VFW Posts New $100000 Home At 2nd And Ala Streets
The Alford Clarke Post 852 VFW unveils a new $100000 headquarters at 2nd and Ala Streets just south of Green Lake. The facility boosts local investment to about $175000 with plans for an east side swimming pool and ample parking for about 80 cars. Leaders are praised for commitment to community improvement and future development.
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Alford-Clarke Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
2Nd
Ala. Sts
VFW
Post
Green Lake
Lawrence
New Canal Plan Broadens Inter American Ties and Nuclear Use
The proposal for a sea level canal across Central America under President Johnson aims to ease U S Panama tensions, recognize Panama’s sovereignty, and renegotiate the 1903 treaty. It weighs conventional versus nuclear construction, noting cheap rapid blast options and potential gains in peaceable nuclear power. The plan could boost global interdependence and revenue for Panama.
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U.S
Canal
Panama
Latin America
Johnson
Central America
Viet Nam Policy Debate Reflects U S Uncertainty
The text questions U S involvement in South Viet Nam amid government upheaval and rising doubt about stability efforts. It notes Americans wonder whether continued support is wise as new Saigon leaderships emerge and U S resolve reportedly shifts toward backing whichever government prevails.
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South
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Circular letters rise as Christmas greeting trend
A discussion notes a shift toward circular letters as substitutes for Christmas cards. It surveys the trend of chatty family year in review letters and the concern that mass production may strip personal touch, while acknowledging varied family preferences.
Spreading Christmas Spirit Year Round Encouraged
The text urges groups to foster understanding and better feeling between people by promoting Christmas spirit beyond the holidays. It emphasizes ongoing efforts to nurture goodwill and encourage inclusive, year-round festive understanding.
Capitalism Peeks Out in Eastern Europe Observed by Robert H. Estabrook
A Vienna dispatch notes economic experimentation spreading through Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Romania shows rapid growth and growing artistic freedom while East Germany and Hungary edge toward liberalization. Poland and Czechoslovakia lag yet drift toward reform. Bulgaria remains largely frozen.
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Vienna
Times-Post
Europe
Poland
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Romania
Nikita Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Washington Post
Farm Endowment For Shaad Scholarships Established
A 160 acre farm was donated to the EU Endowment Association by Prof Emeritus and Mrs George J Hood to fund Dean George C Shaad Loan Scholarships. Shaad led electrical engineering 25 years and engineering and architecture 9 years before his 1936 death.
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EU Endowment Association
George J. Hood
George C. Shaad
Shaad
Lawrence Paper Co
Justin Hill
George M. Liston
Baldwin
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Kansas
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer Focus
The Lord tells Martha that one thing is needful. A prayer asks forgiveness for busyness and neglect of receiving Jesus, seeking to prepare hearts to welcome Him with honor and love in His name.
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Martha
Jesus
The Eloquence of Silence Christmas Essay
Religion writer George W. Cornell explores silence as a Christmas gift. He links quiet to Mary’s receptiveness and Joseph and Jesus, arguing the holy stillness underpins the Nativity and divine meaning amid modern clamor.
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Poe
Phillips Brooks
George W. Cornell
Mary
Jesus
Nazareth
Joseph
Elizabth
David
Emanuel
God
Christ
Housing bias in Lawrence echoed in editorials and letters
Readers respond to a Journal-World editorial on segregated housing and white flight. Judith Hood argues prejudice drives exclusion and urges Americans to rethink freedoms, while Mrs. Edward Shaw notes local families seeking decent homes struggle amid a flooded market and lily white neighborhoods.
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New Jersey
Journal-World
Thur
Lawrence
Edward Shaw
W. 19Th St
Two Flats and a Lifelong Pact on New York's East and West Sides
Tony Harnick recalls Tanya Everett and Liza Minnelli sharing two 57th Street apartments to avoid spats. They keep one chic and one cozy space, alternate privacy by moving between flats, and each keeps a dog. Other notes cover LBJ aides, Keating, Jones, a jewelry theft, and a tale of horses in a Yugoslavian shoot.
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Sheldon Harnick
P. J. Clarke
Tanya Everett
Liza Minnelli
Judy Garland
Miss Everett
Miss Minnelli
57Th St
Liza
E. 57Th St
Tanya
W. 57Th
W. 57Th St
London
Harnick
East 57Th
East Side
LBJ
White House
Myer Feldman
Pennsylvania
Kenneth Keating
el Morocco
N. Y
Washington
Raymond Jones
Tammany Hall
Adam Clayton Po
Holiday safety advice from old doctor on Christmas perils
The piece warns against fires from overloaded outlets worn light strings and hot bulbs. It advises water-filled tree stands fireproofing spray, turning off lights at night, cautious handling of chemistry sets and equipment, and avoiding risky activities during gifts unwrapping. It ends with light humor and safety reminders.
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Scrooge
Freshly Boyle-ed Monday Potpourri
Hal Boyle surveys quirky facts from mailbag items and trivia. He notes 22 percent of teen-agers spend about 11 billion dollars annually, women head five million U.S. families, car thefts mostly involve youths under 20, and other odds and ends on daily life science hashtags and folklore.
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New York
America
U.S
University of Alabama
Andrew Jackson
White House
Jackson
Tibet
David Eccles
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Lawrence Daily Journal- World
Robert H. Estabrook
Old Home Town
Reuter Organ Co
First Presbyterian Church
Tacoma
Wash
Santa Claus
J. M. Davis
Sy George W. Cornell
Bethlehem
Paul
East
Egypt
Herod
Earth
Judith Hood
Oxford Rd
Leonard Lyons
Carroll Baker
Joe Levine
Downey
Miss Baker
Jack Garfein
Thornton Wilder
Skitch Henderson
Hans
Peter Cook
Jonathan Miller
Dudley Moore
Alan Bennett
Eli Wallach
Henry Levin
Genghis Khan
Levin
Joseph Molner
Maxine
C. P
Hal Boyle
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