Lawrence Daily Journal World dateline and staff listing
Lawrence Daily Journal World staff and masthead dated Thursday Evening Jan 16 1964. Details include Dolph C Simons Jr editor and publisher, D C Simons editor emeritus, Jack Zimmerman news editor and Ernest Pontius, advertising manager Leo Eller, and business manager. Published daily except Sunday by World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets. Subscription rates listed for local and national mail.
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Dolph Simone
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Bill Mayier Wu
Jack Zimmerman Awe
Ernest Pontius
Leo Eller
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Xan
Douglas
United States
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Unqualified Advice on Asthma and Climate Choices
The letter advises against assuming a different climate will cure asthma in children. It notes allergy and nervous tension influence asthma and that moving locations may help only in some cases. Emphasizes identifying allergens, parental cooperation, and cautious testing before uprooting the family, suggesting a preliminary visit to judge results.
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Florida
Arizona
J.J
Johnson administration economy versus military spending
The Johnson administration touts reduced missile funding by one billion but asks for 300 million for aircraft and over 6 billion for research. Defense requests total 17.2 billion, the largest ever, raising questions about true budget priorities amid public demand for real economy over rhetoric.
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Johnson
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Army
Department of Defense
Department
Negotiations Begin to Rework Smudgepot Junction Traffic
City talks start to fix the hazardous 9th and Town Streets intersection known as Smudgepot Junction. Officials aim for rapid progress after years of danger and drivers’ warning signs during the adjustment period.
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9Th and
Town Sts
Smudgepot Junction
Eastwest
9Th Street
9Th
Iowa
Postmark timing to end as of February first
The Feb 1 change ends hour designations on postmarks at U S post offices. Mail posted 12 01 am to 12 noon shows AM while 12 noon to midnight shows PM. Registered and certified mail may be time stamped by hand on receipts and in records. Officials question economy vs convenience of the measure.
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U.S
Russia Sees Panama Crisis as Warning to Colonial Powers
The report notes Radio Moscow and others blasting the Panama Canal tensions as a warning to nations seeking freedom from colonial rule. It accuses aggressive U.S. circles of aiming to retain the canal and threatens use of force. Radio Budapest and Radio Sofia question Washington’s Monroe Doctrine and suggest the United States faces scrutiny at the Organization of American States.
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Russia
United States
Panama Canal
Radio Moscow
Panama
U.S
Latin America
Panama Canal Zone
Suez Canal
Radio
Budapest
Washington
Organization of American States
Sofia
Johnson setback prompts race issue debate in Congress
Johnson faces a political setback after Louisiana voting shifts. Morrison loses governorship while McKeithen wins, jeopardizing Southern support. The White House eyes a civil rights bill with compromises fed by Senate talks where FEPC and federal aid clauses may be trimmed to gain GOP support.
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Washington
Times-Post
White House
Louisiana
Johnson
Delesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Morrison
John McKeithen
McKeithen
Congress
House
Senate
Georgia
Richard Russell
Herman Talmadge
Sen. Russell
Camp David
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Everett Dirksen
Decade-Old KU Items Note Conformity Study and Local News
A 1954 item shows KU sociologist Gordon Erickson's class testing conformity by making students wear ties for a week, provoking reactions from friends. Earlier notes recall East Indian students at KU hosting a dinner for India’s independence anniversary and a dean planning retirement to visit India.
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Franklin Murphy
Paul B. Lawson
India
Lawsons
Gordon Ericksen
Bible Verse and Prayer Reflection
Daily devotional notes quote John 14 6 proclaiming Jesus as the way to the Father. A closing prayer asks God to keep hearts from unrighteous paths and to steer toward Christ leading to eternal life.
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Christ
U S and Its Panamanian Situation Negotiation Route
Walter Lippmann argues negotiation as the only viable path for U S Panama relations. He rejects strict postures, noting long-standing ties and multiple amendments to the 1903 treaty, plus 1955 and 1958 actions, and a 1960 nine point program, with Kennedy reiterating 1962. The piece emphasizes gradual modification over sharp ruptures and warns against brinkmanship.
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United States
Senate
Eisenhower
Act of Congress
United States of America
Canal Zone
Kennedy
Chiari
Panama
Draft Seen as Unpleasant Necessity for Americans
Washington report analyzes the Universal Military Training and Service Act. It notes broad acceptance of conscription, with extensions usually routine, and discusses demographics through 1970. It cites rising enlistments, defections, and flexibility of deferments shaping the draft system.
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Washington
United States
Kennedy
Phantom Car Thief Strikes 4th Time in Spokane
Spokane police and car lot owners report the repeat theft of a 1959 model from the same used car lot. The thief abandons the vehicle after brief drives and sabotages attempts, then parks it in its usual downtown spot with doors locked.
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Spokane
Wash
Public concerns over staffing at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
A reader from Lawrence questions hospital staffing levels and nurse availability at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She urges transparency about accreditation and staff shortages, noting patients may seek care elsewhere if conditions persist and insurance implications arise.
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Journal-World
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Douglas County
Topeka
Kansas City
Samual Jones
Noel Coward and Eva Gabor Reunion at Colony
Noel Coward directing rehearsals of High Spirits met Eva Gabor after a gunpoint robbery. Gabor wore only her gold wedding band and a tiny diamond crucifix. Coward kept the jeweled cigaret case in a Swiss bank vault. Gabor plans weekly visits to view her gems.
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Noel Coward
Eva Gabor
Miss Gabor
Coward
Switzerland
Hal Boyle Cigarette Fiends Get in Hair
The piece lampoons ex smokers in New York as hypocritical types who quit for health care reasons yet linger in social circles. It catalogs Crusader, Secret Backslider, Rationed Abstainer, Confessor, Switch Artist, Substituter and Liar personalities and ends by noting the real heroes are those who endure their yammering.
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New York
Mark Twain
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