Lawrence Journal World staff and publication details
The Lawrence Journal World dates its establishment to 1854 with W. C. Simons as editor from 1891 to 1952 and lists staff positions including editor publisher executive editor managing editor advertising director and controller. The paper is published daily except Sunday by The World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire Lawrence Kansas with various subscription rates.
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Dolph Symons SR
Ween
Dolph C
Simone Ink
Oven
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streete
Lawrence
Kan
Telephone
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Journal-World Stands For
The text proclaims journalistic principles including accurate reporting and separation of opinion from news. It emphasizes safeguarding citizens' rights, empathy for the disadvantaged, exposing dishonesty in public affairs, and supporting community improvement projects.
POWs Return From Vietnam: Mixed Signals From Washington
The article examines how Washington controls POW return news under Operation Homecoming while noting possible media restrictions and the likelihood that returnees may praise Nixon. It cites pilots like Denton Mulligan Pirie and concerns they were coached, though some sources say their words were their own.
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Pentagon
Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Navy
Jeremiah Denton
James A. Mulligan
United States
James Glenn P. Pirie
Nixon
MPAA review questions self discipline amid shock in films
The article critiques the MPAA annual review by Jack Valenti, noting a shift from Will Hays era restraint. It cites Last Tango in Paris and censorship debates, analyzes film attendance trends, and questions whether nudity and depravity erode interest or demand a return to artistic values for box office gains.
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Jack Valenti
Motion Picture Assn. of America
Will Hays
America
Paris
Marlon Brando
Valenti
MGM
Hollywood
MPAA
Government humorous briefing on November food prices
In Washington on December 1 1974 Hartley Rasher of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers announced rising wholesale food prices for November. He joked about downtrends in turnip greens and watermelon rinds and predicted no major inflation surprises for households while noting higher costs for lamb eggs butter bread milk and other staples.
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Washington, D.C
Hartley Rasher
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Public concerns on taxes energy crisis and street lights
Letters discuss high costs of public services and taxes, an energy crisis, and lights burning day and night. A KU professor urges daylight shutdown for relief. A reader defends objective tests and warns of government control and moral decline urging informed voting. Ed Jacobs signs the letter.
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Iowa
Russell B. Mesler
Ku, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Addresses of Lawrence Elected Officials List
Reader service. compiles federal state county city and school leaders for Lawrence. Includes Sen James Pearson Sen Robert Dole Rep Larry Winn Jr Rep Arden Booth Rep John Vogel Rep Mike Glover Rep Lloyd Buzzi Mayor John Emick J R Pulliam Rose Nancy Hambleton Charles Fisher Dr W F Bradley Kenneth E Anderson Julie Hack Richard Holzmeister John Spearman Sr Dr Helen Gilles Larry Hatfield Arthur A Heck Walter R Cragan I J Stoneback and others at various street and route addresses.
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Lawrence
Clifton Ct
Julie Hack
Mass
Richard Holzmeister
Topeka Sa
John Spearman Sr
Helen Gilles
Iowa
Larry Hatfield
Lawrence Ave
Silent Majority Questioning Silence and Taxes
A reader challenges the idea of a silent majority and questions how long they will stay quiet as public discourse centers on legislation and aid for various interest groups. The letter defends taxpaying citizens who follow a live and let live philosophy and asks how many more taxes they will endure.
Turnpike From Kansas City to Galena Urged
Kansas officials and media figures urged financing for a new super highway from Kansas City to the southeast corner of the state. They voiced support for a toll road or freeway and pressed for immediate construction to connect Kansas with the rest of the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Galena
Senate
Ken Bronson
Pittsburg
Headlight Sun
Joe Shiverdecker
KOAM
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Kansas
Bronson
Inflation drains youth earnings, urges halt to deficits
C C Moseley of Grand Central Industrial Centre in Glendale California warns in a Journal-World letter that 5.5 percent inflation erodes an 18 year old’s lifetime earnings, shrinking to 0.06 dollars by age 70, and calls Congress and the President to stop excessive deficit spending as the root cause.
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Congress
President
C.C. Moseley
Grand Central Industrial Centre
Glendale
Calif
Nixon Meany Affection in NAME of Convenience AFL-CIO ties to Nixon deepen
The AFL-CIO backs neutrality publicly while privately boosting Nixon allies. Meany aides help Strauss win Democratic chairmanship and labor gains in the Democratic National Committee, aiming to strengthen organized labor influence for future elections.
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Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Strauss
Executive Council
Mr. Nixon
Council
Labor
Democratic Party
Republican Party
McGovern
Barkan
Afl-Cioq
George McGovern
Afl-Cio High Command
Nixon
Teamsters Union
Nixxon
Peter Brennan
New York
Labor Department
Freezing rain and accidents mark start of day in 1963
Early freezing rain and sleet caused a string of accidents with no serious injuries. Journal-World staffer Larry Stroup attempted a 50 mile hike but struggled to regain conditioning. City work on the Gill building proceeds as Douglas County school funding faces statewide cuts. Topeka considers school aid reductions. City Planning Commission names members. historic note on Kansas basketball origins in Wichita 1894 documented.
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Journal-World
Larry Stroup
Gill
9Th and Tenn
Douglas County
Topeka
Senate
Ways and Means
Phog Allen
R. A. Goerz
Newton
Kansas
Wichita
Jimmy Lutz
Prayer excerpt from I Peter 3:12 invocation
A devotional prayer echoes I Peter 3 12 asking for God to hear prayers and bless the waiting world. It emphasizes divine presence and communal gathering with a hopeful, reverent tone.
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UN Journal- World
W. C. Simons
Lawrence, Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulation
The
Associated Press
Vietnam
Motion Picture Assn
United Artists
Newsweek
U. S
Saturday Evening Post
Frank Capra
Capra
Mr. Rasher
North Dakota
Department of Agriculture
Dairy Farmers of America
Edward P. Asmus Jr
Virginia L. Blackman
Lester Cuddington
Zoe Kelly
Cruz Mendoza
Rudolf E. Radocy
Ed Jacobs
James Pearson
Robert Dole
U.S. Senate
U.S. Representative
Larry Winn, Jr
House
Arden Booth
Ala
John Vogel
Mike Glover
Lloyd Buzzi
Rt. 1
City Commission
John Emick
W. Sixth
J. R. Pulliam
Tenn
Jack, Rose
Bellerive Circle
Nancy Hambleton
Oxford Rd
Charles Fisher
Orchard Ln
W. F. Bradley
Rt. 2
Kenneth E. Anderson
Commission
Arthur A. Heck
Walter R. Cragan
Murrow Ct
I. J. Stoneback
Kc-Galena Pike
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Old Home Town
Jim Parsons
Ogden Jones
Cliff Calvin
Ben Barteldes
M. N. Penny
Ivan Rowe
Owen Mitchell
Emil Heck
Peter
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