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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1952
Page
4
Lawrence Daily Journal-World dated Saturday March 8 1952 lists staff editors and publishers with office address and subscription rates. It notes daily except Sunday publication and AP News wire service affiliation.
A dense, memory like radio schedule listing programs across stations KMBC WDAF WDAR WREN and more for March days._ENTRY includes show titles host names and times across multiple stations with numerous classic programs and broadcasts listed in a rush of identifiers. The fragment reads like a flood of program blocks keyed by station. It mentions Burns etc. and various show names and hosts with alternating times for March.
Television schedule fragment lists programs across Saturday Sunday and Monday with names like Yess Club Zim My Eyiend and One Man's Family. Includes shows such as All Star Revue Show of Shows Your Hit Parade Cavalcade of Stars Beat the Clock Racket Squad and Wild Bill Hickok. Notes multiple time blocks and a mix of variety, news, sports, and dramas.
The Ontario World Herald map update shows federal spending matching all west of the Mississippi income plus Mississippi and most of Wisconsin if the 85.4 billion dollar budget passes. Taxpayers are warned to consider this while filing. Ike's posture sparks debate on whether he will enter the race or stay abroad. Steel shortages ease. NPA liberalizes controls aiding construction. Kansas City TV quiz, Alaska statehood vote, Hawaii status talk, and a neighborly motto headline the page. Truce talks continue, questions linger about timing.
KU students plan a Home Town visit from Fort Leavenworth for a party. The Student Union and several sororities organize events. Theater and engagements are announced along with births and local notices from Baldwin to Kansas City.
The Knights Templar local lodge elected officers led by Charles Stark Weather as eminent commander and Lithimo General Gill as captain general. A car accident injured Mrs. N Eager with a bruise. Residents Milton Winter and Grover Ulrich moved or returned, and several families relocated to farms in Kamvaka and Columbia districts.
A Letter to the Editor complains of a two cent tax per dollar on purchases, noting 15 cent items and asking readers if officials in Topeka reviewed the tax. The writer urges others to share opinions on the tax impact and whether it was properly considered before adoption.
Senator Williams probes former Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan over alleged improper influence and waivers allowing rapid withdrawal of criminal actions and large tax refunds. The inquiry questions law gaps enabling ex-officials to aid clients with government claims, urging a swift revision.
Western college dorms now allow students to smoke in their rooms sparking mixed reactions. The writer notes changes in dress and attitudes, joking about summer fashion and women’s appearance while hinting at broader campus humor and gendered expectations.
A quirky note highlights how spinach preparation debates persist across kitchens. Nays and dietitians resist various methods, clinging to an old spinach custom.
Senator Taft speaking in Concord New Hampshire questioned President Truman’s readiness for a complete cleanup and warned of a limited investigation. He remained optimistic about winning four of New Hampshire’s 14 GOP delegates as campaign efforts intensified across the state before the March 11 primary.
The University of Kansas School of Medicine released a booklet titled A Report on Research to explain past gains and future roles in medical science. It notes life expectancy rose from 40.2 years to 8.2 years by 1950 and lists key research advances and seven major health challenges. The three part program at KU Medical Center focuses on research, education, and extending services to practicing physicians.
The Bureau reports a slight decline in retail and wholesale food prices, with the food price index down 0.2 points to 227 from 1926 baseline, 23 percent below Jan. 15 and 18 percent above June 15, 1950. Wholesale prices dipped 0.3 percent in the week to March 4, placing the index at 111.4 percent of the 1947-59 average and 1.5 percent below the January 1951 level.
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE New Jersey a 26 year old Florence Wick of Avalon arrived at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital for treatment after a dislocated jaw. A bystander asked how it happened and she began to explain the incident.
A damaged clipping notes that a body found a counterfeit plate for printing fake twenty dollar bills on a Bronx street Friday. The report hints the counterfeit racket may be waning with fewer active participants and less use for the plates.
Kansas federal tax collections for January and February 1952 rose by nearly 18 million dollars from the same period a year earlier. Internal Revenue reports show January and February receipts of 8 56.16 million, compared with 102,598 for the 1951 period, while February alone reached 543.UB thousand, with the year’s eight-month total around 71.3 million, up about 8.3 million.
In Washington, District Judge Sarah Hughes of Dallas urged women in politics to drop bias and face realities. She called for ending single sex national party committees, selecting honest qualified individuals regardless of sex, dissolving separate women’s organizations, and extending the military draft to include women.
Five years had passed without a fire at Kenka College when a blaze broke out during the fire department’s annual banquet. The Kenka Park firemen, 22 volunteers some also teachers at the college, doused the flames quickly and returned to their meal.
A cryptic style list of across and down clues shows carriers and related terms with numbers and partial words. The grid notes suggest wordplay for bolts like beetle and horse terms, with thematic connections to transport and animals.
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