Lawrence Daily Journal World Staff Highlights Forty Years
The 1964 issue notes Dolph Simons as president and editor, Bill Mayer as vice president and publisher, Dolph C. Simons Jr., Wack Zimmerman, Ernest Pontius, and Leo Eller among staff. Established 1854, published daily except Sunday by World Company Lawrence Kansas with detailed subscription rates and mail options.
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Dolph Simons
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Bill Mayer Kit
Wack Zimmerman
Ernest Pontius
Leo Eller
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence Kan ‘Telephone
Douglas
United States
Lawrence Fan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Lawrence and KU boom foreseen as town grows with university wealth
The piece projects a Kansas University expansion making Lawrence a center of growth. It cites a $39 million annual KU budget, 10,000 to 20,000 student growth, and 56 percent of funding from non tax sources. It praises KU’s cultural and economic impact and urges appreciation for leaders at Mount Oread.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas University
Mount
Oread
Lawrence City Commission urged to beautify public parking lots
Editors praise the Lawrence City Commission for proposing landscape improvements to municipally owned parking areas. The piece argues trees shrubs walls and gardens will set a citywide beautification pattern and inspire private pride in upkeep and design. It notes past missteps but commends current officials for civic pride and vision.
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Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence
California Dream Struggle Amid Okie Influx
Californians confront a westward influx of drought battered families fleeing the Dust Bowl era. The scene features crowded homes and possessions as families adjust to life in the garden state and local tensions rise.
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John Steinbeck
Garden State
California
California ends Bracero program and spurs migrant debate
The state cancels the Bracero labor program that brought about 70 000 Mexican field workers yearly for stoop labor. Farmers worry unemployed locals will not take the work and fear another influx of Okies, boosting welfare and school costs as the western trek grows in 1964.
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California
Private Aid To Latins Drives Latin American Welfare Push
Venezuelan and U S business leaders form the Assn of Voluntary Dividend to fund social welfare with 2 to 5 percent of net earnings. The plan aims to channel funds to a research department and projects, countering Communist propaganda and stressing private enterprise role in social progress.
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Caracas Times-Post
U. S
Assn
Ivan Lansberg Henriquez
Venezuelan Assn. of Business Executives
Lansberg
Latin America
Los Angeles Times News Service
Old Home Town reminiscences span decades in town notes
A 1954 item recalls the Dental Society dinner at the Country Club with Dr. R. D. Gillihan as president and Dr. George Bradle as secretary treasurer. It also notes the Iwo Jima flag photo by Marines winning a 1945 Pulitzer for Joe Rosenthal.
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Dental Society
R. D. Gillihan
George Bradle
Iwo Jima
Joe Rosenthal
George Decking
Richard Wagstaff
Harold Constant
W. C. Boardman
Dorothy Raines
Marion Lane
Virginia Docking
Doris Townie
Lawrence
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer Reflection
A devotional note cites Hebrews 2 18 RSV about Jesus aiding the tempted. It prays for guidance to walk with God and to use the help strength and love shown through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Jesus Christ
What’s Really At Stake In The Battle
American policy toward Vietnam faces critique as limited public information and unclear strategy. The piece argues morale, agricultural output, and regional stability reveal the war’s true progress more than casualty tallies. It warns that a drawn outcome would equal defeat for U S interests in Southeast Asia.
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Pentagon
State Department
Viet Nam
United States
Southeast Asia
Perry Mason Dad's Accustomed To Bad Reviews and Royalties
Erle Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason, is known for fat royalties and poor reviews. He keeps scrapbooks of bad notices to show tax examiners that he writes poorly yet earns sales. Alan Cranston wins endorsement for U S Senate. Cranston praised by California Democratic Council. James Michener drafts a new novel starting in 2000 B C set in Israel by a Doylestown Quaker married to a Nisei Presbyterian.
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Erle Stanley Gardner
Gardner
Alan Cranston
California
California Democratic Council
U. S. Senate
James Michener
B.C
Israel
Doylestown
Divorce Case Name Confusion Delays Judge in London
In London a divorce hearing featured repeated name mix ups among Millar, Millar Ford, Mellor, and Miller. Judge Sir Seymour Karminski finally granted Monica Millar a divorce from Michael Millar, aka Emile Ford, citing adultery with his secretary Constance Mellor as proven by private detective Dennis Miller.
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London
Millar
Millar-Ford
Mellor
Miller
Seymour Karminski
Monica Millar
Michael Millar
Emile Ford
Constance Mellor
Dennis Miller
Vasectomy and its medical, psychological impact
A commentary on male sterilization by vasectomy detailing its surgical simplicity and lack of physiological change, yet possible emotional and moral consequences. The piece argues against sterilization, noting irreversibility and uncertain psychology, and includes a reader question about sinus arrhythmia with a brief medical clarification.
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S. R
New City Library Sifts Notable 1963-64 Titles
A library list highlights 1963 64 works across travel photography biographies histories and fiction. Notable entries include THE WORLD THROUGH MY EYES by Andreas Heininger ANASTASIA by H I H The Grand Duchess and BEYOND THE MELTING POT by Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick.
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National Geographic
National Geographic Society
Andreas Heininger
Janowska Road
Leon Weliczker Wells
Poland
Leon Wells
Anastasia
H.I.H
Anastasia Nicholaevna
Russia
Anassis
Joachim Joesten
Aristotle Sotrates Onassis
Nathan Glzner
Daniel Patrik
New York City
Herod
Cornelia Schaeffer
England
H. J. Bates
Pop Larkin
Anthony Burgess
Ingland
Tristram Toxe
Beatric- Joanna
Profiles and Myths in Public Life and History
Eisenhower profiles in courage and Kennedy themes meet in a survey of American leadership and myth. Mitford’s Rascal and Lasky’s North JFK examine public figures, memory, and national character through distinct lenses.
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
Mitford Rascal
North
JFK
Lasky
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Lawrence Daily Journal- World
W. C. Simons
By George Natanson
Old Home Town
R. A. Beck
George
Freehold
N.J
Nancy
Austin Bailey
E. H. B. Bailey
Hull House
Chicago
Albert Bloch
Gen. S. L. A. Marshall
MAAG
Military Assistance Advisory Group
Henry Cabot
Lodge
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
Los Angeles Times News ‘Service
Leonard Lyons
Frank Costello
Edward Bennett Williams
Supreme Court
Costello
Williams
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway
Dorothy Parker
Robert Benchley
Cranston
Sen
Clair Engle
James Roosevelt
N. Y
Gilbert Miller
Sam Levene
Newark
Melvyn Douglas
N.Y
Gotham Hotel
Gotham
Fifth Ave
the Bowery
Star
Bowery
Joseph Molner
Z. M. Pease
J.G.S
New City Library Books
Thelma Helyar
Mr. Burgess
Rachel de Queriroz
Brazil
R. Prawer Jhabvala
Mra. Jhabvala
Frederic Prokosch
Aj Mahal
Arjumand
Pubisheds
McCarthy
MacInnes
Michener
le Carre
O'Hara
West
Interlandi
Cyecamin
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