Lawrence Journal World Staff and Publication Details
The Lawrence Journal-World lists staff positions including Editor and Publisher WG Simons, Associate Publisher and News Editor roles, Advertising and Business Managers, and the paper's publishing history from 1864. It notes circulation rates, locations, and office contact information for the Saturday Evening January 6 1962 issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pole Simons
Polph C. Simons
Bil. Mayes
Jack Zimmerman Pitta
Ernest Pontius Sos
Leo Elliga
Iyaiansbgeshdeneie Perp
WG. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
San
Douglas
United States
Flawrence
Ian
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Relative Temperatures Reflect Mood Shifts
A playful piece notes how weather readings at 36 degrees to 20 degrees alter people's comfort and humor. It recalls how a day of near zero feels dramatic, while a later 20 degree spell seems mild by comparison, illustrating the relativity of temperature.
Holiday Inn expansion signals Lawrence growth to outsiders
The Journal reports a planned 225000 expansion of the Holiday Inn here, part of a project now valued over 300000, alongside a note that Lawrence returned to the 5 million building category in 1961. Ed Lindquist and Bob Brock credit local leaders for support and urge newcomers to discover Lawrence’s potential.
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World
Holiday Inn Motor Hotel
Lawrence
Ed Lindquist
Bob Brock
Lindquist
Brock
Brock-Lindquist
One-sided contracts mark collegiate football coaching
The piece argues that LSU and Kentucky cases show coaches can break contracts with little recourse for schools. It criticizes long term deals as window dressing and notes coaches leave for better offers, undermining ethics and public regard for the profession.
Bolling Withdraws From House Majority Leader Race
U. S. Representative Richard Bolling of Missouri ends his bid for House majority leader citing an unlikely path to victory. He says he withdraws to focus on congressional duties, praising candor in politics and rejecting smokescreens.
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U. S
Richard Bolling
Missouri
Letters about Christmas earth tremor damage
A reader asks editor about Christmas morning earth tremors possibly causing a long crack in a concrete patio. He notes his two year old patio survived prior quakes and seeks reports of similar damage in the community.
Forecaster H L Jacobson Vanishes After Snow Forecast
In Kansas City the Weather Bureau predicted 10 inches of snow, then revised to 3 and 1 inch. The early forecast proved correct as H L Jacobson arrived at a luncheon club meeting the following day with an anonymous badge.
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Kansas City, Mo
U.S. Weather Bureau
Kansas City
H. L. Jacobson
Bus Wreck Wounds Four on Rainy Rt 46 in New Jersey
A Greyhound bus with 28 persons struck a concrete highway divider on rain slick Rt 46 Delaware New Jersey, skidded and crashed into a railroad bridge abutment. Four persons were injured none seriously.
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Delaware, N.J
Greyhound
Prostate worries and surgery myths dispel medical fallacies
Dr Molner discusses prostate enlargement cancer risk and surgery versus non surgical treatments. He notes cancer is not inevitable with enlargement, that removal can cure if cancer exists, and that fear of surgery is often unfounded. Also brief Q A on tongue lesions and freezing milk.
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M.G
G.M
D.H
Evolution of the State of the Union Tradition
Lynn Poole of Johns Hopkins outlines how the State of the Union message evolved from a Washington style annual address to Jeffersons nonaddress practice and later reestablished personal addresses under Wilson, with debates over form and impact on Congress. The piece notes Monroe Doctrine and Wilsons Fourteen Points as notable policy reveals.
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Prkiameint
United States
Congress
George Washington
Wilson
Washington
John Adams
Wilson Origins of State of the Union Tradition
The 1913 address by President Wilson established the practice of delivering the annual message in person to Congress and engaging directly with both houses. Later presidents like Harding Coolidge and Kennedy extended and broadcast the custom, making the State of the Union a worldwide event.
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Congress
Wilson
United States
Harding
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Kennedy
Arctic Eskimo Portraits by exiled Czech artist
Marcel Stary’s Arctic paintings at The Chantecler Hotel depict Baffin Bay, igloos, and Eskimo life. Stary, a 1948 defector, traveled Labrador to Hudson Bay painting huts, kayaks, and the cold land, claiming this Arctic show is his first and will tour Europe.
