Advertising Rates and Contact Details in Lawrence Paper
Advertising director Ernest Pontius announces class rates for Lawrence circulation with carrier prices for local and surrounding counties. The notice lists weekly rates, six month and yearly options, and confirms postal registration and AP affiliation.
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Word Company
Aisth
Lawrence
Onaix and
Foblianer
Ernest Pontius
Douglas
Dousins
Seco
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press Sa Riker
Associated Press
Hla
Radio and TV Schedules Across Stations for December 26 27
A detailed listing of radio and television programs across WDAF KMBC WREN and KFRU for Monday and Tuesday December 26 27 including newscasts sports shows weather forecasts and prime time lineups. It notes station callsigns times and program names across multiple channels and features entertainment news and local fare.
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WDAF
WREN
Rai
KMBC
RMU
Morgan Beatty
Henry J. Taylor
Kane —Woen
Firestone
Voice of
Firearous
Bing Crosby
Wren—Tello
KNBC
Sternan Beatty
Tims Wren
Rae
KFKU
Dragnet
KMAC
Bishop Sheen
MBC
Ren— Worl
Pinder
Tate
Nordeen
Clerat
Martin Bloch
Rmbc. TV
Kcmo.-Tv
Mickay Mouse Club
Star News
Little Rascals
Tony Martin
Tony Martin Show (3)—Robinhead (9)—Topper {4)—News Caravan (4)—Cueanr’s Hour
Ba Burne and
Allen
TV Rendera Digest
Godfrey
Talent Scouts
Ff Iireavenga
Lucy Ipa Robert
Monetomery Theatre
Bri
Medical Horizons
Btuda Ona
Ethel and Albert
Hollywood Playhouse
Beaton Blackie
Tal
Zelent
Biagio
Les Paul
Mary Ford
Tod
Sky
Newa * T
Red Promises in Asia and Britain’s Trading Stakes
The article notes how Soviet envoys stirred Asia while Britain faces diminished Far East markets. It cites The London Economist on their aim to shake Asia, and discusses U S aid vs Soviet promises, predicting shifts in policy and potential risks to Britain’s remaining trading areas.
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Asia
Britain
London Economist
East
Far East
British Isles
United States
Khruschev
Bulganin
Chicago’s football stance shifts toward a controlled return
The Illinois university once abolished intercollegiate football citing professionalism concerns and now, via a Faculty committee recommendation, contemplates a return. It aims to fund the program internally, keep it student focused, and match teams of similar strength without regard to prestige or gate receipts.
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Illinois Institution
Chicago
Moderates Rise in British Labour Party and U S Appeal
The piece discusses moderates prevailing in Britain's Labour leadership contest and Adlai Stevenson seeking Democratic presidential nomination as a moderate copying Eisenhower style. It argues moderates reflect current thinking after a period of extremism and suggests giving moderates a lengthy rest may be prudent.
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Labor Party
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Adlai
Who Backs Lobbyists and the Case Against a Tax on Influence
A critique argues that taxing lobbyists would distort access to lawmakers and dampen citizen input. The piece questions how to distinguish genuine public-spirited legislators from agents of special interests and warns it could pressure solons during campaigns.
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Huitanholing
Hungarians Build Home Made Tank Flees Red Hungary
Four Hungarian workers constructed a makeshift armored vehicle from a truck and iron to breach the Austrian border. A land mine disabled the tank, but the men escaped on foot through a river into Austria and then Russia, seeking political asylum in the West.
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Winfield Courier
Red
Hungary
Reds
Russia
State agency approves pay raises for specialist workers
The Kansas Finance Council endorsed increases for several state employees classified as specialists to attract and retain skilled staff amid competition from private industry. The piece notes rising government costs and questions where leveling of pay should begin.
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Parsons Sun
Kansas Finance Council
Earmarking in State Finance Spur to Cut Public Funds
A Tax Foundation study on earmarking shows half of 1954 state tax collections were legally set aside for special purposes. Alabama to Texas exceed 75 percent, restricting general operations. universities also favor targeted gifts. Abolishing non constitutional earmarks could restore citizen access and funding flexibility.
