Lawrence Journal-World Staff Details and 1961 Publication
The Lawrence Daily Journal World listing shows editors and publishers including Dolph Simons, Bill Mayer, Jack Zimmer, Ernest Pontius, and LEQ Eller. It notes World Company origins, contact, and post rates with publication as Monday evening December 4, 1961. It lists subscription prices in Lawrence, Douglas County, and nationwide.
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Wwe
Dolph Simons
Dolph
Simon Bill Mayer
Jack Zimmer
Ernest Pontius
Leq Eller
WW. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
United States
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Mauldin critiques U S workmanship in The Bungling Repairman
Cartoonist Bill Mauldin criticizes American craftsmanship in a Saturday Evening Post piece. He blasts unions and the welfare state while targeting feather bedding and status driven jobs, urging pride in skilled work to restore national spirit and productivity.
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Mauldin
Saturday Evening Post
Nincompoop
Newspapers endure as a trusted record and reading staple
A survey by the American Newspaper Publishers Association shows 86.4 percent of U S households read a newspaper on weekdays and 53 percent clipped nonadvertising items in three months. Readers value permanence and broad reach of the press.
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Bureau of Advertising
The
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Continental
U. S
Lawrence
ANPA
Reader letter cites Nation critique of fallout shelters
Ada Swineford argues in a Journal-World letter that the Nation editorial on fallout shelters urges mailing back the White House mailed pamphlet marked Return to Sender to protest the private shelter program. She notes concerns that shelters aid only rural areas and pawn occupants in the cold war.
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Office of Emergency Planning
Office of Civil Defense
Angus Dun
Washington
White House
Ada Swineford
KU Radio TV Drive Plans Histori Cal Museum Display
Kansas University students in the Radio and Television Department organize a project to collect materials for a historical radio TV museum to be shown at KUOK studios in Hoch Auditorium.
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Radio and Television
Kansas University
KUOK
Hoch Auditorium
Sores and Sleepiness in Children and Eye Contact Lenses
Dr Molner answers letters about chronic ear/skin sores in a 12-year-old, possible self-scratching or infection, and narcolepsy in a sleep-prone adult, with notes on underlying causes and testing. He discusses contact lenses satisfaction rates and Legg-Perthes disease cases, plus a pinworm treatment booklet offer to readers.
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Mrss. L. W
Dr. Mother
Ngai Sends Wrathful Warnings Over Kenya Crisis
Robert C. Ruark argues Africa's God Ngai punishes Kenya with drought and floods to force moral reform. He cites Masai cattle losses, famine control, and political turmoil from Mau Mau as signs of divine displeasure and warns of broader continental collapse if corruption continues.
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Africa
Mt. Kenya
Kilimanjaro
Ngai
Kenya
Meru
Embu
Nairobi
Tana
Mau Mau
Neal
Kerinyagga
Congo
Ghana
Angola
East Africa
Britain’s quiet pivot toward a new world role
Joseph Alsop argues Britain is abandoning its old imperial posture after Suez and embracing a modern Commonwealth outlook. The shift redefines relations with the United States and other powers as London adapts to a post imperial era.
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London
Suez
Eden
Great Labor
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Bevins
Laboriet
Lord Morrison
U. S
Iran
Morrison
Washington
Harold Macmillan
Jomo Kenyatta
Commonwealth
Old Home Town Notes From 1851 1936 and 1921
Notes recount Sigma Alpha Epsilon remodeling at KU, Keith Lawton named administrative assistant to Chancellor Murphy. Also mentions Mud Creek bridge completion near Laptad corner, WREN broadcast plans, and WDAF management. In 1921 KU staged The Pirates of Penzance at Bowersock Theater with KU staff handling music direction and dance, plus Levert Higgins named Christmas Tree chair.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Keith Lawton
Murphy
Mud Creek
Laptad Corner
Wren Broadcasting Station
Kansas City Star
R. C. Jackman
Lawrence
Vernon Smith
Dean Fitzer
WDAF
The
Horse Association of America
Bowersock Theater
W. D. Downing
A. C. MacMurray
Elizabeth Dunkel
Levert Higgins
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer Focus
The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him and the coming of Thy promised help in our Lord Jesus Christ. A prayer asks God to grant faith in the mighty Savior and to seek guidance this day. Amen.
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Jesus Christ
Broadway tenancy clash at Mark Hellinger Theater
A major Broadway battle over tenancy at the Mark Hellinger Theater pits Richard Rodgers No Strings against incumbent My Fair Lady producer Herman Levin who refuses to move out quickly despite a 35000 stop clause and last week gross of 47000.
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Mark Hellinger
Richard Rodgers
Herman Levin
Levin
Tennessee Williams
Gloria Swanson
Miami Beach
Washington
David Ormsby Gore
London
Ernest Hemingway
Sun Valley
Lou Jacobi
Maurice Schwartz
2Nd Ave
Schwarz
Maurice Evans
Broadway
Schwartz
Pamela Tiffin
Bert Sterns
Jack Carter
Joe Pasternak
Abe Burrows
Kennedy
Khrush
Chev
Alexi Adzhubel
Izvestia
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Minsk
Izostia
Maurice Chevalier
Lerner & Loewe
Varsity Club
Peter Sellers
Joe E. Lewis
Bruno
Pen & Pencil
Lewis
Richard Bolling
Carl Albert
Democratic Party
Congress
Doc Marcus
Defense
McNamara
Kenneth
Mellon
Wrightsman
Dick Lynch
Giants
Freshly Boyle-ed Potpourri From Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle offers a light miscellany of observations and trivia from mailbag letters. He jokes about executives needing a wife to lead a roaming life, notes on shoe wear and shoe lifetimes, record shopping in Sweden, blinking frequency, and swordfish speeds. He also shares quips about names, famous actors in disguise, jokes on humor, and postal statistics about holiday card volumes.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Bill Mauldin
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fen
Journal-World
Joseph Molner
O.G
Archives of Ophthalmology
John R. Cassady
Robert C. Ruark
Gizengas
Lumumba
Kasavubu
Tshombe
Holden Roberto
Kwama Nkrumah
United Nations
Ruark
Joseph Alsop
France
Europe
Richelieu
Louis XIV
Napoleon
Berlin
Old Home Town
Lyons den
Hellinger Theater
Leonard Lyons
Hal Boyle
New York
Mary Wilson Little
William Makepeace Thackeray
Rosetta Jacobs
Piper Laurie
Roy Fitzgerald
Rock Hudson
Arnold H. Glasgow
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene
Santa Claus
U. S. Postal Service
U.S. States
Iowa
Missouri
Truman
Nebraska
Vermont
Florida
Massachusetts
Kansas
Maine
Alaska
Interlandi
Wen
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