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Ste, Adele
Quebec
Marcel Stary
Chantecler
Baffin Bay
Stary
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Arctic Circle
Labrador
Baffinland
Hudson Bay
Arctic
Sumac
Montreal
Hudson Straits
James Bay
Lawrence Defeats Leavenworth 37 33 In Basketball Action
Lawrence won 37 to 33 against Leavenworth in a 1962 basketball game. The Jayhawkers also beat Oklahoma 71 to 48 to run their season to 32 wins. Weather saw Mt Oread snow with a 28 degree day and a 24 degree drop in minutes.
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Lawrence
Leavenworth
Gen
Eisenhower
Mt. Oread
Jayhawkers
Oklahoma
Hugh Adair
Montana
Emma Adair
Baker
Netherlands
Juliana
Bernhard
Lippe-Biesterfeld
Wise Men From the East Seek the Born King in Jerusalem
A devotional note recalls Matthew 2 1 3 where wise men arrive in Jerusalem seeking the child born King of the Jews. It asks God to soften hearts and prepare them to receive the Son and to offer gifts in humility Amen.
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Jerusalem
Herod
Spelling quips and showbiz notes in Lyons column
Leonard Lyons reports on a European student mispronouncing English spellings and a hotel incident. The column also covers Thornton Wilder reading Finnegans Wake, Anna Magnani declining a role, Ribicoff at a palm reader party, and Shelley Winters at Lee Strasberg’s New Year’s Eve discussions.
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Shelley Winters
Lee Strasbergs
Miss Winsters
Camille
Anna Karenina
Juliet
New City Library Books And New Titles Across Genres
A list of 1961 and 1962 book releases covers travel and culture titles such as The Eskimos by Thelma Baker and Peter Freuchen, The New Face of Africa by John Hughes, and Cuba and Castro by Teresa Casuso. Also noted are novels including A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer and The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart with descriptions of content and themes.
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Peter Freuchen
Greenland
Africa
South
Sahara
John Hughes
Christian Science Monitor
Smith Hempstone
Central
West
Zeus
Stringfellow Barr
Greece
Alexander
Cuba
Castro
Teresa Casuso
S. J. Perleman
Singer
J. K. Lasser
U.S. Treasury Dept
God
Vintila Horia
Ovid
Rome
Georgette Heyer
Mary Stewart
H. £. Bates
Bates
Bernard Malamud
New York
Alexander the God
Maurice Druon
Alexander of
Macedonia
Cliff Farrell
California
Hugh Penticost
Best Sellers List Mix of Fiction and Nonfiction
Publishers' Weekly compiled current top sellers including Franny and Zooey by Salinger The Agony and the Ecstasy by Stone To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Spirit Lake by Kantor The Carpetbaggers by Robbins The Making of the President 1968 by White A Nation of Sheep by Lederer The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer Living Free by Adamson The New English Bible and The New Testament.
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Franny
Zooey Salinger
Stone
Lee
Spirit Lake
Kantor
Robbins
White
Lederer
Che Thif
Reich
Shirer
Adamson
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Mr. Bolling
Journal-World
Joseph Molner
New England
T.M
Dr. Mother
M.E.W
State of the Union
Lynn Poole
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md
Thomas Jefferson
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Senate
James Bryce
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
Eskimos
John Crosby
Wilds
Prague
Old Home Town
Hugh Means
Citizens Light, Heat and Power Co
Daryl Dodds
William Allen White
Lulu Bett
Brock Pemberton
The
Gazette
Lyons den
Leonard Lyons
Joshua Logan
Mr. Ghough
Ghough
Thornton Wilder
James Joyce
Wilder
Anna Magnani
Sophia Loren
Miss Loren
Italy
Ribicoff
Tobe Davis
U. S. Senate
New City Library Books
Thelma Baker
Michael
Vera Kraus
Publishers’ Weekly
Interlandi
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