Who is to blame for the economic malaise and high costs
An editorial argues that persistent low mood and recession stem from two aging trends: exorbitant profits by big businesses and aggressive labor demands. It cites motor car workers wages, high car prices, foreign competition, and record profits by GM Ford and AT&T. The piece urges big business and big labor to temper earnings to restore stability and security.
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U.S
General Motors
Ford
American Telephone & Telegraph
Will we ever learn about vast military spending
A reflective critique argues that spending about $1 trillion on nuclear and conventional arms is wasted. It notes the potential to redirect funds to health, housing, education, and infrastructure, while urging enlightened leadership and peaceful agreements to reduce arms and risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Russia
Western
Europe
United States
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Lawrence High state 5A debate champions 1972 victory
Ten years ago Lawrence High won the state 5A debate title with Jim Conard Frank Cross Teresa May Greg Hack Jon Paret sky and Rick Hird on the winning team. The weather warmed to near 50 after a long cold spell. Nebraska coach Bob Devaney planned to stay one more season before becoming athletic director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High
Jim Conard
Frank Cross
Teresa May
Greg Hack
Jon Paretsky
Rick Hird
Nebraska
Bob Devaney
Supreme Court Limits Lower Courts in Two 5 4 Rulings
The Supreme Court, in two 5-4 decisions, overturned lower court rulings on a California public employee citizenship requirement for deputy probation officers and on standing rules for a church-state establishment case. Justice White led the majority in limiting litigious reach, while Justices Brennan and others criticized activist motives. The rulings aim to curb widespread litigation and emphasize state discretion in employment and standing to sue.
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Washington
Jean Kerr
Supreme Court
California
U.S
Justice White
Justice Brennan
Brennan
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Army Hospital
Valley Forge Christian College
Americans United For Separation of Church and State
America
Rehnquist
Blackmun
Marshall
Stevens
Burger
Powell
White
Reagan
O’connor
Reagan policy questioned over aid to repressive regimes
In the first year of the Reagan administration concern shifts from individual rights to support for governments. The piece accuses the president of backing right wing dictatorships, including Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, and notes covert efforts to secure an extradition treaty. The author argues anti communism sacrifices human rights. Martial law's suspension is described as a mere technicality.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Mar
Marcos
Journal World staff and publication details
The Journal-World based in Lawrence Kansas traces its roots to 1854 with W C Simons Sr and later editions. It announces senior staff roles including editor and publisher and notes circulation, production, and marketing positions. Subscription rates cover local and national mail options with USPS details and post office box address.
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Bantine
Raclaa Gelaka
Ae A Atres Eciahe
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kansas Counties
Kansas City
United States
Journal-World
P.O
A. Byron Leonard
Old Structures Meet New in Lawrence Builds
Ann Stoll of 1522 Davis Rd praises Lawrence developers who reuse old buildings for new garages and a fire station frame at 19th and Tennessee. She commends combining old with new amid high prices, noting the salvaged frame from a gutted small home repurposed as a garage and the barn frame used for the fire station backdrop.
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19Th and
Tennessee
Ann Stoll
Davis Rd
Abortion and the Lost Geniuses of Beethoven and Beyond
A provocative meditation on how abortion might have erased major talents from history including Beethoven. The piece weighs the potential worlds of unborn geniuses, the Napoleonic era, and future European leaders, arguing that society’s attitude toward birth and mortality shapes culture and memory, while acknowledging the moral complexities.
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Beethoven
Ludwig
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Cyclones
Wilt Chamberlain and Co
George Will
Americans United
By Jack Anderson
South Africa
el Salvador
Cos
Journal- World
Dolph C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Ralph Gage Billi Mayer
Robert Nordyke
Allen Torrey
Donna Wiley
Chuck Chowins
Keith Wood
Dallas Dolan
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Hitler
Adolf
Moscow
Atlantic
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