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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1976
Page
2
A critical editorial denounces President Ford for vacillating between deficit rhetoric and claims of restraint. It argues his speech hides fiscal weaknesses, criticizes Congress for self interest, and calls for blunt honesty about waste, graft, and the growth of bureaucracy.
The column laments malpracticesuits and soaring insurance costs that drive doctors from practice while joke bumper stickers mock the system. It argues courts must regulate medical practice to keep private care viable in America.
A Dakota Bible College professor from Huron recounts a painful visit to Lawrence for legal charges. He praises the gracious treatment by the court, lawyers, Mrs. Tacha and the Douglas County Legal Aid Society, and the friendly staff in a main street bakery. He credits Lawrence residents and a helpful filling-station attendant for their kindness.
The Journal-World invites signed letters for the Opinion Page with a preference for 250 words or less. The paper may edit and condense letters without altering writers' viewpoints and requires the writer's address. pen names are not allowed.
John T. Lynch Co is an international private investigations firm in Los Angeles led by ex FBI agent John T. Lynch. He says kidnappings by foreign captors yield fees from $100000 upward and that his team uses ex FBI IRS or CIA personnel with training in electronics surveillance and photography.
A nostalgic essay lauds American weirdness across pop culture from hula hoops to soap operas. It highlights television satire by Norman Lear and the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman parody, noting networks initially rejected it before syndication.
A private Pentagon lunch reveal shows Iran's Hassan Toufanian pressuring D Rumsfeld to lower arms prices and boost oil production to fund weapons. The episode underscores a cycle linking oil prices, Western demand, and U S arms exports to Iran dating to Nixon era policies.
Sir Francis Drake dies on his ship off Panama in 1596. Pall Mall London becomes first gas lit street in 1807. The first commercial telephone switchboard opens in New Haven Connecticut in 1878 with twenty one subscribers connected.
The Douglas County Health Facilities Planning Council was told Lawrence Memorial Hospital needs expansion and remodeling with no price tag set. Other notes include rising state enrollments, Ethel Lynn resigning for public health work, and a riot in Joliet where Richard Loeb was killed by inmates.
The World is published daily except Sunday in Lawrence Kansas with editors and publishers listed. Rates show mail subscriptions at 24 per year in the United States and carrier rates within Kansas and nearby counties, along with city and contact information.
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