Lawrence Mourns Bus Zook A Leader Of Chamber Legacy
Former Lawrence Chamber of Commerce manager Secretary E R Bus Zook died Tuesday after 18 years in the post from 1944 to 1966 He steered Lawrence from the wartime era into growth building downtown retail and recruiting industry He was forthright sometimes controversial but he kept pushing for a better city and inspired successors to be outcomes driven rather than merely agreeable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. “Bus
Zook
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
University
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Han
1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn and Key 18th to 20th Century U.S. Events
The text recalls the June 25 1876 defeat of Lt Col George A Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at Little Bighorn by Sioux and Cheyenne forces in Montana. It notes Virginia ratifying the Constitution in 1788 and a series of historical events including 1868 readmissions, 1942 RAF raids on Bremen, 1948 Dewey Warren ticket, and 1962 school prayer ruling in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Custer
of the Little Bighorn
Montana
Virginia
U.S
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Royal Air Force
Bremen
Germany
Philadelphia
California
Earl Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
Supreme Court
New York State
Tobacco moguls spin ads to shield bill and mislead
Boston columnist Eton Goodman decries a $40 million ad campaign by tobacco firms that reframed an anti-tobacco bill as a tax on the working class, arguing the lobby’s influence swayed senators, while previews potential lawsuits and renewed health warnings amid ongoing political battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Senate
Virginia Slims
Dorals
Joe Six-Pack
Joe Camel
Federal Drug Administration
Clinton
Department of Health and Human Services
RJR
Philip Morris
C. Everett Koop
American Medical Assn
Marlboro
Eton Goodman
Boster Globe
First live Internet birth draws attention and ire
Leonard Pitts critiques the online birth broadcast on the American Health Network site and JenniCAM, noting privacy concerns and the public spectacle of private moments. He contrasts nostalgia for private life with the Net’s voyeurism, questioning the value of broadcast labors and births. The column ends with his remark on preferring not to see even Alfred’s birth photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lori
Alfred
Quentin Tarantino
American Health Network
Fresno
Jennicam
Washington
Mirabeth
Jenni
Alfred’s
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Journal-World Postmaster Address Change Notice
Journal-World requests readers send address changes to BO Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888 US Postal Service periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas. The paper notes its membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Compromise urged as board splits on school mergers
Carla Saathoff urges district to seek non detrimental budget cuts and avoid cross town busing while criticizing three board members who oppose mergers yet back distant transportation. She praises Leni Salkind and Maley Wilkins for a bond proposal to fund a new school and notes boundary changes displaced over 80 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leni Salkind
Maley Wilkins
Woodlawn
Grant
Deerfield
Schwegler
Wakarusa
Carla Saathoff
Biltmore Dr
Eisenhower nominees Kansas City judge pick 1958
Lawrence community figures remembered in 1958 when Arthur Stanley Jr. of Kansas City Kansas, well known locally, was nominated by President Eisenhower for a federal district judgeship. The Lawrence Journal from June 25 1898 printed AH Griesa’s letter praising paved streets while noting excessive shade from large trees hinders street access and air flow, urging tree cutting if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Stanley Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence-Kansas University
Dwight Eisenhower
Lawrence Journal
AH. Griesa
Griesa
Washington D.C
Watkins Community Museum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Onard Pitts
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Mojor
Douglas County
Kansas
Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons II
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
Ljworth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!