Compromise Needed In Kansas Road-Building Fight
In Topeka, Governor Docking and a Republican Legislature clash over highway expansion. The governor favors $350 million in 40 year bonds with no gas tax increase, while lawmakers push about $300 million in new roads funded by higher gas taxes. The piece argues for cooperation to accelerate road construction without partisan standoff.
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America
Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas
Lawrence
Docking
Copper Strike Halts U S War Material Production
The seven month copper strike has shut down U S production. Longshoremen refuse to unload copper imports, threatening wire and cable plants. Authors blame voters and leaders for allowing the crisis and demand decisive action.
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United States
America
U. S
Washington
Passing the Buck in Kansas School Aid Debate
The Kansas Legislature signals support for an extra 10 million dollars in public school aid for the next year. The amount represents just over one third of the total requested funding, suggesting incomplete backing for the full program.
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Kansas
Legislative plan to boost school funding sparks tax debate
The piece criticizes a proposed $10 million annual school aid package as a continuing expense funded by divesting from an $11 million land sales fund and the general fund. It argues for a new dedicated tax and predicts ongoing friction between teachers and school boards regardless of how money is raised.
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John Q. Taxpayer
Elmentary
Travel Tax Showdown Looms Over Mills Support
President Johnson's proposed foreign travel tax faces House opposition led by Rep. Wilbur Mills who may demand trade protections for his backing. Mills insists any tax include concessions to protect districts from import competition, signaling a clash with administration aims to cut non tariff barriers under GATT restrictions. The debate centers on balancing a travel tax with U S policy on tariffs and trade surpluses.
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Washington
Johnson
Western Hemisphere
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Congress
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cordel Hull
United States
Mills
Ten years ago Judith at KU theater and local honors
Joyce Elliott and Steve Callahan appeared in Judith at the KU Experimental Theatre. Margaret Lynn, longtime KU English teacher and author, died at 88. The Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence joined the American Unitarian Association with officers named. Lawrence High's John Had named to the 10 man Class AA Northeast Kansas all star team.
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Joyce Elliott
Steve Callahan
Judith
KU Experimental Theater
Margaret Lynn
Unitarian Fellowship of
Lawrence
American Unitarian Association
Robert Lichtwardt
Mary Borden
Ralph Reed
Albert Kitzhaber
Robert Stump
John
Lawrence High
Kansas
Roger Allen
Charles Minger
Phi Delta Theta
Jayhawkers
Nebraska
Alpha Tau Omega
Topeka
Grinnell
Missouri
Oklahoma
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer Reflections
A devotional note cites Matthew 20 27 28 urging leadership through service. The prayer thanks God for Jesus life and seeks His spirit to enable believers to help others find Him. The writer signs off with Amen and a prayer for Sawion.
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Jesus
Controversy Over The Cherry Orchard Sparks Debate
The piece notes a public dispute in the Russian press over a Chekhov Cherry Orchard production. Critics say the actor’s sardonic delivery undermines socialist lessons, while defenders in the free world argue for artistic interpretation. It contrasts with Life Magazine’s review of Beckett Genet Ionesco and the idea that theater mirrors a chaotic world.
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Chekov
Free World
Life Magazine
Samuel Beckett
Jean Genet
Eugene Ionesco
Life
Ionesco
Genet
Alcoholism concerns and urged cure path with AA
A reader asks if severe weekly drinking and monthly collapses are alcohol poisoning and if a cure exists without institutionalization. The columnist urges hospital help, AA participation, liver checks, and patient willingness, noting medical professionals provide ramped support but the drinker must quit himself. The piece also advises on underarm odor and broader cultural commentary on drama and values.
Prayers for Vietnam Soldiers Call for Unity
Letters to the Journal World urge daily prayers for 5000 American troops at Khe Sanh in Vietnam. Alan C. Fisher, Commander of the Lawrence American Legion, asks readers to make prayer a daily activity to support the soldiers regardless of war views.
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Journal-World
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Alan C. Fisher
Lawrence
Rearmament Talk Outlines Peace Path Between Israel and Jordan
A Washington discussion imagines Israel and Jordan coordinating arms purchases and spare parts may restore trust. The dialogue covers F‑100 and F‑5 jets, M‑16 concerns, mortars, anti aircraft missiles, tank armor, and joint shipping to ease costs. Both sides favor United States arms over Soviet options.
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Washington
Israel
Jordan
United States
Suchwald
Middle East
Soviet Union
Dayan
Rock Chalk Revue Opens Thursday at Hoch Auditorium
Rock Chalk Revue, KU annual satire show, opens at 8 p.m. Thursday in Hoch Auditorium with further 8 p.m. shows March 1 and 2. Thursday is girls night out as KU coeds ask dates to attend the Leap Year performance.
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The
KUY
Hoch Auditorium
Kansas University
Man
New Books at City Library by Thelma Helyar
The list highlights titles such as The Last Paradises by Eugen Schuhmacher and Mirror to Damascus by Colin Thubron. Also featured are The Great Vitamin Hoax by Daniel Tatkon and Sketches in the Sand by James Reston with other discoveries across fiction and non fiction.
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Eugen Schuhmacher
Damascus
Colin Thubron
Syria
Daniel Tatkon
T Tatkon
Tatkon
James Reston
Mr. Reston
New York ‘Times
Byron Farwell
Mohammed Ahmed
el Mahdi
Messiah
Sudan
Gordon
Shartoum
Kitchener
Khalifa
Hfe
Carl Binger
Helen Buter
Lagos
Mexico
National Health
Mexico University
Helen Buller
Michael Campbell
England
Weatherhill
Cecelia Holland
Ireland
Marian Need
Merah Porlock
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Edmond LE Breton
Old Home Town
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Joseph Molner
B.D
Alcoholics Anonymous
Beckett
Edmund Fuller
Wall Street Journal
Jeremy Collier
Pollyanna
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Art Buchwald
Geneva
Rock Chalk Revue
City Library
Thelma Helyar
Toronto
Heather Ross Miller
North Carolina
Joy Packer
Claire Hammond
Silverglade
Charles Hammond
Vale
Jefferson Broome
William Steevena
Thomas Deacon
Don Carepenter
Semple
Publishers’ Weekly
Confessions OF
Nat Turner
Strom
Gabriel Hounds
Stewart
Topaz
Uris Christy
Marshall
Knebel
Nicholas and
Alexandra
Massie
Rickenbacker
Tolstoy
Troyal
Ginojt
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