Lawrence Daily Journal World staff and publication details
Lawrence Daily Journal World is published daily except Sunday by The World Company in Lawrence Kansas. The 1964 masthead lists Dolph Simons as editor and general manager with staff including Bill Mayer Tack Zimmerman Ernest Pontios Leo Eller and WW C Simons. Rates show 34 cents weekly by carrier and 18.20 yearly by mail in local counties and higher elsewhere. The paper is a member of Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press.
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Dolph Simons
Dolph C. Simons
Bill Mayer
Zimmerman Ernest
Pontios
Leo Eller
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
United States
Audit Bureau of Circulations
The
Associated Press
Press briefings spark growing reporter frustration
Reporters press George Reedy for policy clarity on Southeast Asia and Cyprus. Reedy denies a ban and refers questions to the State and Defense departments while critics fear deliberate withholding of information from the American public.
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White House
George Reedy
Southeast Asia
Reedy
Cyprus
State of Defense Departments
Washington
Poverty at Home In Air Force Poverty Figures
A U S Air Force study reports 8 000 airmen fall under President Johnson s poverty definition and 60 000 earn too little for public aid while 70 053 enlisted and 952 officers hold part time jobs most in the sergeant ranks Moonlighters point to wives unable to work due to young children Navy officials note some married men receive surplus food under local welfare programs The report argues the nation fails to adequately care for its own military personnel despite vast spending elsewhere.
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U. S. Air Force
Johnson
Air Force
Navy
Federal report eyes new Office for Personnel Management
The Committee for Economic Development will propose creating an Office for Personnel Management under presidential authority to recruit and train executives in Civil Service Grades 15 and up. The plan would reduce the Civil Service Commission to lesser duties and revive the Hoover Commission era Senior Civil Service concept.
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Committee For Economic Development
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
CED
Hoover Commission
Government oversight and efficiency in personnel management
The author references the Hoover Commission as a respected past agency whose findings could have helped if widely adopted. They note the Committee for Economic Development as a high quality body worthy of a hearing and consider what the CEO may propose to improve government personnel efficiency.
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Hoover Commission
Committee For Economic Development
Vermont
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kanwaka
Eudora
Caution On LBJ Talk Uncovers Mixed Economic Spin
President Johnson frames economic data cheerfully at news conferences, stressing a 40th month upswing while facts show gold stock declines in May and unemployment at 5.4 percent in April, with little improvement from prior months. The article probes the spin and basis for optimism.
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Washington
Times-Post
Johnson
Pollyanna
United States
U. S
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Federal Reserve Board
Pony Express comeback tours across Kansas and Utah
A 1954 feature recalls 20 Wyandotte County posse riders spelling each other on a 613 mile Pony Express run from Kansas City to Colorado Springs aiming to beat the 10.3 mph record. It also notes 340 Girls State attendees at KU with stateside and Canal Zone participation.
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Pony Express
Kansas City
Colorado Springs
Wyandotte County Sheriff's Posse
Ogden
Utah
U. S
Canal Zone
Prayer Confession and Guidance from Luke Message
A devotional note centers on Luke 11 1, where a disciple asks Jesus to teach them to pray. The piece appeals for proper prayer Lord grant gifts aligned with Thy will and concludes in Jesus name Amen.
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Jesus
Jack's Straws One Daughter Is Grumbling Summer Annex
In a light personal column Jack Zimmerman details converting a summer annex into a sleeping place for birds. The boys claim the space over the crow's nest, while a protesting sister calls the setup a gender bias, leaving the parents debating their own sleeping arrangements.
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Jack
Crow's Nest
Letters on Dairy Month praise and city zoning concerns
A Journal-World reader thanks the paper for the annual dairy section and thanks merchants for support. The letter laments zoning and downtown traffic plans at 14th and Mass and asks for street widening and better school traffic flow to avoid bottlenecks, urging thoughtful growth for Lawrence.
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Journal-World
Douglas County
John P. Metsker
Lawrence
Waiting on Wife, a Humorous Hal Boyle Essay
New York AP humor column traces the universal husband ordeal of wife waiting. It outlines four types of delays from makeup to outfits, notes the ineffectiveness of scolding wives, and ends with a philosophy of acceptance as erosion-like fate.
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New York
Lyons Den notes from Leonard Lyons column
After LBJ praised in a poll he hints at campaign limits to Rose Garden. The Peter Lawfords need co op board approval to buy Mrs. Marshall Field's apartment. Mrs. Field does not recognize the Lawford name. Peter Duchin and bride plan to take over Averell Harriman’s Sands Point home for summer for theater work. Whitney M. Young speaks at Geneva convention on automation and race. Mike Quill says NYPD patrols should join his Transport Workers Union. Albert Finney tours the world reaching Tahiti.
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LBJ
Rose Garden
Peter Lawfords
Co-Op
Marshall Field
Whitney Young
The
Urban League
Mike Quill
New York City
Transport Workers Union
Albert Finney
Tahiti
Kansas School Unification Refuted by Voters and Critics
A Kansas letter argues against school unification, asserting it burdens county planning, ignores local needs, and harms small towns. The writer objects to federal style control, fears declining local pride, and calls for separate community models, stressing vocational paths and broader access to skilled trades.
Smallpox vaccine offered for recurrent cold sores
A reader asks if smallpox vaccination can cure chronic cold sores. The doctor confirms it can help in some cases though not always, and notes boosters may be prudent for broader immunity.
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A. P
Grass Roots Split Reshapes Republican Civil Rights Stance
In the wake of Dirksen’s cloture vote backing the Civil Rights Bill, Barry Goldwater’s opposition signals a major GOP fault line. Polls show Republicans shifting against Goldwater as campaigns loom, with proposals of independents and warnings of lost legislatures and governorships.
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William McCulloch
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Pennsylvania
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New York
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Ohio
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