Lawrence Journal World history of staff and publication details
The Lawrence Daily Journal World lists staff roles including editor and publisher positions, notes publication since 1854, and provides subscription rates for various regions including Douglas County, Kansas and adjoining areas. It identifies The World Company headquarters at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets, Lawrence.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Airline pilots' enduring prestige amid skyjacking era
In early aviation, captains were viewed as heroic, almost superhuman, with wartime pilots earning awe. Despite skyjacking testing public faith, aviation psychologists say airline leaders remain cool under pressure, with crews often shown as genuine heroes who protect passengers.
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Charles Lindbergh
Eddie Rickenbacker
Roscoe Turner
Joe Foss
Wiley Post
Claire Chennault
Howard Hughes
Butch O’haire
Eddie Bong
Amelia Earhart
Jacqueline Cochrane
Chaytor Mason
FBI
Credit Growth In America Faces Calls For Reform
New York AP reports 1945 consumer credit totals about 6 billion, with last year near 140 billion and rising. Auto loans top 40 billion, personal loans about 35 billion, while mortgages and life insurer totals push debt far higher. Discussions urge more accessible credit and curb harsh collection practices, noting gender bias and social inequality in lending.
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New York
United States
Savings and Loan Associations
National Business Council For Consumer Affairs
National Commission On Consumer Finance
Press freedom under siege in 1972 across nations
The International Press Institute based in Zurich reports a global decline in free expression. It highlights growing acceptance of attacks on press freedom by governments and officials, with the Philippines under Marcos cited as a severe example in Asia during 1972.
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United States
International Press Institute
Zurich
Switzerland
IPI
Asia
Philippines
Presiid Marcos
Indochina
City Hall
Sweden
Press freedoms eroded as martial law suppresses outlets
An IPI report notes governments use courts and threats to restrain press reporting in the United States and abroad. It warns of a global retreat of free journalism and the public’s right to know when media outlets shrink under pressure.
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IPI
U.S
Britain
Latin America
Japan
County plans full reap praisal with firm decision pending
Douglas County commissioners reaffirm a plan for a complete county property re appraisal but show uncertainty whether an outside or local firm will conduct it. No contracts signed yet. Also noted are three Republican legislators as top Speaker prospects in Kansas House: Odd Williams, Charles Arthur, and John Coward.
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Douglas County
Kansas House
Odd Williams
Lawrence
Charles Arthur
Manhattan
John Coward
Greensburg
Williams
Oklahoma
Kansas
Jayhawks
Biblical Prayer Promotes Kind Living and Caring Community
A daily message asks believers to live with love and kindness like Christ so others are drawn into a caring, sharing community. The prayer ends with Amen.
Congress Nixon Rift Seen Through Buckley Lens
Buckley counsels favoring Congress over the Executive while warning against chaos. He criticizes Congress for hypocrisy and executive power grabs, condemns press manipulation, and assesses Nixon decisions on bombing North Vietnam. He argues silence may be wiser than argument.
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Congress
Charles de Gaulle
Fourth Republic
United States
White House
Letter Writers Discuss Social Security and Vietnam War
The writer supports the Journal-World editorial on Social Security and criticizes the government economy. He urges readers to heed warnings about government control and inflation. A second reader, Philip Wildman, outlines a peace protest schedule with a meeting at First United Methodist Church and a noon delegation to Kansas lawmakers urging Nixon to end the Vietnam War by Jan 20, 1973.
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Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
First United Methodist Church
10Th
Vermont
Nixon
United States
Congress
Kansas City
Kansas
Sen. Dole
Rep. Winn
Local Peace Effort Amid Vietnam War Reflections
A veteran recalls a wartime conversation with his uncle about Vietnam and notes ongoing involvement despite a 1972 peace agreement. The piece reflects on U.S. policy under President Nixon and the continuing tensions between Washington and Hanoi.
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Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Nixon
Democratic Republic of
Viet
McGovern Quietly Plans Left of Center National Group
McGovern moves to build a left of center political entity outside the Democratic Party. He would back candidates aligned with his new politics using a 700000-name fundraising list and staffing from his 1972 campaign. Donley oversees the list as personal property. Strauss not to receive it. Buckley’s CPB firing linked to Nixon policy criticism ends Firing Line.
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Nemo
Lacessit
Tom Wicker
Anthony Lewis
Scotland
Dr. Strangelove
Aristides
Richard Nixon
Washington
George McGovern
Democratic Party
McGovern
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
McGovern Allo
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Barry Goldwater
Free Society Association
Republican
MceGovern
Senate
South Dakota
William Rosendahl
Robert Shrum
Eugene Pokorny
Strauss
Owen Donley
Donley
William F. Buckley
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
CPB
Buckley
Public Broadcasting
Buickley
White House
What You Don’t Try Probably Cant Hurt
New York AP piece jokingly argues that in 1973 the author will avoid trouble in familiar scenarios. He parries risky acts from dogfights with Lassie to pranks like repainting an apartment and stealing Ft Knox keys, wrapping the piece in humorous self restraint.
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New York
Lassie
Mae West
Ft Knox
Unusual Civil War era banknotes from Lawrence Kansas
The story recounts a Cleveland Plain Dealer note about Lawrence Bank of Lawrence Kansas issuing 1 2 and 3 dollar notes pre Civil War era with cut apart values. The notes bore designs including a grain bag riverfront and indigenous figures. Also mentions Lyman protection notes and possible broader use by state banks.
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Journal-World
Leslie L. Halberg
Lawrence
Halberg
Journal- World
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lawrence Bank
Kan
Lyman
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West Sixth
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Ohio
Hal Boyle
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Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
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