Lawrence Daily Journal World front page notes 1964
Lawrence in print details the World Company staff and offices at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets. The Friday evening issue for December 11 1964 lists editors Rit Mayer Jack Zommmer Ernest Pontius and others with rates for daily and mailed subscriptions.
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W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Awrence
Kan
Douglas
Lawrence
Kaw
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Lawrence merchants upbeat as Salina and Wichita face job losses
Local Lawrence retailers enjoy a strong year with continued growth at KU and higher spending, while Salina prepares to lose 13 000 residents after Schilling Air Force Base closure and Wichita trims 3000 payroll positions, affecting thousands.
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Lawrence
Salina
Wichita
Schilling Air Force Base
Boeing
Trucks Block Massachusetts Street During Christmas Shopping
A letter calls out beverage and other truck drivers for blocking Massachusetts Street with double parking. Merchants and police are urged to crackdown during the busy season, arguing the practice creates traffic hazards and violates city laws.
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Massachusetts Street
Trips by Students Urge Safe Holiday Driving
Kansas University students prepare to drive home for Christmas as safety officials urge caution. Porters reviews nightly rest, planned breaks every few hours, and limit of 400 to 500 miles per leg. Drivers should check lights, heating, wipers, brakes, tires, and seat belts for winter road safety.
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Kansas University
Harry Porter Jr
National Safety Council
Porter
Chains urged for severe snow and ice conditions
Safety experts stress using common sense and caution during winter travel. Drivers should drive at a reasonable speed stay alert anticipate hazards and adjust to road conditions. KU students are hoped to have safe holidays and return on Jan 4 with proper precautions.
Governors Year Late by Don Irwin
A year late, Republican governors unite behind a demand for a broad inclusive GOP under leadership not defined by exclusion. The Denver statement advocates party unity, targeting Dean Burch, with Romney Scranton and Rockefeller forming a strong bloc for a 1968 presidential race, signaling a shift from Goldwater’s hard line.
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Washington
Times-Post
Denver
Republican Governors Association
GOP
Dean Burch
Barry Goldwater
Burch
Chicago
National Committee
Governors Assn
George Romney
Michigan
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Cleveland
Goldwater
Denver Alliance
Scranton
Romney
Association
America
Drive in mailbox installed before downtown Post Office
A drive in mailbox was installed in front of the downtown Post Office as part of a series of holiday and civic notes. Temola Club enjoyed a Christmas tea at Mrs Leonard Axe with hostesses Mrs J P Cleven ger and Mrs Richard Wintermole. Topeka defeated the Lawrence Lions 60 to 52 in basketball. Douglas County Farm Bureau marked its 22nd anniversary with talks by Prof Turner of K State on farming and wartime aid. Rev Charles A Puls, Trinity Lutheran Church, was named to a new pastorate in Madison Wisconsin. The city Christmas wrapping station opened at the Chamber of Commerce with a post office worker assisting. 40 YEARS AGO 1924 McAllaster PTA heard Margaret Perkins and Seba Eldridge on child labor history. After vandalism last year the downtown Christmas lights would be placed atop trolley poles to deter theft.
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Temola Club
Leonard Axe
J. P. Clevenger
Richard Wintermole
Topeka
Lawrence Lions
Douglas County Farm Bureau
C. C. Gerstenberger
Turner
K-State
Farm Bureau
Floyd Kalb
H. G. van Neste
Charles A. Puls
Trinity Lutheran Church
Madison
Wisc
Chamber of Commerce
McAllaster School Pta
Margaret Perkins
Public Library
Seba Eldridge
Jesus as Light of the World Prayer Message
The text centers Jesus as the light of the world and urges followers to reflect that light. A prayer asks God to use Christ’s light to guide others to know Him and God’s love.
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Jesus
God
Jesus Christ
Just Enjoy Them Not Grow Too Clinical
A reader rejects a survey ballot sent to female editors to select the "most perfect" American figures. He ridicules the girdle company interviewer and argues beauty tests ignore human nature and metabolism. He plans to send a telegram saying men cannot remain unemotional about women.
Floating Ice Island ARLIS-II Heads Toward Greenland Sea
A drifting Arctic ice island named ARLIS-II with twelve men aboard is ready to enter the Greenland Sea after a three year voyage from Alaska. Scientists plan to send more personnel and gear to study the virtually unexplored North Greenland Sea from this ice floe.
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Greenland
Washington
Times - Post
Greenland Sea
Alaska
Arctic Basin
North Pole
North Greenland Sea
Point Barrow
University of Alaska
Arctic
Ellesmere Island
Canadian Archipelago
U.S
Soviet Union
Fletcher’s Island
Teaching Time sparks debate on in service days and Americanism
Letters discuss accuracy of a recent Journal-World editorial on in service training for Lawrence Public Schools. The LEA describes contract terms 190 days, 180 instruction 10 in service days, and how early dismissals affected students. They argue to emphasize factual context and proper guidelines for professional development.
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Journal-World
Lawrence Education Association
Lawrence Public Schools
Lawrence Public
Appendix removal during gallbladder surgery explained
The appendix does not affect liver function and is often removed incidentally to prevent future appendicitis. Removal is advised only when there is no existing infection in other abdominal structures, and not when conditions like empyema or tubal infection are present.
Lions Den and Inaugural Highlights Across Figures and Places
Leonard Lyons reports on LBJ aides and a possible White House post for Ed Weiss. Jack Valenti heads to Texas as Van Cliburn prepares a January Washington recital. The Begum Khan is injured by a dropped glass at Mexico City’s palace celebration. Ruth Rivera linked to a Mexican cultural post. Mayor Wagner walks with Barbara Cavanaugh after a Park Avenue party, praising Manhattan’s safe streets.
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Ed Weiss
N. Y
LBJ
White House
Jack Valenti
Texas
Begum Khan
Palace
Mexico City
van Cliburn
Washington
FBI
Joe E. Lewis
G-men
Toots Shor’s
Lewis
Joan Bennett
Sardi
Ruth Rivera
Diego Rivera
Mexico
Wagner
Barbara Cavanaugh
Col
Michael Paul
Park Ave
Manhattan
Reflections on a 10 Hour Work Week by Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle argues that industrial automation could reduce work to 10 hours weekly without harming virtue. He doubts moralists who fear leisure, praising cultural enrichment, longer lifespans, and calmer living. He notes fewer hours may ease neurotic pace and improve punctuality and public conduct.
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POLPH
Don Irwin
Los Angeles Times News Service
Lea
Jack
By Jack Zimmerman
U. S
Loren, Sommer
Ekberg
Island
U.S. Office of Naval Research
Lawrence High School
Verlin Gilbert
Beaufort Sea
Canada
Russia
Polar
Joseph Molner
H. A
Dr.Mother
Lyons den
Leonard Lyons
Ethel Merman
Jimmy van Heusen
Ernest Borgnine
Hal Boyle
Curbstone
Interlandi
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