Lawrence Daily Journal World details
Local Lawrence newspaper information card lists Dolph SImons as president and editor, Dolf C Simons Jr. as editor emeritus, Bill Mayer as vice president publisher, Ernest Quin Ur as managing editor, Leo Eller as advertising director, and W. C. Simons as business manager. Established 1854 by The World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets. Subscription rates: carrier $1.72 monthly, $20.76 annually. mail rates Douglas County $18? per year, elsewhere $18 per year. Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation members.
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Dolph Simons
Dolph C. Simons JR
Bill Mayer
Ernest Sqn
UR - 4
Leo Eller
the World Company
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kran
Douglas
United States
Pride in KU’s Orange Bowl showing proves Jayhawks belong with top teams
Kansans praise Kansas football after a close Wednesday Orange Bowl loss to Penn State. The piece credits Penn State’s creditable comeback but highlights KU’s strong showing, resilience, and belief they can compete with major programs in Florida and beyond.
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Kansas
Penn State
Jayhawks
Kansans
Jayhawk
Florida
Fewer and Bigger Farm Units Reshape U.S. Agriculture
The U.S. farm sector shows a 15 percent fall in total farms from 1959 to 1964 as large scale farms surpass $100,000 in annual sales. About 34,000 big farms, 1.4 percent of commercial farms, account for roughly a quarter of farm output, with investments around $600,000 per operation. These farms dominate cattle, poultry, sugar cane, rice, and cotton shares but have limited impact on Northeast Kansas crops like corn and dairy.
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United States
U. S
Kansas
Udall challenges McCormack for House Speaker post
Rep. Morris Udall opposes 77-year-old Rep. John McCormack for Speaker arguing for younger leadership. Udall says his bid aims at party and national good, not personal victory, though McCormack loyalists are strong. He urges Congress to welcome new faces and thinking.
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John A. McCormack
D-Mass
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
McCormack
House of Representatives
Udall
Congress
Postal Chief Watson Praises Mail Volume Progress
Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson sent a 1968 holiday card to postal workers praising their record of moving more Christmas mail at lower costs. He cited fighting flu, heavy volumes, rain, and fatigue but credited workers with a truly important service to citizens and noted room for further postal improvements.
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W. Marvin Watson
Postal Service Faces 2 Billion Dollar Annual Deficit
The Post Office is running a $2 billion annual deficit as the Nixon Administration confronts pressing issues including the Vietnam War. A presidential commission suggested privatization via a non profit public corporation to depoliticize the mail system and improve efficiency for patrons who pay about $6 billion annually.
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Nixon
Post Office Department
U. S. Postal Service
Market Tests Public Faith in Wall Street Confidence
New York reports fear that public confidence in the stock market and financial system is being strained by paper losses and delays. Regulatory clashes and firm solvency concerns, including the Mates Mutual Fund suspension, threaten exchange operations and American prestige. reforms like the Central Certificate Service aim to modernize recordkeeping and reduce handling delays.
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New York
Wall Street
Robert Haack
New York Stock Exchange
Mates Mutual Fund
Mates
The
Stock Exchange
Central
Old Home Town Highlights from 1959 and Earlier
A compact retrospective notes 10 years ago Fidel Castro’s rise in Cuba and 1958’s record rainfall. 14 coyotes taken near Richland by 500 hunters with Ft. Riley helicopters assisting. It recalls 25 years ago Iowa State favored for Big Six title and a Topeka upset. 40 years ago President Coolidge hosted quail party in Georgia. hotel Eldridge beds called Longfellows. annual state deaths near 19,850. Hearst offered 25,000 to repeal liquor prohibition.
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Richland
Ft. Riley
Iowa State
Lawrence
Topeka
E. R. Phelps
Howard Coffin
A. Henley
President Coolidge
Georgia Shore
Eldridge
Longfellows
William Randolph Hearst
Daily Bible Message Prayer
A devotional note thanks God for each day and asks for wisdom love and compassion toward others. It ends in the name of Jesus and the Lord's Prayer appeal.
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Jesus
The Pueblo Affair and Anthony Grey in Demokratic Distress
The document argues Commander Bucher faced coercion to betray his crew or endure their liquidation, while Anthony Grey suffers inhouse arrest as Britain contests Beijing's terms. It contrasts U S and British diplomacy, condemns perceived power games, and questions motives behind handling of prisoners. It critiques U S policy and praises Bucher’s presumed exemplary conduct.
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Cmdr. Bucher
Bucher
United States
Anthony Grey
Buchenwald
Trenton
A. C. Wedemeyer
Hong Kong
Whitehall
Peking
Washington
China
Gawd
Nixon
School Transfer Procedures and Class Size Details
The notice explains how elementary attendance areas determine school placement, transfer options with justifications, and annual reapplication. It notes transfers can be approved if receiving classes have room and cites enrollment averages around 25.3 students per teacher with factors guiding class assignments.
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Lawrence
How Elementary School Boundaries Are Set
A committee of principals and administrators studies school age population figures for attendance areas and recommends boundary changes. The Board of Education uses these studies plus any additions to set or adjust elementary school boundaries to prevent overcrowding.
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Superintendent of Schools
Board of Education
Rates to Increase At Ottawa Hospital
The hospital board raised daily rates effective Tuesday. Private rooms cost 22.50 to 25 dollars, semi private 22, wards 18.50, and emergency room charges rise to 5 dollars. Nursery, operating and delivery room fees stay unchanged. Higher supply and labor costs are blamed for the increase.
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Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Best Stories of Past Year You May Have Missed
A retrospective picks the year’s notable items buried in back pages. Vignettes include student protests in Wailing Wall California, a Viet Cong flag incident in Chicago, Pentagon budget notes, a Boeing 707 cockpit intrusion joke, Atlanta Athletic Club guest policy, a Hollywood comedy pitch stepping over the new code, and a candid Paris press conference by President de Gaulle.
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Washington
Wailing Wall
Cal
Wailing Wall State College
Winthrop Coldwater
Suchwald
Coldwater
Paris
France
Charles de Guulle
United States
Will 1969 Bring Ups and Downs in a New Year
Hal Boyle offers a humorous yearly forecast for 1969 noting inflation fears and shifting money values. He envisions space antics, political shifts, Britain and France quirks, and a mix of hopes and satire as the year unfolds with aging, comedy, and global oddities.
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Soviet Russia
United Nations
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
France
Charles de Gaulle
China
America
Lyndon B. Johnson
New York Times
Ramparts Magazine
Wet Start for Point Arena as Water Tank Bursts
In Point Arena California the town of 3000 woke to a burst water tank after failing at 1 50 a m Wednesday. A spokesman said the 30 year old wooden tank burst under 1 5 million pounds pressure when the lowest metal hoop parted. About 150000 gallons flooded the main street but damage from wetting and silting was minor.
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Point Arena
Calif
Snowmobiler Faces Speed Charge in Clarence Court
Buffalo AP says Dennis E. Frey 25 of Lancaster will appear in Clarence Traffic Court to answer a charge of speeding 20 mph over the limit on a snowmobile. Officers say Frey rode 55 mph in a 35 mph zone.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Dennis E. Frey
Lancaster
Clarence
Frey
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