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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1956
Page
4
Washington report notes an 1.9 point rise in the eight months to January 1956 in the BLS wholesale price index led by steel and machinery. Farm and food prices declined, keeping the cost of living stable, while nonfarm goods show real inflation risk. Further wage hikes and a March freight-rate increase could push prices higher.
Readable program chart shows WDAF KMBC WREN KEKU-100 and KMBC-TV schedules for Wednesday March 7 evening through Thursday March 8. Includes newscasts sports reports concerts Groucho Marx Fibber McGee and Molly and game shows with station and time blocks.
The piece notes near ideal student conduct during recent Kansas University and Kansas State College athletic events in Lawrence and Manhattan. It references vandalism deterrence via expulsion threats, recalls prior campus discipline, and urges hosting support for K State in the NCAA Regional tourney in Lawrence on March 16 and 27.
The piece argues that only about one in five people are in perfect physical condition and notes historic figures with handicaps continued to contribute. It asks why Eisenhower cannot run again despite his heart attack, suggesting White House life offers better oversight than risk at Gettysburg.
A U S insurance firm reports 1955 deaths among industrial policyholders would have reached 304000 if mortality rates stayed at 1911 levels. About 192000 deaths were postponed in 1955 due to improved health. Cardiovascular renal diseases and cancer dominate mortality, with motor vehicle deaths rising, highlighting need for road safety research.
Senator Bricker and backers push a constitutional amendment to curb executive foreign agreements. Dirksen backs a version tightening it by invalidating any treaty or international agreement that conflicts with the Constitution, prompting questions about future approval and Supreme Court scrutiny.
Today’s snippet cites a line about work being perfected by then from Chronicles 24713. The fragment implies a completed effort or phase in a biblical chronicle context without additional details or surrounding narrative.
Hal Boyle discusses tension in modern life, citing Newsweek on emotional distress among workers and its costs. He contrasts good and bad tension, urges evaluating personal goals, and suggests switching to healthier tensions to improve happiness. Separate medical note reports infant withdrawal linked to maternal narcotic addiction and warns of rising newborn cases.
A proposed expansion of trading stamps in Kansas markets could spark a stamp war. A national chain paid 7000 dollars to offer stamps in eight counties near Kansas City prompting speculation rivals will follow. Higher prices for Kansans may result if widespread adoption occurs.
An Oklahoma girl learned to sing by calling pigs and others imitate by trying to sing. The unusual tale highlights how vocal practice can teach animal sounds in rural life.
Old Home Town notes announce births for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Burk and Mr. and Mrs. Carl K. Smith in Springfield Missouri. Ruth Jacque Hall to marry Dale O North. social events, engagements, and family milestones listed with several names and places. Jerry Wells dies from a hayloft fall. political candidacy for county attorney. college debates and club meetings noted.
In San Diego veteran World War I hero H M Howlin Mad Smith attended a military function in civilian clothes after explaining he had given away all his uniforms to museums and similar institutions.
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