Lawrence Journal-World Staff and Publication Details
Lawrence Journal-World staff listings include editor Dolush Simons Jr publisher Dolph C. Simons Jr and editor Manning Wack Zapmmierman with advertising manager Leo Miller. The paper, published in Lawrence Kansas by World Company, lists 191 to 1952 print history, subscription rates, and second class postage details. Tuesday evening January 9 162.
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Dolush Simons
Dolph CG. Simons Jr
Bill Mayer
Manning
Wack
United States
Lawrence, Wan
Andie Bureau of Circulations
Assocated Press
Television football overkill hurts viewers and honesty
The piece criticizes excessive televised football and the quality of coverage over recent weekends. It argues sponsors drive mediocre games and announcers oversell events, eroding public trust in sportscasts and reducing fan interest across professional and college football.
Kansas Patrol praised for steady leadership and service
Col. Larry Hughes, superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, visits the Kansas Rotary Club on Monday. The speaker lauds the patrol as a nonpartisan, high-caliber agency with a history of capable leaders and a tradition of efficient, courteous, innovative service.
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Larry Hughes
Kansas Highway Patrol
Col. Hughes
Don Hight Drives 1800 Herefords in Snow to Market
South Dakota rancher Don Hight aimed to move 1800 Herefords 65 miles to Winner by wagon train to save transport costs. A blizzard and high winds tested the trek, but the drive completed with the herd seen by many locals. The feat is framed as a symbol of enduring frontier individualism despite critics.
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South Dakota
Don Hight
Winner
S. D
Seven Hands
Hight
Secret Hero Stirs Army Men to Seek Vengeance
A column depicts military servicemen sworn to “get even” with irritating superiors, highlighting a recurring theme of silent rebellion and comic bravado within the barracks as a humorous snapshot of army life.
Airman Harding Returns from Discharge and Attacks Sergeant
Sidney Harding, 22, after discharge, walked to his Madison headquarters and punched his sergeant, Send. Cletus Lewis. the blow caused a head wound requiring eight stitches. Harding and his family then left for Fredericksburg, Virginia. Authorities will not extradite. The incident sparks debate over violence in resolving disputes among servicemen.
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Sidney Harding
Madison
Wis
Set
Cletus Lewis
Harding
Fredericksburg
Wilbur Mills the Arkansas power in Congress
Joseph Alsop profiles Wilbur Mills of Kensett Arkansas a rising House member and Ways and Means Committee veteran. Mills known for discipline thorough tax law mastery and steady rule driven leadership sits among Congress main power brokers as a diligent personal and political force. He avoids minority overreach upholds integrity and keeps a strict schedule guiding the chamber.
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Washington
Kensett
Ark
Harvard Law School
Franklin Roosevelt
Joe Robinson
Robinson
House of Representatives
Arkansas
Ways and Means Committee
Elders’ Council
Wilbur Mills
Congress
Black Hills Passion Play staged in Hoch Auditorium
Four performances of the Black Hills Passion play were presented in Hoch Auditorium by a South Dakota troupe arriving with two camels. Josef Meier and his wife Clare Hume played Mary and Joseph in the production. Meanwhile, word arrived of Theodore Charlton’s death in Cincinnati at 67. he once worked in local insurance with his brother Glenn and later pursued stage acting for many years.
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Black Hills
Hoch Auditorium
South Dakota
Josef Meier
Clare Hume
Mary
Joseph
Theodore Charlton
Cincinnati
Glenn
Prayer Devotion Seeks Strength in Faith and Closeness
A devotional prayer asks for stronger faith and closer reliance on God. It invokes Jesus teaching on prayer and concludes in the name of the Redeemer.
Letter on capital punishment and Deuteronomy cited
A Journal-World letter to the editor from November 18, 1961 debates capital punishment. The writer argues God’s laws in Deuteronomy should not justify execution and cites opposing views including a Dallas Morning News item and quotes from Baptist and Methodist figures. The piece questions if divine commands were abrogated and warns against linking religion to socialistic communism.
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Odom
Oie
Simone
Mesut
Dallas Morning News
Worth Worth
Othe Rew
Vo Vryan
Diathas
Der
Civd
Bryan
Paul
Dear Dr Molner Health Q and Answers
A reader asks if blood thinner pills cause bruising and the doctor explains bruising reflects slow clotting, urges medical review, and notes prothrombin tests. Additional letters cover fat distribution myths, eggs for the elderly, cutting meat for older adults, and Laennec cirrhosis with non cancer causes and esophageal varices.
Mount O Read offers courses to revive conversation
In a humorous column, Jack Zimmerman notes Mount O Read introduces Discussion and Speech 1 courses to revive talking. He muses on differences between conversation and discussion, jokes about exiting boring gatherings, and laments the TV era reducing real dialogue.
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Bhose
Subways Are for Sleeping Trades Many Notes and Jokes
A collage of theater music and entertainment notes highlights Syd Chaplin’s money stance during Subways Are for Sleeping rehearsals and his line refusals. Other items praise Phyllis Newman and Orson Bean, Leonard Bernstein, and David Merrick. Additionally, sports, crime, drama, memos, business and story notes feature various figures.
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Sydney Chaplin
Jule Styne
Chaplin
Styne
Subways
Phyllis Newman
Orson Bean
David Merrick
Merrick
Hal Boyle Jabs at diet humor in city remarks
New York dispatch recalls Hal Boyle quips about weight loss that mock dieting vanity. Jokes target Elmer and others with lines about scales, sugar, bread portions, and offended diners, illustrating light criticism of fad dieting.
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New York
Elmer
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