Tax Revision and the Case for Fairer Policies
Alfred Marshall urged careful use of government tax power as essential to proper function. The piece notes American families pay about 3500 yearly per four, rising 150 in five years, and cites Harriss urging gradual corporate tax rate cuts to spur growth. It argues tax design should protect personal freedom, improve equity, and curb reckless spending while easing adverse balance of payments effects.
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Alfred Marshall
C. Lowell Harriss
Columbia University
U. S. Treasury
New York
United Nations
U. S
Harriss
Washington
Funds and Prayers at Lawrence High School Board Meeting
Lawrence High School principal reports to the Board of Education on a fund raising test auction described as probably unwise. Some call it foolish while others worry about using school facilities for drives and on school time. The debate touches prayer in public schools and taxpayer approval.
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Lawrence High School
Board of Education
Humor in War Signs and Humorous Chaplain Sayings
The piece notes how humor surfaces in war zones across conflicts from World War II to Vietnam. It highlights hand lettered signs like Kilroy Was Here and tent chapel notices such as Danang Eternal Life Assurance Company, with blunt cautionary lines from Burma Shave style verses.
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Kilroy
Hilton
DaNang
Burma
Humorous Viewpoint Amid Difficult Times
In trying times, some groups keep humor alive and provide perspective, even as global tensions rise. The remark reflects a shared spirit of resilience and wit across cultures.
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Asia
Bigness Drives Grading Chaos in Modern Classrooms
A California professor tells a large class he cannot read all term papers and lays out a blunt grading system. The joke underscores dangers of oversized schools and helps explain why many youngsters feel trapped in an educational shuffle and rebel in various ways.
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California
Spending boom tests patience as C EA prescribes calm
AP reports that corporate outlays for new plants and equipment sparked early Wall Street optimism but now raise fears of overheating. President Johnson cautions that estimates may be too high, urging restraint while private forecasts show spending rising 19 to 32 percent.
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New York
Wall Street
Johnson
Bethlehem
Pearl Harbor
Missouri mule display discontinued by American Royal
A historical note recalls the American Royal committee deciding to discontinue the Missouri mule display to feature newer mascots. Lawrence lost in basketball to Atchison 48-42 and no longer had a title chance. Haskell finished its season with a regional win over Hiawatha 44-35 to reach the Class A state tournament. Martha Peterson left KU for Wisconsin.
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American Royal Committee
Missouri
Lawrence
Atchison
Haskell
Hiawatha
Martha Peterson
Wisconsin U
Oklahoma
Kansas
Daily Bible Message and Prayer Reflection
A short devotional notes confessing sins and seeking forgiveness through Christ. It includes a prayer asking God to reveal sin, press toward the cross, lay a broken heart at Jesus feet, and grant peace through the Savior.
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Christ
You Have a Point The Practical Co Pilot
Jack Zimmerman writes about a wife who enrolls in a practical co pilot course for pilots wives. She questions the teaching approach and offers a grounded view on handling a husband’s sudden lapse at the controls. The piece ends noting her eagerness for flight training and the appeal of a capable, attractive co pilot.
Reader letter on library book selection and access
Mrs. Albert W. Burgstahler argues that Lawrence Public Library should accept and allow public reading of A Struggle With Titans by George L. Waldbcott. She cites library review standards, calls for transparent board discussion, and invokes Jefferson on free speech and access to diverse viewpoints.
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Lawrence Public
Phony Dog Registration Booming Says Humane Director
Washington AP The executive director of the American Humane Association Rutherford T. Phillips told a House Agriculture subcommittee that bogus dog registration papers form a booming business. The hearings explored legislation to curb pet theft and protect animals with rules on transportation and sale, amid witness testimony urging passage despite concerns from scientists about research needs.
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Humane
Washington
American Humane Association
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Rutherford T. Phillips
To Your Good Health on Family Discipline
Dear Dr Molner warns against striking a child on the head as dangerous cruel and potentially brain damaging. He notes battering cases rising and urges self examination by parents while distinguishing from occasional nonabusive spanking. He also hints that adult issues like chronic drinking require medical and possibly psychiatric help.
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Dr. Mother
Three-for-Four Bomb Finds Not Great Enough for Pals
Art Buchwald humor column satirizes Cold War panic over a lost hydrogen bomb. Surfers and youths debate ownership at a Geneva conference with playful defiance, mixing mockery of nuclear diplomacy and youthful idealism. Strong entities include United States Spain Geneva Nuclear Disarmament Conference Russia Germany France Red China UN Security Council.
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Pals
Washington
Spain
United States
Buchwald
Geneva
Charlies
Black Feet Surfing
Secret Visit by Steel Boss Could Make Econ History
ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK report a secret February visit by William Whyte of U S Steel to President Johnson's adviser Gardner Ackley. Whyte outlined a 2 percent steel price rise with negotiated concessions, signaling a potential era of voluntary coordination between steel and the White House and sparking concern over creeping price controls.
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Washington
U. S. Steel Corp
Johnson
William Whyte
U. S. Steel
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
White House
Whyte
Ackley
Uncle Sam
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Roger Blough
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
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Art Buchwald
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