KU Vespers to Charge Admission This Year at Lied Center
Editorial calls KU Vespers a holiday gift but reports admission will be charged for the first time at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center. It notes concerns over costs, suggests student discounts, potential corporate sponsorship, and preserving free-will offerings to fund music scholarships. It urges returning Vespers to KU’s holiday gift status next year.
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Kansas University
Pye
KU Music Department
Lied Center
Allen Fieldhouse
Hoch Auditorium
Department of Music and Dance
Tehran conference ends with France liberation pledge
In December 1943 Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin concluded the Tehran conference agreeing to prioritize the liberation of France and to coordinate strikes against Germany while the Soviets pledged to enter war against Japan after Germany’s defeat. The briefing recalls other historical milestones from 1919 to 1984.
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Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Tehran
U.S
France
Japan
Germany
Lady Astor
Sergei M. Kirov
Leningrad
United States
Rosa Parks
Montgomery
Ala
Parks
Broadway
Cuba
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Tel Aviv
Environmental Protection Agency
Rita M. Lavelle
Washington
Reagan
Amin Gemayel
Lebanon
Journal World masthead personnel list
The Journal World staff excerpt presents the paper’s leadership with Dolph C Simons Jr as editor and publisher, Ralph Gage as general manager, Bill Snead deputy editor, and editors Nordyke Trowbridge Gardner Fisher among others. It outlines management roles across news, advertising, production, and circulation.
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Ralph Gage
Bill Snead
Robert Nordyke
Caroline Trowbridge
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
W C Simons Publisher 1891 1944
W C Simons (1871 1952) served as publisher from 1891 to 1944 for the Journal World. Address changes should be sent to the Journal World P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0088. The paper is a second class mailer and a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press.
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Lobbying Chief Paster Leaves White House After Grueling Year
Howard Paster, Clinton’s top congressionallobbyist, resigns citing time away from family after a year marked by intense outreach to lawmakers. The administration leveraged aggressive lobbying to secure key wins on the budget and NAFTA amid shifting coalitions and a tight political calculus.
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Washington
Howard Paster
White House
Clinton
Paster
Congress
Bill Clinton
Gore
Doris Kearns Goodwin
CBS
Bob Schieffer
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Congressional Liaison
Capt
House
Senate
NAFTA
Russia
Pastor
Howard Poster
Cuba Tourism Push Delays Cuban Collapse Says Tourist Notebook
A traveling observer critiques Cuba under Fidel Castro noting empty shelves, power shortages, dismal roads, and rare hotels where water runs dry. Despite shortages and propaganda, tourism and foreign investment, plus official acceptance of U.S. currency and casino gambling, may delay collapse longer than expected.
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Castro-land
U.S
Public Forum letters critique intersection and tire burial policy
Public Forum letters discuss a Nov 23 Journal-World piece on 11th and New Hampshire, praising safety at the intersection and opposing traffic controls. A reader urges reconsideration of burying 182,000 tires, arguing it harms environmental efforts and future needs.
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New Hampshire
Journal-World
Allen Press
Sinclair
Doug Wasson
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Christmas tree shortages slow local purchases
Vendors urge early buying as supplies tighten from usual channels. Officials doubt any late acquisitions by agencies due to high demand. The United Fund trails the goal by about $6,500 of nearly $140,000. New South Junior High is planned to open in January, after earlier forecasts of September, November, and December 1.
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United Fund
New South Junior High
Kansas basketball 1953–54 starters return from title game
Three starters Allen Kelley B H Born and Harold Patterson planned to lead the Kansas Jayhawks as they rebuild after a one point NCAA title loss to Indiana. Departures included Gil Reich Dean Kelley and Dean Smith. A separate 1893 Lawrence World note recalls Kansas football’s last game of the season titled Again Defeated with a 10 to 4 loss to Kansas City, criticizing paid coaches and blacksmith players.
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Jayhawks
Indiana
Kansas City
Allen Kelley
B.H. Born
Harold Patterson
Gil Reich
Dean Kelley
Dean Smith
Lawrence World
Kansas University
K.U
Watkins Community Museum
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Dallas Dolan
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David Broder
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Isla de Putas
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Ray Stevens
Wal- Mart
Karen Parish
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