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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1976
Page
2
Indira Gandhi in an hour long upper house address defends continuing emergency rule and press censorship. She vows to postpone elections and push constitutional changes while defending actions as safeguarding democracy. The premier criticizes both domestic and foreign critics and cites threats from without.
Los Angeles Unified Board of Education adopts a rule requiring a minimum reading level for high school diplomas starting with the class of 1979. A four try Senior High Assessment of Reading Proficiency test will be given to 10th graders next September, with annual test changes to curb memorization. The policy cites three core reading areas and follows a grand jury finding of widespread reading deficits among graduates.
A 1975 episode shows White House lobbyist Friedersdorf pressing Maine Republicans William Cohen and David Emery to back a tax veto override while also seeking a payoff for former Maine Gov John Reed. The incident underscores tensions between the Ford White House and Congress and recalls Nixonian tactics.
A Journal-World report on a Humane Society poll shows children favoring the horse as America's Bicentennial animal. The piece highlights the horse's historic role in Lawrence and to rural life, from delivery and fire service to street transport and farm work, with vivid local anecdotes of horse drawn carts, ice wagons, and winter sleighs.
Tolstoy Pugh of the ASPCR laments a pet rock surplus after Christmas sales. Millions sold nationwide at 4.95 each with care instructions, but children abandon rocks. shelters fill, forcing possible disposal or lab surrender. Lawyers consider licensing to curb abandonment.
A letters page urged residents to fly the flag on holidays to honor America's birthday. Signers include Mark Robison David Brady Gary Stubbs Michael Rutting and Den 2 Pack 58 sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A veteran observer outlines ten hard lessons about presidential primaries focusing on manipulation, candidate elimination, campaign dynamics, open campaigning, and the media. He notes primaries eliminate rather than nominate, mood and tone matter, and open campaigns reveal true character. Competition and humility are urged as the long campaign to November unfolds.
New York composer and Pulitzer winner Douglas Moore arrives as Rose Morgan Visiting Professor during KU centennial year. He will later compose a Kansas opera about Carry Nation for the celebration.
The World Company in Lawrence Kansas lists Dolph C Simons Jr Dolph Simons Sr and Ralph Gage as editors with Jack Starkey as managing editor and Leo Eller as ad manager. It shows established 1854 and annual subscription rates by carrier and mail across regions. It also provides contact and postal details and notes AP and ABC memberships.
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