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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1956
Page
4
The Lawrence Daily Journal-World advertises editorial staff and office details, noting the Ward Company at Sixth and New Hampshire in Lawrence Kansas. Subscription rates are listed: in Lawrence 2 a week or $14 per year, by mail to Dougan and adjoining counties $5 per year, United States $7 per year.
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover argues that parents must face legal and financial responsibility for their children's crimes to curb juvenile delinquency. Law enforcement and teachers support the idea, saying home neglect drives youth crime and disciplined homes are essential to reform.
In the 1956 campaign Nixon remains the strongest Republican VP prospect despite criticism from both parties. Observers note his solid legal and educational record and Ike’s steadfast support, while detractors question his occasional verbal slips and outspoken style. The article argues for a full accounting of Nixon’s record rather than labeling him a failure.
Last year chain supermarkets and food stores saw profits fall by about one percent of sales despite higher sales. A $10 purchase yielded under ten cents profit after taxes, with most revenue consumed by costs. The trend reflects aggressive price competition and extensive distribution, yielding volume-driven gains while improving displays, variety, sanitation, service, and advertising as a quiet but transformative retail revolution.
Editor’s page urges patriotism and retaliation against foreign competition. The letter mocks Warren Zimmerman and accuses him of aiding Russians, calls for a 100 percent American party, and praises McCarthy Jenner Nixon Bricker and McCormick for a future government, urging readers to defend American agriculture and national interests.
James Marlow reports the Supreme Court has clarified its education ruling bans segregation from kindergarten through college. The May 17 1954 decision against separation in publicly funded schools now is read as applying to all Southern colleges and universities, including the University of Alabama case. The Deep South faces continued resistance, with Autherine Lucy’s Alabama admission bid stirring strong reactions.
Hal Boyle profiles Deborah Kerr describing her beauty, talent, and grit from childhood auditions for Major Barbara to securing a Gabriel Pascal contract. The piece blends Kerr’s taste in salads, vegetarian leanings, and philosophy on happiness, self control, and growing up.
A brief caption notes a Bible verse about entering the ark from Genesis 7 9. The line suggests a devotional or religious snippet focusing on obedience and salvation through divine instruction.
A Florida woman sought divine healing for her polio child from a faith healer who earned about 22000 last year. Denver’s famed healer drew crowds, never asking for money, with excursion trains from surrounding areas to hear him. The story recalls a time before autos when a one dollar round trip could bring believers to see miraculous handkerchiefs. A Hays man used a blessed cloth on a lame dog, which allegedly recovered enough to bite two jackrabbits.
A girl in Indiana hit a man with an umbrella for staring at her. The piece jokes about vanity investments and warns that rubbernecking leads to a bounce. It muses that change can improve life if spent wisely, urging careful use of scarce resources.
NEA reporters Douglas Larson and Kenneth Gilmore detail Washington chatter over the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Bookmakers set two to one odds blossoms won’t align with April 7 and 8 festival days. The piece also surveys social figures facing festival duties and other light national notes.
Notes from a historic town page recount events a decade old including visits by James R. Scanlan to grandparents the Holmeses, Bill Baker reporting to Olathe Naval Air Base, petitions filed against a one mill courthouse tax levy, a wedding at St Johns Church between Vivian Madl and Steve Jacob, multiple social visits and birthday parties, a puppet show for children, local club meetings, and a London Zeppelin raid with casualties. Also mentions Wilson appointing Newton D. Baker secretary of war and local birthday celebrations across Breezedale and nearby homes.
A dense broadcast grid lists WDDAF A10 KMBC 810 WREN KFKU 1250 and others with schedules for News Weather Music and shows. The page includes program names such as Dramas News Cartoons Sports and Variety hours across multiple stations for Tuesday March 7.
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