Lawrence Journal World staff and basic publication details 1971
The item lists the Lawrence Daily Journal World staff roles including president publisher Dolph Bons editor Steve Acer and other editors and departments. It notes the paper established in 1854 and published daily except Sunday with addresses in Lawrence Kansas and mailing rates for various regions as of June 19 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph C. Simons JR
Dolph
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kaw
Telephone
Journal World Motto Stresses Fair Reporting
The Journal World pledges accurate fair news reporting without mixing editorials with news. It safeguards citizens rights regardless of race creed or economic status and seeks honesty in public affairs. It expresses sympathy for the disadvantaged and supports community improvements.
The Right to Know and Jackson Pool Ruling
The Chicago Sun-Times editorial argues that government secrecy harms democracy and the public has a right to full information about Vietnam while noting recent debates. It cites Jackson Mississippi's 1963 pool closures and Supreme Court cautions that pool integration does not undermine school integration or equal protection.
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Chicago Sun-Times
New York Times
Indochina
Vietnam
U.S. Supreme Court
Jackson
Justice Black
Jackson Swimming Pool
Great Idea Until Firms Went Broke and Labor Statesmanship
A critical column arguing that four days work for five days pay would collapse aerospace firms, fuel inflation, and threaten government purchasing power. It critiques Walter Reuther and Samuel Gompers, warns against union monopoly power, and predicts limits on wage demands through a free market or government controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers Union
Woodcock
Samuel Gompers
Sam Gompers
First Indian Woman Earned Law Degree from Haskell
Letter recalls Merry Carshall Schroeder Choctaw from Heavner Oklahoma who studied at Haskell 1929 34 earning a 1942 LLB from Columbus Law School and DC and Federal practice in 1943 now chief of real property management in Muskogee Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Journal-World
Haskell
Merry Carshall Schroeder
Heavner
Okla
Washington, D.C
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Columbus Law School
District of Columbia
Muskogee
Oklo
Louise L. Baker
N.H
Com’s
Front page anger over city issues and hospital billing
A reader criticizes the Journal-World front page for highlighting problems and a proposed $26,000 funding need. She questions hospital finances, accuses bureaucracy of insensitivity, and laments perceived bias toward young radicals and foreign regimes.
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The
Journal-World
Red
Russia
Red China
Africa
Abortion Debate Across Moral Grounds and Family Reconsiderations
A reader argues that universal abortion access will worsen social responsibility, warning that many families long for children while others seek an escape from parental duties. The letter cites religious ethics and concerns about personal guilt and societal impact.
Comic Frankie Fontaine Regains Home After IRS Auction
In Winchester Massachusetts comedian Frankie Fontaine had his home auctioned by the IRS to cover back taxes but friends called Friends of Frankie Fontaine Committee bid it back. The group raised nearly $60 000 at a May benefit and the bid exhausted those funds. The Lowell IRS office hosted the sale.
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Clayton
Combina
Winchester
Mass
Frankie Fontaine
Internal Revenue Service
Fontaine
IRS
Friends of
Frank Shilesky
Arlington
Lowell
Topeka
National Education Association
Senator Cranston Seeks Senior 100 Meter Title
Senator Alan Cranston of California plans to race in the Senior Sports International for ages 55 to 59 on his 57th birthday anniversary. He previously ran the 100-yard dash in 12.6 seconds at a San Diego Masters Meet and held a 9.9 seconds best in college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Cranston
Stanford University
San Diego
Track and Field News
Laird Seeks Live CBS Appearance Over POW Special
In Washington the Pentagon says Secretary Melvin Laird favors a live CBS POW special rather than a prerecorded inter view. CBS dispute over editing of a taped interview prompted CBS News to decline live participation despite possible time for Laird. In Wichita Frederick McVeigh, 23, is convicted of aggravated arson for a July 28 1970 firebomb attack on the police academy. A pre sentence report is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
CBS
Defense Department
Daniel Z. Henkin
Laird
CBS News
Wichita (Ap
Frederick McVeigh
Wichita _ police academy
Airlines policy saves youth travel to Europe
In Washington a $200 round trip to Europe for students emerges after a tense summit with major airlines and parents. Executives agree to a standby fare and the move is hailed as a potential national revival for travel and aviation finance.
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Washington
Europe
New York
London
Paris
America
Airlines
Air quality notices target Kansas cities and 71 businesses
Kansas health officials warned Salina Junction City Fort Scott and Tonganoxie plus 71 businesses to meet air quality rules by July 1. Violators face up to 1000 a day fines. 5000+ in Kansas breach the rules. reports due within 60 days. state law provides four months to start abatement.
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Topeka
State Department of Health
Salina
Junction City
Fort Scott
Tonganoxie
Johnson
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Mel Gray
Health Department
Kansas
Gray
Nixon era drug policy stumble amid Steele Vietnam heroin tale
Rep. Robert Steele of Connecticut challenged the White House on heroin addiction among U.S. troops in Vietnam. He exposed secrecy and staff indifference under President Nixon as Ehrlichman aides dismissed his warnings. Nixon minimized the issue at a June 2 press conference.
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Washington
Vietnam
White House
Nixon
Robert Steele
Connecticut
Steelef
John Ehrlichman
Congress
Ehrlichman
CIA
Steele
Chicago
Morgan Murphy
Egil
Bud) Krogh
Dark Grows the Night and Grain Banking Highlight Local News
Lawrence writer Laurel O Ringler offers Old Home Town a new novel Dark Grows the Night using Quantrill raid as background. Derby Grain Inc of Lawrence markets a grain banking service for farmers to store grain and withdraw or apply for loans. EU student psyche tests reach 425 for summer session. Fairview bridge threatened by a cottonwood washed from Wakarusa River. engineers free it after three hours. Girl Scouts plan home activities near Has Kell Avenue cottage gift from Mrs George W Maffett. Lawrence youths Leta Walker Arthur Lloyd Johnson Virgil Lee Osborn Hill enter a Atchison musical contest linked to state federation of colored women clubs. Douglas County wheat harvest covers 353 000 acres.
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Lawrence
Laurel O. Ringler
Quantrill
Derby Grain, Inc
Combine
Fairview
Wakarusa
Girl Scouts of
Haskell Avenue
George W. Maffett
Leta Walker
Arthur Lloyd Johnson
Virgil Lee
Osborn Hill
Atchison
State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs
Douglas County
Today’s Bible Message Prayer
A devotional prayer asks for compassion toward others and help to aid their growth. It reflects on brotherhood and urges non judgmental support to help people become better persons. Amen.
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W. C. Simons
Douglas
Kansas City
United States
Lawrence, Kaw
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
U.S
Miss
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Walter Reuther
Griffin
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Woman Law Grad
Peple
Frank Unfred
Rt. 1
Art Buchwald
Quchwald
State Highway Department
Kan
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Old Home Town
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