-World
Howard Hurwitz
Federal Marketing Administration
Dairies
Miller Outlines Center Efforts
Dr. C Arden Miller dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine says the center trains 6000 persons yearly in its post graduate programs ranging from neurosurgeons to police and ambulance workers. He notes it is the largest program of its kind and outlines plans to expand the site from 22 to 45 acres using endowment funds as the school is not state funded.
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Kansas City, Mo
Arden Miller
Schol Ol Medicine
University of Kansas
Miller
Civic Club
Kansas University Medical Center
Scandalous studio tales and wartime hotel collapse recounted
The UsO stage gossip recalls Kirk Douglas in Palm Springs mistaken cubicle prank and Humphrey Bogart Mayo Mathot hotel quarrels in Tunis. A Telson Foundation film scene shows Eli Wallach with a Cartier diamond guarded by an armed sentry, who later guards the box during a washroom moment.
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USO
Tunis
Humphrey Bogart
Mayo Mathot
Bogarts
Hotel Pro
Telson Foundation
U. N
Nothing Changes More Than Gals in This War of Marriage
Hal Boyle riffs on how war and weather pale beside the transformative power of marriage on women. The piece contrasts pre and post wedding moods, cooking, beauty, patience, and household duties, noting husbands’ recurring complaints as wives’ personalities seem to evolve after tying the knot.
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York
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Aashomeh
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Ly Or, Joseph Molner
Dr. Mother
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Dawson
AP Business News
Candid
Old Home Town
W. W. Cleland
United Commercial Travelers Association
BPOE
Phillips
Jack
Y Jack Zimmerman
Coroner’s Office
George
Ly Art Buchwald
Washington
Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Mekong Delta
Buchwald
White House
Pleiku
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Saigon
Citizens For Free
Hue
Fathers For Peace and Honor
Tan Phung Phu
Society
Southeast Asia
Rusk
Johnson
Georgetown U. Law
Committee
the ‘‘Benevolent Society For
McNamara
Ford
Lyons’ den
Leonard Lyons
Kirk Douglas
Palm Springs
Prietor
U. S. Army
Wallach
Hal Boyle
Warni
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