Lawrence Daily Journal World personnel and details
The Lawrence Daily Journal World lists positions including President and Editor Vice President Publisher Managing Editor and advertising director Dolph Simons Dolph C Simons Jr Bill Mayer Ernest Pontius Leo Eller with established history since 1854 at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets. Subscription options are shown for local carrier and mail rates across Douglas County and elsewhere in the United States.
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Wce
Vertising
Dolph Simons
Dolph C. Simons JR
Bill Mayer
Ernest Pontius Leoeller
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kan
Ionaa
Douglas
United States
Subsidized Barge Freight and Missouri River Tonnage in 1968
The 1968 subsidized barge tonnage on the Missouri River totaled 2 285 951 tons, down 13 percent from the prior year. The piece argues railroads could handle the freight if trains ran two daily trips, with taxpayers spared from deepening costs. It suggests river traffic suppresses rail rates but decries government subsidies as unfair and costly.
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Missouri River
St. Louis
Old Muddy
Missouri
Cheaters in Ad Industry Expose Rigged Promotions
Advertising Age reveals FTC findings that supermarkets and gasoline stations used hidden controls to steer prizes to select locations. Major prizes were timed to boost sales, with a Florida chain delivering winning tickets to two stations while 498 others had no chance. Consumers shoulder the cost of inflated odds and purchases.
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Advertising Age Magazine
Federal Trade Commission
Kansas
Ad Age
FTC
Florida
Las Vegas
Farm Pollution Drags On With Rising Water Use
The article warns farm pollution from chemical fertilizers pesticides and animal waste grows as food demand rises. Water use per person on farms climbs from 664 gallons in 1950 to 766 in 1960 and projects 821 by 1975. Dr Barry Commoner notes agricultural drainage threatens lakes rivers streams and groundwater and nitrogen from fertilizers contaminates crops.
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Barry Commoner
Center For the Biology of Natural Systems
St. Louis
Washington University
Commoner
Industrial Pollution and Ecological Dangers in the 1940s
The text notes nitrate pollution from farming as a public health hazard and algae growth reducing oxygen in water. It traces farm pollution to early 1940s advances in synthetic chemicals, pesticides, and herbicides, marketed widely before ecological risks were understood. Dr. Commoner warns that scientific progress outpaced awareness of environmental hazards.
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Commoner
Fed actions push loan costs toward consumers risk
New York AP reports the Federal Reserve raised the discount rate to 5 percent on December 18, signaling higher credit costs for banks which may raise loans for individuals. Banks faced limits on attracting large corporate deposits, provoking fears of higher mortgage, auto, and personal loan rates for ordinary borrowers. Some analysts foresee a possible peak by spring, but the risk to small borrowers remains.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
First National City Bank
Lawrence civil and sports notes from 1959 and earlier
A snapshot of Lawrence history notes from 1959 and earlier recounts Mrs. June McMillin joining Congressmen Newell George as personal receptionist, KU's chase for a 100th win over Missouri in basketball, and the first Red Cross Gray Lady class led by Mayor Weatherwax. It also recalls 1944 family dinner for Aviation Cadet Robert Docking and a 1929 Kansas political scene with the first woman in the Senate, Stella Haines, and Speaker J. M. Myers.
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June McMillin
Lawrence
Newell George
Missouri
Red Cross
John Weatherwax
Adrien Lindsey
H. K. McKenzie
Thomas Lovell
Howard O'Connor
Marion Bell
Leon Abels
Ralph Thomas
Jacob Dekker
Art Wolf
George Docking
Robert Docking
Ft. Leavenworth
Jefferson Barracks
Lawrence Lions
Ottawa Cyclones
D. A. N. Chase
State Senate
Patricia Solander
Osawatomie
Rep
J. M. Myers
Stella Haines
Kansas
Daily Bible Message Prayer Reflects Joy in Faith
Rejoice in the Lord is urged again as a prayer for happiness and trust. The note asks readers to walk closely with the Lord and show daily joy to lead others toward faith and love. Amen.
Lindsay and Jewish Clash in New York City Election
A column argues Mayor Lindsay bears no sole blame for NYC decline while Dr Meier Kahane inflames Jew vs black tensions. It notes New York Jews are powerful voters and media players and criticizes anti Semitism accusations as overstated while urging balanced scrutiny of race and city policy.
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Lindsay
Birdie
New York City
Mr. Lindsay
Meier Kahane
New York
Kahane
John Lindsay
Chicago
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
When Is the 1968 Football Season Finally Over
A humorous exchange questions when the 1968 season ends. Postseason games from college to pro Bowls stretch into mid 1969. The narrator estimates the season finally ends on June 16, 1969 with all-star and post postseason play included.
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Washington
Sandy Hook
L. A
South Korea
O. J. Simpson
To Your Good Health Dr Thosteson Q&A
Dear Dr Thosteson answers differences between flu and cold with fever and severe aches in flu. Mild flu resembles a cold and requires similar treatment. A metallic taste in the mouth may come from medications iron iodine fillings smoking nervous disorders or mild sedation.
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Thosteson
Junk mail as lifeline in Hal Boyle piece
New York AP essay argues junk mail acts as ego boost for ordinary Americans. It imagines Henry Quietus Abernathy as a vanity recipient who gains self worth from catalogs and political pitches, implying millions relate to the impulse and crave attention junk mail provides.
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New York
Henry Quietus Abernathy
Mr. Big
Henry Quietus
Nixon Plans Private Warning To North Vietnamese Group
President elect Nixon plans a private warning to Hanoi in Paris if negotiators refuse compromise. The move signals a hard line, potentially backing a resumption of full scale bombing, while ruling out nuclear use. Nixon keeps Ellsworth Bunker and Henry Cabot Lodge in key roles to push a genuine compromise.
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Washington
Nixon
Paris
Hanoi
U. S
Mr. Nixon
Vietnam
Gen. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
Averell Harriman
Lodge
Saigon
Thieu
Bohn
Nordo
Paris Forum
U.S
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
MR. Nexon
New York
Moscow
Chookasian Delivers Stellar Met Opera Contralto Recital
Kenneth Smith reviews Lili Chookasian in The University Concert Course program. The Metropolitan Opera soloist captivates with a rich legato from Gluck to Armenian songs and a vivid Verdi encore, praised for musicality and poetic interpretation.
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Lili Chookasian
Metropolitan Opera
Miss Chookasian
Chookasian
Gluck
Divinites du Styx
Strauss
Brahms
Wolf
Poulenc
Letters Editor thanks area for Vietnam Christmas kindness
Sgt Harold Reusch Jr US Air Force Vietnam writes to Journal-World readers thanking individuals churches businesses and organizations for cards and gifts that helped him and fellow servicemen feel closer to home at Christmas.
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Vietnam
Sgt
Harold Reusch Jr
Air Force
Elderly Woman Sustains Burns Near Heater in Pittsburgh
AP report from Pittsburgh states 85 year old Ethel Gogley stood too close to a fire heater on Wednesday. Her dress caught fire and she was treated for burns and listed in fair condition.
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Pittsburgh
Ethel Gogley
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