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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1955
Page
2
The Kansas House debates a pari mutuel bill to legalize betting on dog and horse races while liquor sale becomes more accepted. The piece notes Kansas history of prohibition, growing state social welfare laws, and a shift toward individual responsibility in lifestyle choices.
The article notes the fireball glow seen from distant cities and a lingering incandescent center followed by a mushroom cloud. It discusses fallout timing, radiation spread, and uncertainties about long term effects. Scientists weigh how global consequences might deter future tests and underscore the need for responsible conclusions by humanity.
A nostalgic note compares late era horror films to classics like Dracula and Frankenstein. It recalls Lon Chaney era shocks and recalls how frightful images frightened youths decades ago. The piece weighs whether today’s gore proves more disturbing to children than earlier creature legends.
Hal Boyle profiles Gisele MacKenzie, The Hit Parade singer, detailing her talent, Canadian roots, and simple pleasures. He recalls lunch interviews, her preferences, and the playful notion of a celebrity crush shared with colleagues and family.
Mourns UN as inglorious failure from practical and financial views. Cites casualties and billions spent in Korea, Indo China, and elsewhere. Accuses UN staff of communists, demands divine providence as guiding principle, and calls for the nation to withdraw to avoid financial and moral ruin. Signer M Warren Zimmerman.
The text explains 13 stars are due to Kentucky and Missouri sending delegates to the Confederate Congress, while noting only 11 states joined the Confederacy. It also reveals the French author known as "Amandine Lucie Aurore Dupin" used a male pen name and wore male attire.
Independence Reporter notes Democrats backed by labor leaders campaign against repealing the Taft Hartley Act as a dead issue while unions complain the Wagner Act remedies inequities. It argues administration has not been one sided since enactment and that the NLBR’s injustices spurred the law’s creation and public neutrality remains mostly satisfied.
A Pittsburg Headlight item critiques a Topeka Senate bill proposing permanent antique license plates for cars over 25 years old costing $5. The piece notes readers’ confusion over the necessity of labeling plates with the word antique and questions legislators’ reasoning.
A short devotional note presents a biblical verse urging vigilance over the heart, citing a paraphrased proverb about sources of life and guidance. The fragment references Proverbs and a moral exhortation, reflecting a religious daily verse.
A Senate inquiry into the stock market contrasts with 1933, noting no current harm from recent gains. Testimony by George Keith Funston, NYSE president, stresses a cash market, lower margin borrowings since 1929, and safeguards like margin rules, while warning against investing on tips rather than solid values.
Headlines from a past issue recount visits by Maj. George M. Flint and family, Rotary Club guest Ernie Williams, a 50th wedding anniversary at the Dowers home, open-house for Phillip Pine's Air Corps Reserve call to active duty, a new birth, and university social events. Local births, marriages, and obituaries are noted along with school and club activities, a Russian violinist concert, and community notices of birthdays and sermons.
Detailed print radio and television programming across stations WDAF KMBC WREN KFKU WHAP and others. Includes News programs daytime dramas comedies concerts and weather forecasts with multiple time slots and station identifiers.
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