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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1969
Page
3
Lawrence Daily Journal World notes editor W C Simons served as editor in the 1930s to early 1950s. The entry records his tenure and ties to the newspaper's history in Lawrence Kansas.
The Oklahoma City Oklahoman laments delays in death penalty executions due to legal challenges and questions the justice system's focus on perpetrators over victims. It argues swift and sure punishment is essential, noting Richard Speck’s case and urging attention to victims.
Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Weaver argues that price often reflects aging and proof rather than quality in bourbon Scotch and Canadian whiskies. IRS guidance shows bourbons aged four years and 100 proof are bonded. He notes that many bottles labeled Scotch or Canadian come from the same distilleries with water added to reduce proof, and aging beyond four years offers little taste benefit.
A bold push aims to elevate prestige liquor sellers amid a shifting market. Industry players speculate on who may dominate the scene as influential patrons shape local tastes and trends.
New York AP reports the life insurance and mutual fund industries are merging operations to form large financial groups worth about 250 billion. By September 1969 insurers controlled large mutual funds, expanding options for consumers while raising potential antitrust concerns as funds ride inflation and fixed returns diminish.
KU players John Peppercorn Ken Fitch Fred Hageman John Had Curtis McClinton received AP All American recognition. KU seniors William Jackson and Suzanne Calvin were finalists for the College Bowl team. Ruth Williams chaired the Douglas County Christmas Bureau. Lawrence job data show SOC. Ward store opens. New Douglas County Farm Bureau officers. Rhodes candidate Garvey Bowers, Lawrence. River floods in county after rain. Bronze Star for Carl S Knox.
A devotional note urges believers to pray at all times in the Spirit with perseverance and supplication for all saints. It invokes brotherly love and asks for divine wisdom to sense neighbors' needs and to pray for them. Amen.
The piece applauds Joe McGinniss and his book for exposing image making in Nixon's 1968 campaign. It argues the book shows how Nixon benefited from carefully staged TV moments while noting McGinniss overstated influence. It contrasts with Ralph de Toledano's One Man Alone as alternative Nixon portrayal.
New intelligence centered on Resolution Nine argues that Nixon's Vietnamization and pacification drives may empower Saigon forces to resist Hanoi after a U.S. withdrawal. The document cites weaknesses in Communist cadres, supply problems, and overextended main and guerrilla units, while noting Washington’s refusal to set a fixed withdrawal timetable.
Barbara Hardy a British critic and visiting professor at Northwestern University will lecture at Kansas University Monday. She will discuss Feeling in Fiction at 4 p.m. in the Pine Room Kansas Union. Her permanent post is at Royal Holloway College University of London. Her books include The Novels of George Eliot The Appropriate Form and Middlemarch. The English department sponsors the lecture.
Nixon era hopes for unity falter as Mrs. Johnston faces neighborhood pressure for flying the American Flag on Veterans Day. A sequence of confrontations tests patriotism and politics, with neighbors pressing petitions and a delivery boy and plumber weighing in. The couple endures sharp comments about Vietnam, welfare, and national identity.
A committee on School Facilities in Lawrence reviews data on population growth and building needs. Members include Richard Johnson and Kenneth Fisher among others, with ex officio participation by city planner Ron Short. Two meetings to date discussed city growth, renovations at Central Junior High, and site proposals for McAllaster.
Six to twelve area participants linked to Head Start programs will receive eight week training courses at Kansas University. An $87 220 grant from the Office of Head Start funds the program run by the EU department of human development and family life. Dr Frances Horowitz said trainees were chosen from their communities and will study at the Edna A Hill Child Development Laboratory School before returning home.
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