Lawrence Daily Journal World Staff Roster 1854 to 1952
The Lawrence Daily Journal World lists staff roles from editor Dolph Simons to managing editor, news editor, advertising and business managers, and publishers. The snippet notes the paper's long history dating from 1854 with key figures including Dolph C. Simons Jr and Ernest Pontius among others.
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Dolph Simons
Coe Dolph C. Simons Jr
Jaci Zimmerman
Ernest Pontius Leoeller
Cattle Market Crumbling as Foreign Beef Dump Widens Losses
The piece laments widespread losses among U S cattle feeders with $18 to $30 net cash declines per head due to foreign beef dumping. It criticizes Washington for allowing Australia and New Zealand to boost shipments despite domestic drought, tariffs, and weak policy amid farm distress.
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Australia
New Zealand
Ireland
Mexico
England
U.S
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Sam
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
America
City ordinance targets blind corners from overgrown foliage
Lawrence enforces a rule allowing property owners to trim shrubs to prevent traffic hazards. If owners fail, the city may prune and bill them. Last summer saw many hazards at intersections. with spring coming, cooperation is urged to minimize risks.
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Lawrence
Postal Problems Drive Post Office to Speed Mail
The Post Office Department reports about 40 percent of complaints relate to delayed mail and mis sent items. Officials urge local postmasters to act now as delays ripple from origin to destination and ZIP code rollout remains incomplete.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Post Office Operations Bureau
Department
Postal Service Faces Budget Strains and Delays
The Post Office Department argues for more funding to improve efficiency though it admits underusing current resources. Citizens note five day transit for first class mail from Miami to Lawrence and air mail from California takes over three days, signaling performance gaps.
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Johnson
Post Office Department
Miami
Fla
Lawrence
California
Pentagon Spurns Off Limits Power in Anti Discrimination Drive
A six month review shows Defense Secretary McNamara has not used the off limits sanction to desegregate communities near bases. Alfred Fitt says the tool is a last resort after all other efforts fail, with no commander seeking prior approval. The plan, opposed by Southern lawmakers, arose from the Gesell report and aims to end discrimination in housing schooling and public accommodations for service members.
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Washington
Times-Post
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
McNamara
United States
Alfred B. Fitt
Fitt
John F. Kennedy
Gerhard A. Gesell
Gesell
South
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race Winners Named
Old Home Town notes that in 1954 Liberal Kansas beat Olney England to a U S win as Mrs Binnie Dick claimed victory for the second time in five years. E L Buzz Robbins named assistant secretary for planning the Lawrence Centennial.
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Liberal
Kan
Olney
England
U. S
Binnie Dick
E. L
Buzz) Robbins
Lawrence
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer
Daily devotional notes proclaim the resurrection with citations from Matthew and Luke. A brief prayer asks the Lord to illuminate hearts and guide believers as witnesses to eternal life and the living Savior.
The Deputy play review shocks and questions Pope Pius XII
The review centers on the Broadway production The Deputy directed by Herman Shumlin with Jer ome Rothenberg and Emlyn Williams in key roles. It notes outside Nazi demonstration pressures and argues the drama largely questions Pope Pius XII’s silence during Auschwitz while praising Williams and Brett for strong performances.
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New York
Times - Post
Auschwitz
Brooks Atkinson Theater
Herman Shumlin
America
Rolf Hochhuth
Jerome Rothenberg
Rothenberg
Shumlin
Pius XII
Hochhuth
Father Riccardo
Pope Pius XII
Emlyn Williams
Williams
Papal Throne
Letters to the Journal-World on sex education in Lawrence schools
A reader questions the majority’s control over sex education in Lawrence schools arguing that teaching should reflect God’s laws and home-based instruction. The letter notes public opinion is divided, critiques the use of terms like healthy and wholesome, and urges clarity on what “in terms of the American way of life” entails before implementing the curriculum proposal.
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Lawrence
Vivian Norris
Madeline Lane
Journal-World
Douglas County
County Planning Board
Community applauds state sex education report stance
Readers express appreciation for the editorials on safeguards in the sex education report. They urge Lawrence to build a top national program and thank the committee for incorporating suggestions and hard work. The Board of Education meeting highlighted support for a cautious, steady approach to avoid creating new problems.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Board of Education
Cola habit harms child diet and risks rickets
A mother worries that a father feeds their two year old cola before meals and at bedtime, reducing appetite and risking malnutrition. The doctor diagnoses rickets and advises stopping soft drinks, modeling proper meals, and teaching the infant to eat protein and vitamins while the father consumes his own meals without letting the child imitate soda drinking.
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Cc. Vv. W
Alan King hosts a party bus to a cafe in Miami
Alan King finished a successful Eden Roc engagement and funded a party by chartering a local bus with violinists and bartenders. A nurse boarded at the Deauville Hotel via a bus stop, was served drinks, and rode to a suburban cafe, where King claimed the ride was to her door. The host warned the nurse’s family might worry about delusions if she returned by bus.
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Alan King
Miami Beach
Deauville Hotel
King’s
King
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