Lawrence Daily Journal World Staff Directory Notes
A historical snapshot lists the Lawrence Daily Journal-World editors and staff roles for January 9 1960 including Jolph Simons editor and publisher Mayer managing editor Pontius advertising manager Eller and others. It notes publication details with address Sixth and New Hampshire Streets Lawrence Kansas and subscription rates for local and distant readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolph Simons
50Lph Simons Jr
3A, Mayer
ACK “Zaummerm Fina
Snnest Pontius
ABC Eller
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kas
Douglas
United States
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Court weighs married high schoolers in athletics case
Michigan Supreme Court reviews whether married high school students may join school activities after a circuit judge refused to overturn a Northwestern Michigan school board rule barring two 18 year olds from football. The assistant attorney general argues rules should protect matrimony, not penalize married students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Supreme Court
Howard L. Campbell
Michigan
Maxine Virtue
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Senatorial Circus Signals 1960 Senate Shuffle
The piece notes Democratic senators Humphrey Kennedy Symington and Johnson pursuing presidential bids while cautioning about self promotion. It also suggests Nixon dominates GOP campaigning with Rockefeller out and predicts lively Senate session ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Senate
Sens
Humphrey
Minnesota
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Symington
Missouri
Johnson
Texas
Nixon
Gov
Rockefeller
New York
Senate
Leap Year Social Scheme Traced From Scots To Modern Times
The piece recounts the leap year custom credited to Scots allowing women to propose to men and set fines or penalties for rejection. It notes similar practices in France Italy and England, with varying penalties and prizes, concluding that the tradition persists as a playful relic of historical prudence for records.
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Scotland
Lowe
France
Florence
Genoa
Italy
Columbus
America
Wakarusa Township Fire Record Errors and New Agreement
Letter details two fires in Wakarusa Township with casualties and firefighter confusion. It reviews a long history of fire contracts, funding, and a 1959 shift to an independent township department, plus a late Jan 1960 contract after the Jan 5 fire and notes KU staff analysis.
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Journal-World
Wakarusa
Paul Badger Jr
Smith
Miller
City Fire Department
Lawrence
Owen Mitchell
Mitchell
Bell Telephone Co
Milk Guidelines for a Six Year Old Health Nutritions
A letter discusses a six year old drinking two quarts of milk daily and whether it harms a balanced diet. The advice notes that a quart per day is healthy for most youngsters, while adults may aim for a pint daily. It urges ensuring fruits vegetables cereals and bread for overall nutrition, and suggests using skim milk to control weight if needed.
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J.W.T
National Institutes of Health
The Eye and Its Diseases Through History
A historical overview explains how eye diseases like cataracts glaucoma and corneal disorders threaten vision. It covers surgical cures for cataracts, glaucoma management, and the dramatic corneal transplant with eye banks and donor logistics, noting rapid recovery and new dehydration tech.
Peace theme for Ike WASHINGTON in disarmament search
The piece questions the presidents disarmament aims and methods, noting the Coolidge Commission report as a turning point. It critiques the administrations reluctance to push nuclear disarmament and suggests focusing on concrete steps like closing the missile gap and bold leadership rather than political posturing.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
Geneva
United Nations
Nikta S. Khrushchev
Boston
Charles A. Coolidge
Paris
NATO Council
Coolidge
Lauris Norstad
Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Old Home Town Highlights and Local Happenings
A compact retrospective notes 1958 city council resignation by Harry Winters Jr as he moves from his ward. Perry and Lecompton lose gas for five hours due to a bulldozer hitting a two inch line. Mr and Mrs Ernest Griswald welcome a son. Gov Frank Carlson and spouse join the Kansas Flying Farmers in Mexico City. The item also recalls 1935 basketball win by the Jayhawkers over Missouri 36 to 27 and a KU colonel promotion in Lawrence. 1920 civic and banking leadership details and local nuptials are listed along with KU basketball victory and tax changes from 1919 to 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Winters Jr
Perry
Lecompton
Ernest Griswald
Frank Carlson
Kansas Flying Farmers
Mexico
Jayhawkers
Missouri
Lyle Powell
Lawrence
U.S. Army Medical Corps Reserve
Naismith
PEO
Kansas City
Ernie Quigley
Williamstown
George Kreeck
I. C. Stevenson
John Q. A. Norton
Chris Schaake
Today in Prayer Message Believe and Seek Faith
The note expresses a religious plea for stronger faith and closer communion with God. It cites Mark 9 24 and asks for forgiveness and acceptable prayers through Jesus. It emphasizes humility, devotion, and spiritual yearning.
