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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1957
Page
4
The Lawrence Daily Journal World editors and staff are profiled with roles and addresses. Publication details list World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire in Lawrence Kansas. Rates shown for carriers and mail. dated Saturday Evening December 7 1957.
A Harvard Business School professor argues for shifting long range weapons research from the Defense Department to a civilian agency. He would give private firms heavier profits and greater independence to develop and test radical devices, drawing parallels to the Soviet Academy of Sciences and urging officials to scrutinize the plan amid Soviet advances.
Critics praise AFL-CIO for expelling the Teamsters while others fear the move could aid Hoffa and permit freer misconduct. Debates weigh political consequences, legality, and whether Congress will enforce uniform union laws amid corruption evidence.
Winter ballots circulate to name men of the year in literature business labor sports and other areas. Top personalities are chosen in categories with a sweepstakes style process but controversy over who deserves the title remains.
The author argues the 1957 Man of the Year should be a group not a single person, specifically the Russian scientists behind the Sputnik satellites. It notes Time Magazine’s choice of the Hungarian Freedom Fighter as analogous and calls Sputniks story of the year for their eye opening developments.
Joseph Alsop contends Khrushchev will back a United Nations push to redraw Palestine to its 1947 frontiers, forcing Israel’s return and risking major shifts in Arab alignments. He warns of a Western dilemma between accepting Israel’s destruction or facing broader Soviet influence in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan and allied states.
A collage of past events: Washington proposes meat and gasoline rationing and city employee pay raises. city PTA discusses jungle gyms costing about 1200 dollars and appeals for funds. KU Orange Bowl team ranks 12th nationally in sports polls. Also notes 1932 relief stance on auto owners, local officials' deaths and leadership, and 1917 cold weather impacts on Lawrence Ottawa and local services with transport and utility disruptions.
A daily Bible verse centers on Philippians 4 13 declaring I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. The brief message encourages personal resilience and spiritual focus for readers facing challenges today.
President Eisenhower met with 31 congressional leaders this week, drawing a mixed response from Democrats and Republicans. The talks preview defense and foreign aid increases, with no income tax cut likely in 1958. Congress faces battles over defensing costs, revenue, and possible domestic cuts ahead of an election year.
The Baltimore Sun argues money alone cannot fix science neglect. It notes a practical national bent toward applications over pure science, calls for better science education and wages, and urges focus on training and discipline rather than sheer funding to cultivate original scientists and safeguard leadership.
Comment notes growing strain of national leadership from Roosevelt to Eisenhower and calls Congress to act. Keating pledges disability legislation as first 1958 order. Emphasizes need to lighten presidential burden via delegation and expanded staff, the so called Palace Guard.
In a letter to the editor, the writer condemns town talk about city commissioners as baseless, urges citizens to attend meetings and learn how government runs, noting few groups aside from Boy Scouts have observed meetings. The piece cites Kentucky's 1792 statehood context.
Lyons notes Sir John Gielgud’s bloopers during lunch with Emlyn Williams and dinner at the Ivy Club. He recalls blunders, including naming a guest, misdescribing Ruth Draper, and a Stratford moment before the Prime Minister’s party.
New titles listed for library readers include Vanguard by Martin Caidin a 1957 work linking Project Vanguard to the 1957 58 IGY, Franklin era study The New Age of Franklin by Dexter Perkins and several 1957 titles across genres. Also featured are Woman's Guide to Better Living by John A Schindler M D Pay the Two Dollars by Alexander Rose The Inevitable Hour by Edison Marshall The Schemers by Ruth Fein song Missourian by Brad Ward and Mandevilla by Kate Thompson detailing varied fiction and non fiction selections.
A listing of popular titles and authors including Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Rally Round the Flag Boys by Max Shulman and other noted books by Costain Shute Rand Dalai Churchill Baruch Packard Smith and Paul Smith.
A catalog of 1957 publications with brief blurbs and author notes. Highlights include White Man, Listen by Richard Wright. The Reformation by Will Durant. Try Cift and the Giver by Nelia Gardner White. The Secret of Major Thompson by Pierre Daninos. Isobel the Fair by Margaret Campbell Barnes. The Immaterial Murder Case by Julian Symons.
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