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Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
Tax Foundation
Alabama
Colorado
Kansas
Louisiana
Texas
Cocktail Party Ban Good U N Issue
Hal Boyle jokes that the United Nations should combat war by banning cocktail parties. He quips about social fatigue at UN receptions, mocks the ritual, and imagines returning caviar to its producers while deeming parties a source of tension.
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New York
United Nations
U. N
Universal Brotherhood
U.N
Jose Maza
Chile
General Assembly
Maza
Minsk
Ivan Petronovich
Mt. Everest
Ohio man fined for sounding horn over twenty minutes
Fragmented odds and ends from a 20th century column touch on social quirks learning from elders and a Chicago diamond miscue. It jokes about taxes home life and aging with light sarcasm and ad hoc quips rather than a single narrative.
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Ohio
Today's Bible Verse Our Savior
A brief religious note cites first Timothy 118 centering on immortality given through Jesus Christ. The line affirms the theme of eternal life revealed by faith and saved through grace as described in the New Testament.
Quiz Q I content answer sheet about animals and history
A reader quiz covers topics from snow leopard names to hunting favorites and the YWCA founding in 1866 Boston to Shakespeare Hamlet, ocean color, coin obverse, Red China stamps, French size ranking, and music for the Continental Army.
Year-Round Aid Program Replaces Christmas Parcels
Washington reports a new extended surplus food distribution program under Secretary Benson. Relief groups pressed for year‑round aid after prior Christmas parcel efforts, with 17 private agencies distributing dry milk, beans, rice, and wheat coast to coast in 67 countries.
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Washington
Santa Claus
U.S
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Denver
State and Agriculture Departments
International Co-operation Administration
Department of Agriculture
Congress
India
American Friends of Austrian Children
American Friends Service Committee
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
American National Red Cross
Assemblies of God For Foreign Service
Catholic Relief Services
CARE
Church World Services
Foster Parents’ Plan
International Rescue Committee
Iran Foundation
Lutheran World Relief
Mennonites Central Committee
Unitarian Service Committee
United Lithuanian Relief Foundation
United Nations Children's Fund
The
Tolstoy Foundation
Notable Holiday Visits and Engagements Across Town
Old Home Town notes Charles W. Horn sails aboard the George Washington from Europe. Engagement announced for Marie Elizabeth Knight to Lt. Albert I. Decker Jr. Births include Edwin Francis Commons. A Christmas gathering list covers the Gurtler and Hobart families plus others. The Varsity screens George Eliott’s The Mill on the Floss with Mignon Anderson.
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Charles W. Horn
Baldwin
New York
George Washington
John K. Knight
Marque
Joseph C. Williams
Kansas City
Marie Elizabeth
Albert I. Decker Jr
A. I. Decker
Lawrence
Lewis Higgins
F. E. Gurtler
Calvin Gurtler
Topeka
Clarence Gurtler
Camp McCoy
Wis
Frank Gurtler Jr
Lubbock
Tex
Clarence Gorrill
Arizona
California
R. D. O'Leary
Dorman O'Leary
Alvin E. Shaw
Peterham
Mass
H. H. Asher
Henry
Alan
Elizabeth Terry
Marvin
Lyman Terry
Ruth Parker
Philip Commons
Edwin Francis
A. A. Weber
Junction City
John Hunzicker
Fredericka Hodder
Washington, D.C
F. H. Hodder
Myrtle McConnell
St. Joseph
R. M. McConnell
Frank Hobart
Wilson Keith Hobart
Charles Hobart
Jess Willard
Chicago
Los Angeles
Willard
Tom Veatch
David Robinson
Kansas
A. D. Weaver
J. N. Vander Vries
Holton
L. L. Dyche
Manitoba
Northwest
Etta Markley
Eva Flory
Lone Star
Robert Markley
Edith Cooper
George El-iott
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Mr. Sweeney
Mickey Mouse Club
Three Star News
Sports Orb
Riders of Purple Sage
Dinah Shore
Warners Bros. Presents
News Caravan
Milton Berle
St—Phi! Silver
Wyatt Earp
Jaie Wyman
Mille
Daddy
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Cavalcade Theatre
U.S.A
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Peace Fiction Theatre
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Chicago Grid
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Good U.N
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Y.W.C.A
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Ae Aa
Ea Avimeorley
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