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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1956
Page
4
A compact critique of how individuals and groups waste others time through interruptions tardiness and inefficiency. It warns lax meeting leaders extraneous talk and late pickups as time theft and urges self check to avoid the label consistent time-waster.
In Save Your Vision Week guidance the Kansas Optometric Association warns that bright TV screens in dark rooms tire the eyes. They urge lighting the room to about half reading brightness, avoiding sharp screen to surround contrasts, using opaque shades, indirect three way lamps, and placing one lamp per 50 square feet to cut fatigue and potential eye strain.
Kansas University Greek fraternity and sorority members plan a 2:30 pm Saturday door to door canvass for the Lawrence Multiple Sclerosis fund. About 1,000 Greeks will participate, highlighting community service and youth involvement in a disease targeting the central nervous system.
Alfred R Globus, 35, becomes a leading chemist while rebelling against his doctor father. He builds two firms, develops powdered titanium and a chlorine germicide, and turns down a $2 million offer to keep control. He pursues science to help mankind, honoring his late father’s memory.
James Marlow reports that Vice President Nixon faced a choice between remaining on Eisenhower's ticket or stepping aside. If he stayed, he aimed to be a strong 1960 Republican presidential contender. Eisenhower urged Nixon to chart his own course, while party dynamics show both support and opposition within the GOP.
Fragmentary account notes a hit and run in Pennsylvania with missing details about a driver and injuries. The text shifts to unrelated lines about an Indiana surgeon demanding payment in advance and a digressive joke about finances. Overall, the excerpt is incomplete and shows multiple disconnected fragments with no clear event or outcome.
The note presents a Bible verse fragment claiming Exodus 34 3 as authority. It mentions hind filled with the spirit of God and notes workmanship. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear context or attribution to a specific publication or date.
Lincoln Nebraska Journal notes the West German chancellor Adenauer gains support after recent state elections. Socialists in Bonn back 14 constitutional amendments extending civilian control while backing rearmament. CDU gains in Baden-Wurttemberg reduce Communist seats, signaling continuity against German militarism.
Hutchins of News Herald notes the Senate chose a new judiciary committee chair despite controversy. The piece questions the lack of public reaction and claims the appointee has actively tried to undermine a major recent measure.
Eastman of Mississippi is named to a key position granting near veto power over federal judges and prosecutors. Democrats back the move unanimously. Republicans mostly support it with eight dissents. The piece criticizes the Senate seniority system, arguing it elevates unfit members due to tenure incentives and party loyalty.
The text asks about the origin of the superstition “Three times a bridesmaid never a bride” and notes an opposite fourth event if one bridesmaid seven times. It also asks which famous detective originated by Arthur Benjamin Reeve, identifying Craig Kennedy as the detective who used science to solve crimes.
Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports that the United States Britain and France gamble on Soviet reluctance to send troops to the Middle East. Moscow would risk World War by direct intervention, though it backs arms to Egypt via Czechoslovakia. Side notes discuss peace efforts and a plan to resolve Arab Israeli tensions by tackling refugees and border issues separately.
Local board of regents approves Old Home Town plan aimed at guaranteeing admission to Kansas University for veterans and state high school graduates. News notes include social events, engagements, church appointments, and local incidents such as a burglary at Hess Drug Store.
A dense OCR listing radio and TV program schedules across multiple stations for Thursday and Friday, March with time slots showing WDAF WREN KMBC WDAK KCMO-TV and more. Entries include news memos sports top of the evening shows, tests, tests, and late night programming.
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