Lawrence Daily Journal World Historical Masthead Snapshot
Readable lines show the Lawrence Daily Journal World masthead with staff roles and publication details. It lists President and Publisher Bill Mayer, Managing Editor Jack Zimmerman, News Editor Ernest Pontius, Advertising Manager Leo Eller, Business Manager W C Simons, and notes the paper published 1854 to 1952 daily except Sunday at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets Lawrence Kansas with phone V1 38 1000.
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Dolph Shy Ashertensis
Dolph C. Simons
England on the brink of bankruptcy and a warning for America
The piece argues Britain’s shift to socialism and welfare state dependence weakened the economy. It cites devaluation, strikes by railway drivers and airline pilots, and public apathy as signs of national decline. It contrasts UK habits with rising American deficits and calls for sacrifice to avoid bankruptcy.
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Britain
Pound
England
Labor
United States
Money Battle Toughening By John Cunniff
Inflation erodes buying power as prices rise while taxes and spending fail to move. Rising rates bite mortgages and credit as the economy stalls, leaving consumers to bear the burden. The piece warns of inflation psychology and a wage price spiral.
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John Cunniff
New York
Congress
Washington
Federal Reserve
U. S
Defensive driving guidance from safety experts
Experts urge defensive driving as the best way to stay alive amid rising traffic. It emphasizes forethought and caution beyond legal requirements, including yielding when appropriate, delaying turns, and adjusting speed to weather conditions to avoid crashes.
Defensive Driving Skills Help Save Lives
Defensive driving can be learned and cultivated. The effort to master it may save your life on the road.
Lawrence Events and Plans Highlight 1957 Nostalgia
Old Home Town items reflect 1957 junior high dance at the Country Club for classmates Carol Albers Mary Kay Dunlap and Martha Murphy. A Stanford plan estimates Lawrence school system may need 5 million in the next decade.
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Carol Albers
Mary Kay Dunlap
Martha Murphy
Lawrence
Stanford University School Planning Laboratory
Lawrence Business and Professional Women Group
Eldridge
Mayme Corcoran
Emma Christianson
Bible message on Jeremiah remnant and return
Daily note speaks of gathering the remnant from many countries to return to the fold. A prayer asks Almighty Father to draw believers near in loving devotion through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Jeremiah
Almighty Heavenly Father
Jesus Christ
Right-Disobedience Kicks Breaks Law Protest Threat
A columnist reports on a provocative bid to block an induction center in Manhattan. Dr. Benjamin Spock and Dwight Macdonald defend their dissent while challenging draft laws, inviting Macdonald to a public lawbreaking test at 150 East 35th Street on January 4.
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Manhattan
Benjamin Spock
Dwight Macdonald
Senator McCarthy
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Justice Department
Mr. Macdonald
Macdonald
Spock
U.S
Robert Morgenthau
Washington
U. S. Attorney's Office
Dr. Spock
East 35Th St
New York
Art Finds That His Column Better in the Translation
A Japanese reader translation of an English column twists the US government study on families drinking at home. The mock dialogue mocks sake use, proclaims policy, and depicts a chaotic Thomson house dinner with characters George Karen and Freddy in a surreal parody.
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Art
U.S
The
Observer
Sake-Drinking Society
France
Thomson
George
Kitchen
Karen
Freddy Nine
Freddy
Bizet Opera Car men Debut In Paris March 1875
The famous opera Car men by Bizet debuted in Paris on March 3 1875 marking a milestone in 19th century French opera. The premiere at the Paris Opera featured key performers of the era and established the work as a cornerstone of the repertoire.
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Bizet
Paris
Hair straighteners safe for very curly hair
Dear reader asks if new hair straighteners are safe. The response notes variability in hair and scalp reaction, modest chemical advances, and urges trying a known product only if no itching or irritation occurs, stopping immediately if irritation appears to avoid worsening skin problems.
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Dr. Mother
S.M
Tax clash widens as Mills fights Johnson over tax bill
Washington report ties President Johnson's tax dispute with Rep. Wilbur Mills to a broader political vendetta. It notes Mills suspects a deliberate campaign to pressure him, and cites altered public works funding and delayed tax legislation. Catherine Norrell, widow of Arkansas Congressman W. F. Norrell, faces loss of a state post amid the intraparty struggle.
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Washington
Johnson
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Monticello
Ark
Catherine Norrell
W. F. Norrell
State Department
Honolulu
Capitol Hill
Lyndon Johnson
Wilbur Mills
Proud
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mill
Mills
Taxpayers question bond issues and voting rights
Letter to the editor questions who pays for bonds in Lawrence and why non property owners influence or decide votes. The author cites voter counts, contrasts precinct results, and questions repeat bond proposals and costs of elections, calling for voting reforms.
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Lawrence
The
Journal-World
Odd Williams
Williams
North Lawrence
East
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Lindley
Spooner Thayer Museum
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Tokyo
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By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
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