Sticking to the main job Chamber concerns in Lawrence
The Journal World editorial urges the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce to focus on guiding community improvement without overstepping into political or governmental advisory roles. It warns that active recruitment, zoning, or housing policy involvement should stay within appropriate bounds and favors cautious, targeted action by Chamber leaders.
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Chamber
C of C
Lawrence
Kansas University
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
This Day In History June 21 1977 Highlights
Key events include the constitution taking effect as New Hampshire ratified it in 1788. Cyrus McCormick received a reaping machine patent in 1834. U.S. troops landed in Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish American War. Scapa Flow fleet internments and scuttling occurred in 1919. World War II saw Tobruk fall in 1942 and Okinawa surrender in 1945. Sartre and Jane Russell birthdays noted.
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United States
New Hampshire
Cyrus McCormick
U.S
Cuba
Scapa Flow
Scotland
Toburk
Libya
Okinawa
Milan
Italy
Paul VI
American Medical Association
Cherry Hill
New Jersey
Pretoria
South Africa
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jane Russell
Genocide Convention Backed By Senator Javits
The piece argues for Senate approval of the Genocide Convention, noting its moral imperative and historical abuses while addressing objections. It recalls Soviet and Chinese attitudes to human rights, cites Truman era signing, the American Bar Association stance, and the need for implementing legislation by Congress to empower the treaty.
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Jacob Javits
New York
Soviet Union
United Nations
China
Beethoven
Mozart
Truman
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
American Bar Association
U.S
Amin
Chase National Bank
South Africa
Bar Association
Congress
Kansas University summer theatre carries repertory tradition
The KU summer theatre presents three varied evenings of entertainment in Murphy Hall from July 14 to 31 with nightly play rotations. Director Tom Rea stages A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and July 15 opens Inherit the Wind, followed by Dark of the Moon. Community participants join in, season tickets offer six admissions, and Willis leads University Theatre with plans for broader audience engagement.
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Kansas University Summer Theatre
Murphy Hall
Tom Rea
Forum
Rea
Stephen Sondheim
Burt Shevelove
Larry Gelbart
Rome
Inherit the Wind
Jerome Lawrence
Robert E. Lee
Bobby Patton
Department of Speech and Drama
Scopes
Charles Oldfather
Ken Smith
Roger Nolan
Roger
Howard Richardson
William Berney
Spencer Golub
Barbara Allen
Dayna Eubanks
John
Steve Hamlin
Frre
Clean Air Debate in Washington and TV Misinformation
A couple discusses air quality on TV and laments political inertia. They blame auto lobbyists and Congress for delays on cleaner standards, noting politicians’ focus on votes and fears of risk. The exchange turns a public health issue into political satire.
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Washington
Congress
United Auto Workers’ Union
Kansas education fuels state growth and faces brain drain
The state praises education as a major economic driver with over 540000 students and 95000 enrolled in colleges. Yet Kansas loses about 12000 young workers yearly due to job shortfalls, prompting calls to attract and expand business to provide employment. Bruske leads the Kansas Department of Economic Development.
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Kansas
M. Jarvin Emerson
Kansas State University
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Bruske
Guam as a hub for international heroin and money laundering
The United States reports Guam as a temporary crossroads for a global narcotics network moving heroin opium and Thai sticks through the Pacific gateway. It details concealment methods bribes and laundering via Caribbean banks with 75 American banks in the Bahamas and 51 in the Cayman Islands linked to the drug trade. A separate note covers a World Airways dispute where Bonnie A. Clark accuses World Chairman Edward Daley of sexual harassment and seeks 3 million dollars in compensation.
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Washington
Guam
United States
Miami
Asuncion
Panama City
Hong Kong
mid-Pacific
U.S
Mog Fog
Bangkok
Manila
Honolulu
California
New York
Missouri
Nevada
Texas
Illinois
Connecticut
Bahamas
Cayman Islands
Haiti
Jamaica
Netherlands Antilles Islands
Panama
Liechtenstein
Europe
America
Iran
Harlem
Customs Service
Internal Revenue Service
The
Drug Enforcement Agency
World Airways
Huff
Bonnie A. Clark
World
Edward Daley
Daley
Rainy Kansas Weather and Incident Highlights
Heavy rain drenched parts of Kansas with rivers within banks while Lawrence saw no tornado threats. A southbound Greyhound bus near Lawrence burst into flames but passengers were unharmed. Floyd Temple, ex KU player, named assistant and baseball coach at KU. U N truce negotiators say 27000 Korean civilians to be freed from camps. Sir James Barries dies in London at 77. PTA Council schedules countywide school meeting. West Hills Day Camp hosts 80 Girl Scouts.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Greyhound
Floyd Temple
Iola
Dutch Lonborg
PTA
West Hills
The World Company Lawrence Newspaper History and Rates
The World Company in Lawrence Kansas publishes daily except Sunday since 1854. Editors include Dolph C Simons Jr and Dolph Simons Sr with Jack Starkey and Bill Mayer among staff. Subscription rates vary by region from 20.40 per year to 24 per year depending on delivery method.
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dolph Simons Sr
Bill Mayer
Ralph Gage
Jack Starkey Tan Eling
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
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Journal-World
Chambers of Commerce
Lawrence Chamber
Associated Press
Atlas
William F. Buckley JR
Prac
Javits
Evelyn Waugh
Azania
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Chad
Ronald A. Willis
University Summer Theatre
Kansas Repertory Theatre
Willis
Art Buchwald
Arizona
Rosalynn
Amy
Plains
Rose Garden
Anita Bryant
ED Bruske
U.N
London
James Barries
Journal- World
Uey Bic
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