Lyons Den LaGuardia Says No Man Can Hold Two Jobs
The article recalls Fiorello LaGuardia denouncing outside jobs by city commissioners while noting his own insistence that a single person can handle two jobs, except himself. It covers related anecdotes about actors, composers, and public figures at ceremonies and parties, including Katharine Cornell and Nat Milstein, with remarks on public figures and crowds.
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Leonad
Fiorello LaGuardia
New City Library Catalog 1959 Highlights
A selection of 1959 library titles includes ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS by Gandhi introduction by Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, THE STORY OF INDONESIA by Louis Fischer, PAINTING FOR ALL by Mervyn Levy, GEMCRAFT by Lelande Quick and Hugh Leiper, DIPLOMAT by Charles W. Thayer, BEST CARTOONS FROM ABROAD edited by Lawrence Lamar and Ben Roth, MATEREAU by Nathalie Sarraute, GREEN WATER GREEN SKY by Mavis Gallant, and THE REAL LIFE OF SABASTIAN KNIGHT by Vladimir Nabokov.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Sir Sarepalli Radhakrishnara
India
Indonesia
Louis Fischer
Dutch East Indies
Marco Polo
Mervyn Levy
Lelande Quick
Hugh Leiper
Charles W. Thayer
Russia
Lawrence Lamar
Ben Roth
Matereau
Nathalie Sarraute
Mavis Gallant
Sabastian Knight
Vladimir Nabokov
Nabokov
Best Sellers List With Notable Titles
A snapshot of current top sellers features fiction and nonfiction classics including Advise and Consent Drury Exodus Uris Hawaii Michener The Darkness and the Dawn Costain Nonfiction Act One Hart Folk Medicine Jarvis The Status Seekers Packard This Is My God Weak Elements of Style Strunk and White.
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Drury
Physician
Lederer
Exodus
Uris
Hawaii
Michener
Costain
Hart
Jarvis
Packard
Books Spotlight 1959 Diplomatic Intrigue and Mystery
A catalog of 1959 titles spans political intrigue in a guide to embassy life and spy craft, science primers, cartoons of the year, and several suspenseful mysteries set in Europe and America. Notable works include Eva Fenyo’s trip through space and time, Kay Thompson’s Eloise in Moscow, and detective tales by Farrar, Gilbert, and Enright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Eva Fen‘yo
Lawrence Lamar
Moscow
Kay Thompson
Hillary Knight
Elizabeth Enright
Stewart Farrar
Hillary Waugh
Connecticut
Michael Gilbert
London
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
U.S
Grant
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Grant Township
City
Gore
Miss Sturtevant
Kansas University Political Science
Joseph Molner
Lynn Poole
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md
Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin
Wilmer Clinic
Johns Hopkins
Red Cross
Joseph Alsop
Commission
Old Home Town
Heavenly Father
Jesus
The
Lyons den
LaGuardia
Cedric Hardwicke
Katharine Cornell
American Friends of Hebrew University
Miss Cornell
Hardwicke
Sol Hurok
Nathan Milstein
Yolande Berbeze
New Delhi
LYONS
Delhi
Darryl Zanuck
el Morocco
Zanuck
Henry Sherek
England
Martin Gabel
Gabel
Sherek
Sam Wolfson
Jacksonville
Fla
New City Library Books
Publishers’ Weekly
M.D
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