Lawrence Journal World masthead and 1971 publication note
The item presents the Lawrence Journal-World masthead with staff roles and publication details. It lists editors and publishers, the 1854 founding, address at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets, contact numbers, and subscription rates for different regions. The note is dated Saturday Evening, March 6, 1971.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kan
Telephone
Audit Bureau
Associated Press
Vote guidance and a student editorial on Indian education
The text explains how many candidates to vote for in the Lawrence school board and city commission primaries eight and six candidates respectively, but instructs to vote four or fewer for the school board and three or fewer for the commission. It also reproduces an Indian Leader editorial critiquing a government education study and discusses fashion shifts to wider ties and home sewing trends.
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Lawrence School Board
City Commission
Commission
School Board
Aecine
McCall’s Patterns
Butterick
Simplicity
Sidney Keane
McCall’s
Two America Cities Lose Population and Life Quality
The piece notes a decade by decade drop in population among the nation’s largest cities from 1950 to 1970 and argues that suburbs and metropolitan regions face mounting social problems. It highlights rising crime and social issues in formerly desirable suburbs as evidence of broader decline.
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America
mid-Manhattan
The Good Life Eroding Suburban Realities and New Town Visions
A critic argues that suburban sprawl erodes livability as cities gain instant communications and TV phones. The piece envisions humane towns between golf courses, stressing nature, trails, lakes, and open theaters while warning boosterism can ruin living spaces. It notes Reston and Columbia as models and calls for people-centered, protected public lands in future developments.
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Grand Tetons
Appalachians
Ozarks
Glen
Primary election call and community support letters
Readers urge voter participation in the March 9 primary and praise Lawrence High School students for fundraising for St Jude's. They describe the planned burn unit at the Medical Center, list needed equipment, and seek public contributions to reach $400,000 for construction and setup. Mrs Albert Legler Robinson signs the appeal from Kan.
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League of Women Voters
Lawrence Public Library
Bonita Dickinson Dillard
Stouffer
Lawrence High School
St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital
R. T. Schwanzle
East
Medical Center
University
Kansas
Today in History March 6 1836 Highlight
The entry recalls events on March 6 1836 with a note about the Republic of Texas and the fall of the Alamo during the Texas war for independence.
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Ala
Kansas Legislature action and history notes in brief
Kansas House tabled and sent back to committee a bill regulating large public events after amendment objections. The House approved pay hikes for Johnson County officials. Senate advanced a Class D marijuana possession for sale bill and the Uniform Consumer Credit Code to the House. Senate preliminarily backed measures on county votes to outlaw private clubs and publishing names of six year olds who break the law twice. Memorial items recall milestones from Michelangelo to Nixon. A Legion display at Oak Hill and a memorial project target Memorial Day funding. A Kansas family obituary notes a KU student died from apartment fire injuries, highlighting burn-treatment limits at KU Medical Center.
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Kansas
House
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Johnson County
Senate
Kathryn Kihm
Albert Kihm
Chanute
Kansas University
Lawrence
KU Medical Center
Indisputable fact undercuts claims of unfairness
The writer denounces violations of federal law by individuals defying warnings of prosecution. She argues law applies to all, condemning those who seek exemption due to differing lifestyles while urging accountability and equal treatment under the law.
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Pat Riner
Crawford
Lawrence
Just Politics Behind the Lawrence Drug Raid
The editor argues Attorney General Vern Miller handled the Lawrence drug raid well as politics. The piece questions Chancellor Laurence Chalmers and Governor Docking, noting the raid's surprise element and potential involvement of officials, while urging due process and court scrutiny for a hippie arrested with nearly $800 in cash.
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Vern Miller
Lawrence
Miller
Douglas County
Laurence Chalmers
Laurence Chalmer
Robert Docking
Mills to Decide Welfare Takeover Path in Closed Sessions
Washington reports ongoing talks between President Nixon and Rep. Wilbur Mills as Mills considers Presidentially favored welfare reform. Aiming to curb growth and possibly shift costs to the federal level, Mills may phase out federal welfare takeover while maintaining some state responsibility.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Nixon
Mills
Mills’ House
Ways and Means
White House
John Ehrlichman
Elliott Richardson
Lawrence voter Kenneth Winyard joins city commission race
Kenneth H. Winyard 34, local finance company manager, announced today his candidacy for one of three upcoming vacancies on the Lawrence City Commission to be decided April 4. Also, Chancellor Wescoe declined further comment after a student group moved ahead with screening the controversial film Operation Abolition.
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Kenneth H. Winyard
Lawrence
Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
House UN- American Activities Committee
Prayer of gratitude and guidance in faith
A devotional prayer praising Heavenly Father for His love shown through Jesus Christ and thanking God for earthly friends. It asks for continued grace to love God and neighbors everywhere.
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W. C. Simons
Douglas
United States
The
Indian Leader
Haskell Indian Junior College
National Study of American Indian Education Committee
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Wisconsin
Arizona
Brooks Atkinson
New York
Reston
Virginia
Columbia
Baltimore
Letters To the Journal-World
Voltaire
Journal-World
Brookline
Albert Legler Robinson
San Antonio
Tex
Michelangelo
Caprese
Italy
U.S. Supreme Court
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Cologne
U.S. 1St Army
Gold Coast
Togoland
Ghana
Georgi Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
John F. Kennedy
U.S
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American Legion
Oak Hill Cemetery
Weaver's Department Store
Dorsey-Liberty Post No. H
the Legion
Post
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William L. White
Emporia Gazette
Wilbur
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Robert Novak
George Shultz
Shultz
Ehrlichman
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James Hodgson
Old Home Town
Frank T. Sullivan
State Board of Administration
Harry Frazee
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