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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1962
Page
2
The speaker notes opposition from non Americans and some U S citizens who call themselves agnostics and atheists, suggesting no statement will please everyone. The only sure things in life are death taxes and the impossibility of universal agreement within a group.
Oona O Neill Chaplin says her forthcoming child will be her last due to no room in the Chaplin house. Cesare Siepi to miss Broadway duties as he tours with the Met for five nights. Beethoven manuscripts surface in a Moscow museum. Vaughn Monroe to debut dramatic TV role in Bonanza next month. Tennessee Williams works on four one act plays after Night of the Iguana success. Rep John Lindsay to appear in The Farmer s Daughter. FCC equal time rule discussed with Peter Lawford as star. Dorothy Kirsten to debut in La Traviata in Tiflis Riga Leningrad and the Bolshoi. Nancy Silvers hospitalized with pneumonia. Finnegans Wake film adaptation set for Dublin. Alfred Hitchcock signs Tippi Hedren for The Birds. Taj Mahal pool joke. Hitchcock stores paintings in walk in refrigerator. Bel Air fire storage detail. Hugh O Brian to make Broadway his First Love. Sam Prideaux Robards born to Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards Jr. Twist infiltrates dancing schools. Moravia defends his work against pornography charges. Richard Condon flies in to sell rights and work on scripts. Stork Club’s No 1 drinker abstains in January. Wall Street speculator quips on stock. Ted Kheel posited as possible Democratic governor. Abraham Feinberg named political ally. S. Hurok arranging Erroll Garner European tour. Wilder lectures interns on opening nights. Thornton Wilder’s Plays for Bleecker Street opens at Circle in the Square.
Friday evening edition details staff roles and publication info for the Lawrence Daily Journal World. It lists editors and publishers, business and advertising staff, establishment year, office address, phone, and subscription rates. The notice shows rates for Lawrence carriers, local mail, and distant mail, with second class postage info.
Commentary on President Kennedy's State of the Union message notes mixed political reactions. Mansfield praises the speech's authentic touch while Dirksen likens parts to a Sears Roebuck catalog with higher prices. The piece argues for bipartisan cooperation to advance Kennedy's outlined goals in civil rights, economy, education, and foreign policy amid Cold War tensions.
In Washington over ten days, Jean Monnet and Edward Heath gauged the climate for Kennedy’s trade liberalization. Monnet sought views on American association with the European Common Market while Heath weighed Britain’s entry terms. The pair highlighted risks and opportunities of a Western unity effort and possible U S European association rather than full membership, with implications for farm policy, monetary balance, and Western strength.
The article notes that despite a man’s size or universal appeal, there will always be disagreement. It cites President Kennedy closing out his Thursday remarks, underscoring persistent dissent in public discourse.
Unbeaten Lawrence basketball beat Atchison 44 to 42 in league action. President Truman's next year deficit projected near 15 billion. Lawrence annexed Wakarusa Township, leaving the community hall plan in doubt. Charles Oldfather's new son Christopher born. John Stutz resigns as executive director of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee. Lawrence Country Club invites sledders to hills with a warmed pro shop. Patricia Ann Anderson, daughter of Dr Art Anderson, dies at four and a half from pneumonia. Worden Howat urged coal miners to return to work after a strike, noting the Kansas Industrial Court cannot stop strikes. Junior High PTA opposes fraternities in high school amid five fraternities at Lawrence High.
Brief devotional note stressing prayer as a privilege and guarantee of God hearing prayers. It invites readers to call on the Father at all times through Jesus Christ, ending with a prayerful Amen. The reference Psalm 109 4 ASV anchors the meditative theme.
The Douglas County Humane Society thanks the Journal-World for its ongoing support of the Charles Ise Memorial Animal Shelter. Through published photos and feature stories the shelter has gained new friends and more donors, aiding animal placement in homes. Signed by Mrs. James S. Moore president and Mrs. Frank T. Stockton secretary.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will address a closed circuit telecast in Los Angeles February 1 as a 1962 campaign kickoff under the Republican National Committee. He will be honored at a private dinner afterward, while vacationing in Palm Springs, California.
Dr Molner explains that malignant breast lumps are rare in girls under 21 and most lumps are non malignant. A malignant lump would grow within 10 months, operative biopsy of a cyst can settle the question, and cyclical changes often indicate a cyst rather than cancer.
In a critical column Robert Dc Ruark questions why the United States funds a 36 million dollar aid loan to Kwame Nkrumah for a Volta River aluminum project. He argues the Ghanaian leader is a dictator and mocks the rationale of keeping aid to bolster international image while hardening internal repression.
New York AP profile of Julie Harris portrays an acting virtuoso who treats life as the last chance to do right. She has earned nearly 20 awards, impresses peers, and delivers onstage as a chameleon able to inhabit roles from a French maid to a Queen Victoria. Harris discusses inner intensity, perfectionism, brooding, and coping by counting to 100 to regain composure.
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