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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1964
Page
2
Lawrence Journal-World notes longtime editor W C Simons served as editor from 1891 to 1952. The record honors his leadership at the Lawrence publication.
The piece outlines voter confusion as liberal policies under Roosevelt through Johnson shape party identities. It notes dissatisfaction with Eisenhower and the risk of Groves style, calls for a realignment away from Solid South voting. Goldwater’s hard line raises protest among conservatives wary of UN stance and nuclear hints. The article anticipates Scranton’s impact and a clearer choice by convention time.
The House granted sizable raises for government workers as wages rise in private sectors. While many gains seem justified to match cost of living and private pay, critics note top executives earn far less than market rates and question the 33 percent self‑increase lawmakers approved in one package.
The text argues lawmakers used a general rise as cover for a $7,500 annual boost for their own pay, noting no one else on the payroll matched that. It questions how Congress and President Johnson will respond to the broad government pay increase and its economic implications.
Laos, a landlocked nation the size of Idaho, faces severe shortages with only a few doctors and professionals for 2.5 million people. Widespread malnutrition, parasitic disease, high maternal mortality, and low literacy persist amid virtually no infrastructure including no schools, colleges, or telephones and limited agriculture and industry. The piece notes historical isolation under French rule and a society rooted in Buddhism with simple daily life.
Old Home Town notes from 1954 recount a mock Indian attack on a Pony Express rider, filmed by CBS during a Kansas City to Colorado Springs run. Also mentions Lawrence girls at Girls State and Marine Wes Santee not allowed to compete due to Marine status.
The Lord said I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and a prayer for God’s blessings. The text asks for increased insight and output of work for Thee, daily remembrance of others needs, added vision and dedication, in Jesus' name. Amen.
Washington Post analysis notes warnings by Nixon and Dulles in 1954 on Indochina intervention. It argues America still grapples with aims in Asia, facing Laos and Vietnam, fearing costly commitments and unclear ends while seeking independent, democratic peripheral states.
Both parties watch a New York led effort to mail letters signed by Eisenhower and Truman to 500 000 voters in July and possibly 45 million more in September and October seeking small contributions. The plan by Walter Thayer and Dan Kimball aims to broaden fundraising beyond large donors.
London AP reports Queen Elizabeth II marked her official 38th birthday with the trooping the color ceremony as Coldstream Guards paraded near Buckingham Palace. Tens of thousands lined the Mall while the queen rides a chestnut horse. her actual birthday is April 21 and the official salute is moved to June for weather.
An Oklahoma City plumber, Woodrow W Bussey, files a $1 billion suit claiming President Johnson ordered the FAA to conduct sonic boom tests over the city, alleging carelessness and negligence. The U S attorney doubts legal action against the president.
A reader asks if Rh negative blood means weakness or disease risk. The doctor explains Rh status is a blood type difference, matters only after exposure to Rh positive blood, and notes rare hemolytic disease in babies can arise when the mother is Rh negative and the father Rh positive, with possible blood exchange treatment.
Dr. Leo Szilard urged international control of the atomic bomb and quipped about calls at 4 a.m. A travel note recalls James Michener and wife driving through Turkey’s Taurus Mountains where a gas tank hole was patched with gum and tissue, lasting 300 miles.
A catalog of 1964 titles including THELMA HELYAR PEACOCK MANURE AND MARI GOLDS by Janet Gillespie and ORDER OF BATTLE by Jacob K. Javits. Additional works cover politics, travel, baseball, space, law, romance, and social issues with brief plot or theme notes.
A listing shows titles including The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by Le Carre and A Movable Feast by Hemingway along with other works such as Four Days and The Naked Society. It notes American Heritage and AP related releases and mentions limited availability of The Torch Is Passed.
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