Benefits from athletics in college fund raising debate continues
Editorial argues athletic success helps university giving. Iowa State's 1975 football season coincides with a record 2.9 million in alumni gifts to the ISU Achievement Fund, aided by land sales and an estate donation. The piece cites Notre Dame and Kansas examples and notes athletics can open wallets without guaranteeing overall fundraising success.
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Chicago University
Robert M. Hutchins
Theodore Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
Iowa State University
Ames
ISU
Iowa State Alumni Association
Robert Krotz
Krotz
Cyclone
Associated Press
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa State
Iowa
Kansas University
Kansas
Roache tale on losing country sparks critique of American critics
George C. Roche II recounts a tale of a Russian refugee who fled czarist times Cuba and the United States twice losing and finding countries. He contrasts her question to American critics who threaten to leave when they attack the nation, noting many lack a better place to go.
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George C. Roche II
Hillsdale
Mich. ) College
Russia
Cuba
U.S
Castro
Roche
William Morris
Gerry Ford
American Express
United States
William Simon
Internal Revenue Service
Billy Carter
Jack Ford
Advocate who guides others to AA recovery after drinking
The article profiles Kenneth a heavy drinker who, after his wife’s mastectomy, escalated alcohol use and turned to Alcoholics Anonymous. He embraced AA during 1972 and, after initial struggle, found relief through daily meetings and social recovery, praying others find AA’s help.
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Providence
Alcoholics Anonymous
Kenneth
Hoi Polloi
A.A
Hush-Hush NRO Ties Shadow Public Contracts
A covert look at the National Reconnaissance Office highlights conflicts of interest as top policymakers shift between White House Pentagon and Lockheed Martin and Martin Marietta. The piece notes billion-dollar contracts and revolving doors, with responses from officials and contrasting accounts. Also profiles Soviet prisoner Hillel Butman who pens a bold letter to his camp warden.
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National Reconnaissance Office
America
NRO
NRC
White House
Pentagon
Central Intelligence Agency
Marietta
Defense Department
Plummer
Hall
Lockheed
Air Force
Martin Marietta
Hilklel Butman
Russia
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Hillel Butman
Perm
Butman
Deep Laryngitis Echoes Washington Info Blues
Washington humorist recalls an “unimpeachable source” from Ford era who now can’t leak political tidbits. The spoof dialogue covers Nixon Ford era names, leaks, and a fading network of sources while joking about the changing Washington press culture.
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D.C
Washington
Ford Administration
Nixon
Ford
Mexico
Earl Butz
Sonny Jorgeson
Rockefeller
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Sans Souci
Toll free line for Kansas lawmakers reaches Topeka
A toll free number 1 800 432 3924 has been set for citizens to contact Kansas state legislators in Topeka. Callers may request a representative or senator or leave a message for a return call.
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Kansas
Topeka
City hall site debate shifts to renovation cost concerns
Marie Wilkins argues for aid to widows of pre-1962 university staff while noting city hall may move to the Close-Out Carpet Building despite poor access and higher renovation costs. She contrasts pension benefits with state funding debates and urges action for a "special category" of widows.
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Journal-World
Journal- World
City Hall
Bowersock Mills
Daniel Morrow
N.H
Clark
Kansas
American Association of University Professors
Regents
Marie Wilkins
University
Three Astronauts Die in Cape Kennedy Fire During Countdown
A searing fire killed Gus Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee during a spacecraft fire at Cape Kennedy Florida while they simulated a countdown. An inquiry was under way and the disaster could slow the U S moon program by months. John Wynkoop 34 a KU 1958 graduate was named to lead the Lawrence utilities directorate from the Wichita water dept. In Topeka the Eisenhower Taft nomination rift widened. Huck Boyd named Kansas Day chairman facing unity issues as the convention nears.
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Gus Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
John Wynkoop
Lawrence
Wichita Water Department
Topeka
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Huck Boyd
Kansas Day
sub-Sahara
Americas
South Africa
Journal World History Page Header and Staff List
The Journal World in Lawrence Kansas lists staff including Dolph C Simons Sr as President Publisher Editor Bill Mayer and Ralph Gage as Executive Editor with Jack Starkey as Managing Editor. It notes publication since 1854 by The World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets with various subscription rates.
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Dolph C. Simons Sr
Dolph Simons Sr
Bill Mayer
Ralph Gage
Jack Starkey
Ceeeeee Eens
Leo Eller
Wa Wees
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Weather and climate change raise sobering questions for the future
A long meditative piece notes possible cooling trends in the Northern Hemisphere, warns against overreacting to a single harsh season, and surveys past ice ages. It questions human migration, food supplies, and policy choices if a new climatic shock hits. The author muses on future forecasting, fossil fuels, rain triggering, and the ethics of moving people and animals.
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Hemisphere
Minnesota
Wisconsin
B.C
Mankato
England
Icelandic
U.S
CIA
World Food
National Geographic
India
China
Siberia
America
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Martin
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Carter
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