Lawrence Daily Journal World staff and details July 3 1962
Lawrence Daily Journal World staff list with editor Ernest Pontius managing editor Jack Zimmerman and others. Publisher details include W C Simons 1854 established and World Company address Sixth and New Hampshire Streets Lawrence Kansas. Subscription rates listed. Tuesday Evening July 3 1962.
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Dolph Simons
Eostor
POLPH
W. C. Simona
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas
United States
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
A Time for Doing at Douglas County Fairgrounds
The Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds have hosted a busy period with circuses and the Lawrence Horse Show. Upcoming weeks will bring a quarter-horse event and the Douglas County 4H and FFA fair, a rodeo, and numerous other events. The piece praises the fairground's development and laments a growing public reluctance to fund expanded recreational facilities, urging action to meet current needs.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
No public swimming pool in town draws visitor's comments
A Sunday visitor and family touring a Kansas town note the absence of a public pool. Local resident explains there was a bond issue rejected a year ago and residents use private facilities or travel 14 to 26 miles to nearby towns for swimming. The visitor quips that Kansas cities like Kansas City, Emporia and Lawrence are among the few without public pools.
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Tohganoxie
Topeka
Ottawa
Overbrook
Kansas City
Emporia
Lawrence
Kansas
Unity in adversity shows American resolve across fronts
The piece notes Americans resemble a family that argues yet unites when outsiders intervene. It cites Kennedy era debates over Medicare farm policy and Atlantic trade, praising cohesion. It recalls soldiers abroad turning grousing into decisive action, underscoring how unity surfaces on critical issues.
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Kennedy
U.S
Politically Good Miller Sees Kennedy Speech Focus On Technical Solutions
Yale Divinity School faculty member William Lee Miller reviews Kennedy’s commencement address in Reporter Magazine. He notes Kennedy emphasizes government spending and control, praising the political stance but uneasy as a learning leader. Miller highlights calls for sophisticated, technical methods to address modern economic and policy challenges.
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William Lee Miller
Yale Divinity School
Kennedy
Yale
Miller
Reporter Magazine
Yale Professor Critiques Kennedy Commencement Speech
Miller of Yale found Kennedy's address technically sharp but lacking in core values. He praised the delivery yet warned the speech failed to inspire students to improve the world, lamenting a focus on machinery of economy over broader ideals. He noted Kennedy spoke well politically but disappointed ideologically.
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Miller
Yale
United States
Kennedy
Rodgers
Germany Gets Americanized
JOHN CROSBY observes German youth increasingly emulate American culture in dress, music, and media. He cites blue jeans and rock n roll as global staples, notes a shift toward pacifism among young Social Democrats, and highlights the impact of American literature in shaping German notions of heroism and conduct, while laments declining reading habits amid pervasive radio and television.
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Berlin
America
The
Free University
Germany
Hemingway
Faulkner
Steinbeck
Thornton Wilder
Saroyan
Old Home Town Census Splits Kansas Delegation
A 1895 snapshot shows Douglas County population at 29816 and Lawrence at 19308 minus KU students in federal totals. Kansas Republicans split their convention votes with 20 for Eisenhower and 2 for Taft. Two youths were wounded while frog hunting, Johnny Higgins and Edward Johnson, both non critical.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Kansas
Eisenhower
Taft
Johnny Higgins
Edward Johnson
South Park
Wren
Ioof Fellowship
Clarence Sawhill
Lawrence Public Schools
Urbana
Ill
Today s Bible Message Boldness in Witnessing Prayer
A devotional note cites Acts 4 31 where believers are filled with the Holy Spirit and speak God s word with boldness. The prayer asks for holy boldness and a loving spirit to share daily the treasures of freedom through Jesus Christ.
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Father
Jesus Christ
Quiet Holidays Outshine Fourth of July Noise
columnist Jack Zimmerman riffs on Fourth of July nerves and dangerous home fireworks. A homeowner’s breakfast disrupted by a backyard cannon prompts a plea for safer, quieter Independence Day observances and a joke about silent flag waving.
Hay fever and medical answers for readers
Dear readers, this column offers guidance on hay fever desensitization shots and antihistamines, plus tips like filtered air and room sealing. It compares desensitizing injections and emulsion types, urging patients to follow their doctor’s choice and act promptly.
Conflict of Interest in Government Cotton Sales
GAO reports private sales agencies bought surplus government cotton amid conflicts of interest, risking $400 million in transactions from mid 1959 to April 1961. Agencies resold to themselves at higher prices, the program halted in 1961. Key officials named include Walter C. Berger and Horace D. Godfrey amid broader Estes investigations.
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General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
Agriculture Department
Department
Billie Sol Estes
Walter C. Berger
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Eisenhower
Estes
ASCS
Horace D. Godfrey
Godfrey
Berger
Kennedy
Richard Rodgers the Nation's Most-Performed Songsmith
Birthday notes center on Richard Rodgers's 60th, with honors from ASCAP Juilliard Columbia University and the Philharmonic Symphony Society. The profile mixes career milestones with anecdotes about Rodgers's name spelling Broadway runs and insights into his collaborations Hart and Hammerstein. Charles Conerly and two prominent politicians appear in brief items.
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New York
Richard Rodgers
ASCAP
Juilliard
Columbia University
The
Philharmonic Symphony Society
Rock Hudson vents at critics over star system
Hal Boyle reports Rock Hudson expressing ire over critics mostly anonymous studio spokesmen who blame the star system for high costs in films like Mutiny on the Bounty and Cleopatra. Hudson defends stars, notes costs stem from studio errors, and cites public taste as shaping the system, while recalling his own varied past jobs and love of acting.
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New York
Rock Hudson
Rock
Hudson
Marlon Brando
Elizabeth Taylor
Ben
Winnetka
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