Lawrence Daily Journal World Personalities and Dates Note
The Lawrence Daily Journal World lists staff including Dolph Simone as president and editor and Bill Naess as vice president publisher. The paper, established in 1904 by W. C. Simmons, operates from Sixth and New Hampshire in Lawrence Kansas. Saturday evening January 13 1968.
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Dolph Simons
Dolph C. Simone
Bill Naess
Jack Zimmerm
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kaw
Audit Bureau of
Associated Press
Cold diplomatic tug of war with Prince Sihanouk
The piece describes Sihanouk’s erratic stance toward U S Cambodian policy amid Vietnam War tensions. It cites his mixed signals on military intervention and negotiations, Bowles' mission, and his denigration of Jackie Kennedy while warning that leaders like him exploit allies and threaten to turn to rivals.
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Johnson
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Cambodia
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Angkor
Jackie Kennedy
U. S
Russia
Red China
John Glenn Jr. A True American Hero Remembered
A tribute to John Glenn Jr. as the first U S astronaut to orbit Earth in 1962. He is praised for leadership, religion, family values, and public service. After leaving the Marine Corps and space program in 1964 he faced a failed senate bid but repaid debts and built success in television and business.
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America
John Glenn Jr
U. S
Earth
Glenn
Marine Corps
Space Program
Ohio
Travel Quips on Johnson Policy Ends with Berlin Wall Irony
A columnist mocks the travel ban effort by President Johnson. The piece urges summer trips abroad and uses the Berlin Wall as a satirical example to critique travel restrictions and the impact on freedom of movement. It contrasts American curiosity with totalitarian limits.
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Johnson
Europe
Berlin Wall
NEA poll on urban teaching shows low willingness to work in slums
The National Education Association survey finds only 3 percent of teachers willing to teach in a slum, 10 percent in poor areas but not slums, and one third avoiding large city systems. It notes pay alone doesn't drive placement and cites Kansas as offering more of what teachers seek.
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National Education Association
Kansas
Romney
Nixon
Percy
Quiet Ended For D C Quiet Ended For D C
Washington AP notes the return of Congress and Johnson’s State of the Union as politics and Vietnam dominate the year. It observes Democratic control since 1961, Romney as a declared GOP candidate, and a hazy race with a rocky path to a strong legislative record amid war tensions.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Vietnam
House
Senate
Harry S. Truman
Jayne Mansfield Marries Hargitay In Hollywood
Old Home Town notes from 1958 report Jayne Mansfield wedding to muscleman Mickey Hargitay in Hollywood with publicity. Also marked Kansas items include KU talks by Thomas Hart Benton and a 67 48 Jayhawks win over Colorado.
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Hollywood
Jayne Mansfield
Mickey Hargitay
Thomas Hart Benton
Jayhawks
Colorado
Daily Bible Message and Prayer
A devotional note cites I John 5 14 14 assuring God hears requests aligned with his will and confirms petitions granted. The prayer thanks God for answered prayers and seeks obedience and intercession for others in the Savior's name.
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John
Flower Children Detour to Sweden and Nazi War Remnants
A column recounts four American sailors who fled Japan for Russia then Sweden to promote propaganda and television appearances against the U S government. It contrasts Sweden’s neutrality with the freedoms of other nations and questions the flower child ethos amid hard historical realities.
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Japan
Russia
Mississippi Delegation Fight Shapes Democratic Split
A Jackson Sunday meeting by Mississippi NAACP and Young Democrats plans a bi racial approach to Chicago 1964 style delegation fights. The effort aims to place genuine Negro leaders in the Mississippi delegation despite Eastland dominance and internal party rifts. The issue could mirror Atlantic City tensions and test President Johnson's Chicago choice.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Deep South
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
NAACP
Young Democrats
Heidelberg
White House
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Hughes
James O. Eastland
John Bell Williams
Eastland
Aaaron Henry
Charles Evers
Greenville
Hodding Carter II
Yds
Claude Ramsey
Afl-Cio
Henry and Evers
Johnson
Travel Ban Could Be Blow To Republican Opposition
In a political forum, a Republican candidate laments Lyndon Johnson's travel ban as a strategic move to limit rivals. The dialogue notes trips to Ireland, Italy, and Israel as campaign rites of passage and questions the president's motive and impact on the 1968 race.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Western Hemisphere
Ireland
Italy
Israel
Big Saigon Port Strike Ties Up Docks
Saigon dock workers join electrical workers in sympathy strike crippling commercial docks while U.S. troops unload only military cargo. electrical outage cuts 40 percent of Saigon power and halts two English papers, risking Pacific supply lines if the stoppage lasts.
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Saigon
U.S
Saigon River
Pacific
United States
Women gain leverage as life insurance ownership grows
U.S. women are accumulating wealth beyond contributing to family income. They own more than 140 billion dollars in life insurance, signaling broader financial independence alongside traditional earnings.
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Hubby
U.S
New Books at City Library Highlights
A list of new titles includes A Portrait of All the Russians by Laurens van der Post with Burt Inn photography, Last Reflections on the War by Bernard B. Fall, Stop-Time by Frank Conroy, Beyond Vietnam by Edwin O. Reischauer, and other works such as The Plains of Camdeboo, Modern Egypt, The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes, The Dancer from the Dance, The Widow, Under Water, On the Shores of Night, One of Our Millionaires Missing, Mr. Gallion's School, From a View to a Death, and more.
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India
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Stokely Carmichael
Martin Luther King
Hungary
Stalin
Rhine
John Foster Dulles
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Elbe
Adriatic
South Vietnam
New Orleans
Laurens van der Post
Russia
Col. van der Post
U.S.S.R
Burtinn
Bernard B. Fall
Bernard Fall
Vietnam
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Mr. Conroy
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Florida
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Edwin O. Reischauer
Edwin Reischauer
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Hive Palmer
Great
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Egypt
Tom Little
Mortimer J. Adler
Janet Burroway
Prytania Obee
Charity Blackatock
Shirley Armstrong
Australia
Cen
England
Len Deighton
Charlotte Street
Portugal
Berlin
Adrienne Mans
Vera Halensee
Vera
Leif Panduro
Denemark
CLA
MR. Gallion
Jaysse Stuart
George Gallion
Kensington High School
Kensington High
Anthony Powell
Powell
Zouch
London
Altoegether
Widmerpool
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