Lawrence Daily Journal World subscription rates and contact
Lawrence Daily Journal World published daily except Sunday from The World Company Lawrence Kansas lists carrier and mail rates. Rates include $1.73 per month $20.76 yearly by carrier and various mail options across Douglas adjoining counties and beyond. Editor W C Simons led the paper from 1891 to 1952.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
United States
Lawrence pool open three weeks with good behavior
The Lawrence Municipal Swimming Pool has been open for over three weeks with commendable patron deportment. Lifeguards stay vigilant, vandals are rare, and rumors or distortions are quickly checked by firm management enforcing early guidelines to prevent future trouble.
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Lawrence Municipal
Guidlines
Tributes Highlight Jolson and Garland as Live-Show Masters
Veteran experts name Al Jolson and Judy Garland as the era’s most electrifying performers. Garland’s talent drew crowds even as privacy vanished, and her life ended in tragedy at 47 after years of fame and struggle. Jolson relished the public but few friends, thriving only before his audiences.
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al Jolson
Judy Garland
Jolson
Judy
Heydey
Tough Decision By Retired Omaha Judge John Delehant
Retired U S District Judge John Delehant of Omaha issued a stern decision, leaving lawyers and associates unsure about the ruling's implications and next steps.
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U.S
John Delehant
Omaha
Omaha man retires from driving at near 79 after crash
Delehant, three months shy of 79, says he can no longer drive safely after a minor accident. He plans to rely on buses taxis and friends for travel and believes his withdrawal demonstrates good judgment.
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Delehant
Omaha
Consumer uprising in a dream restores rights and contracts
In a New York AP piece a consumer fantasizes challenging repair fraud odometer misreadings and billing errors. He drafts a self written car purchase contract and mocks creditor notices as he imagines organized consumer power.
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New York
Old Home Town 1959 Highlights From July 4 Ceremonies and Local Notes
In 1959 the July 4 events at Turtle Creek Dam planned detonations guided by Governor Docking would divert Big Blue River waters. KU produced 18 new state bar passers led by Robert Aikens III and James Larry Green. The university hosted a fourth annual Asian studies summer institute. The First Christian Church named Warren Hile as minister. Wadsworth Veterans Hospital’s conversion spurred search for new mental hospital sites with Lawrence among candidates. Union Pacific’s Mill Creek bridge near Muncie failed again, disrupting rail service. Martha Lee Boone of Morehead graduated eighth grade with top honors. Ambassador Dawes, at the St James Court in England, stated he will not begin serving alcohol, as he has never done so.
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Turtle Creek Dam
George Docking
Big Blue River
Topeka
Robert Aikens III
James Larry Green
Charles Hedges
Kenneth Ingham
Donald Pearson
Edwin Stone
Lawrence
Union Pacific
Mill Creek
Muncie
Martha Lee Boone
Morehead
Kan
U.S
Dawes
Court of St. James
England
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer Focus
A devotional note quotes II Corinthians 4 16 about inward renewal despite outward perish. A prayer asks God for strength in spirit and to not let physical pain dampen love for Thee and zeal for eternal matters.
Judy and Deanna Durbin Life Under Hollywood Spotlight
Hollywood icons Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin shared early fame under MGM contracts then diverged. Durbin left cinema after 1947 and found life outside Paris, while Garland endured public scrutiny, personal turmoil, and a final death in London last Sunday.
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Judy
MGM
Deanna
Central Park
Universal
Hollywood
Charles David
Paris
London
Weller Method TV alert for tornado detection sparks controversy
Orange City residents report a sudden tornado threat after a storm front, with early warnings read from a local newspaper about Newton Weller’s 55 megahertz Channel 2 method. Popular Mechanics interview claims describe how darkening Channel 13 then switching to Channel 2 could reveal an approaching tornado hours before impact.
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Orange City
Iowa
Weller
Newton Weller
West Des Moines
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Channel 13
Channel 2
Nixon Gets B-Minus Grade From Students for 100 Days
Greenwich Conn America's 7,000,000 college students give President Nixon a B minus for his first 100 days. The College Poll across 100 campuses finds strong support but criticisms over the Vietnam War and the draft. Students credit his domestic performance while expressing doubt on peace talks and draft reform.
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Nixon
Greenwich
Conn
America
Tufts
South East Asia
Volunteer Army
Russia
Greenwich College Research Center
Connecticut
Architects Key to the Cities
Daniel Moynihan urged architects to focus on quality in public buildings to save American cities. He told the American Institute of Architects that a new era of public works is needed and compared architects to stockbrokers who still earn commissions regardless of market conditions.
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Chicago
America
Daniel P. Moynihan
Moynihan
The
American Institute of Architects
Lady Bird Johnson Attends White House Tea With Pat Nixon
Lady Bird Johnson visits Washington to help her daughter move into Arlington, Virginia home. The private Oval Room tea includes Pat Nixon and Nixon daughters Julie and Tricia plus Mrs. Johnson’s presence as she assists in the family transition.
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Washington
Lady Bird Johnson
Pat Nixon
White House
Nixon Daughters
Julie
Tricia
Hair loss in a child linked to emotional stress
A mother asks if her 12 year old daughter's baldness with no eyebrows or lashes will improve. Dr Thosteson notes alopecia areata and universalis can follow emotional upset. regrowth is possible with spotty loss, unlikely with total hair loss. Advise reassessing psychiatry with the physician and consider stopping expensive treatment. suggest hairpiece and cautious outlook for puberty.
Chesterfield Quips on Classes That Wash Less Work
The quote attributed to G. K. Chesterfield notes that the best washing results come from the classes that do the least work. It frames efficiency and effort in a wry, period voice.
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G. K. Chesterfield
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