Lawrence Daily World highlights staff and 1973 date
The Lawrence Daily World announces staff positions with editors and management at The World Company. The note lists Editor 1891 to 1952 era figures and provides publication details and subscription rates. The issue is dated Friday Evening July 6 1973.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Fickle Americans and shifting global friendships through history
The writer traces evolving US views of Mexicans, Russians, Chinese, Japanese, and Cambodians across wars and diplomacy. It argues attitudes soften with contact and cooperation, citing Pancho Villa, Bolshevik fears, ping pong diplomacy, and postwar reconciliation. The piece urges steadier, friendlier nationalism.
Careless Work By Brokers Careless Work By Brokers
NEW YORK AP One of the most un nerving revelations of the 1968 1970 debacle on Wall Street was the careless sometimes irresponsible use by brokers of customer funds. Hypothecation was a mysterious word whose meaning hardly concerned investors until they realized it involved them that the broker sometimes pledged their securities to help pay operating expenses.
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New York
Wall Street
Securities and Exchange
SEC
Stock Exchanges
NEW York Stock Exchange
SIPC
Exchange
NYSE
The
How to Help A Neighbor Volunteer Clearinghouse News
Community volunteers are invited to call 841-5059 or write Box 417 Lawrence 66044 for weekly needs. The notice lists Park and Recreation hikes, Girl Scouts leaders, Penn House projects, telephoners at Headquarters Inc, Marys Lake Day Camp leadership, and Audio Reader volunteer readers. Detroit auto production fell 58 000 cars week due to plant vacations and the July 4 holiday shutdown with year-to-date trucks at 1 670 078 units.
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Mary’s Lake
Parks and Recreation
Detroit
Automotive News
Security checks at US airports praised after hijacking scare
A recent Argentine jet hijack prompted a wintertime tour through several countries before Havana. The piece notes that US airports now require passenger screening, with up to six staff per passenger using metal detectors and X ray arches. Each passenger pays 64 cents for the checks, a cost seen as reasonable given the safety benefits and high traveler cooperation.
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Argentina
Chile
Peru
Panama
Havana
United States
Efforts Increase to Deter Airline Hijackings
Officials express pleasure over steps to deter hijacking after a period with frequent airliner abductions. The text notes hijackings were common before new regulations and have not occurred on a U.S. airline for several months.
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United States
U.S
Old Home Town items reminisce through 1963 notes
A 1963 Douglas County corn crop outlook shows good yields and no immediate weather danger while the town endures a day over 100 degrees. Other notes recall a 1948 Girl Scout summer camp at Lone Star Lake with about 5 000 visitors during the July 4 holiday.
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Douglas County
Girl Scouts
Lone Star Lake
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Ike
Abilene
Kan
Continental Oil Co
Hollywood
Gary
Bing Crosby
Dixie Lee
Prayer Reflection on God’s Plan and Immortality
A devotional prayer thanks God for provision and the hope of immortality through Christ Jesus. It expresses marvel at God’s plans including life in the flesh and eternal life in the spirit.
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Christ
Demos Fear Left Wing Assault at 1974 Party Conference
Democratic insiders fret over a left led 1974 national conference that could purge moderates like Robert Strauss, rewrite rules, and enforce ideological tests. Key players include Sanford Stearns Burns and Grandmaison with Burns backing an ideological straitjacket for the party.
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Washington
National Party
Democratic National Committee
Robert Strauss
McGovern Commission
Charter Commission
McGovern
Commission
Bob Strauss
Rick Stearns
James MacGregor Burns
Burns
Democratic Party
Former Sheriff Pleads Guilty in Extortion Case
Former Jackson County deputy sheriff Robert Lee Dickhout, 45, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to attempting to extort 72000 dollars from Richard C. Green, president of Missouri Public Service Co. He admitted sending a note on July 31 1972 and making later phone demands, with Green dropping a dummy package as investigators observed. Dickhout was arrested August 23 by the FBI and awaits sentencing after the judge defers pending investigation.
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Kansas City
Robert Lee Dickhout
Jackson County
Richard C. Green
Missouri Public Service Co
William Becker
U.S. District Court
Dickhout
Green
Lone Jack
FBI
Letter praises pool staff after daughter’s injury at Lawrence pool
On July 4 a 9 year old slipped from a diving board at the Lawrence Municipal Pool and suffered a head laceration requiring sutures. The Palmers credit guard Carolyn Frank and pool manager Bob Lockwood for prompt aid and contrast trusted supervision with safety.
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Lawrence Municipal
Jean
Carolyn Frank
Bob Lockwood
Journal-World
Publicity Compliment Highlights Lawrence Downtown
A reader letter praises Lawrence for its appealing downtown area after editor Weed from Junction City Republic described touring the city in search of gas on a Sunday. The note from Kristin Manley of Lawrence commends Massachusetts Avenue and local stores as attractive and worth the drive.
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Ed L. Kessinger
Junction City Republic
Lawrence
Weed
Massachusetts Ave
New World View examines profit driven by owners not customer need
Phyllis Jones argues that capitalist owners seek profit, not meet consumer needs, by creating demand through advertising and design choices. She outlines criticisms of production aims, impact of over and under production, and the role of workers versus owners in selling and profits.
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Phyllis Jones
America
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Ford
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