Lawrence Daily Journal World highlights and staff in 1973
The 1973 issue lists editors Dolph Simons Sr and Jr and publisher Bill Mayer with staff including Ralph Gage Ernest Pontius and Leo Suer. It notes publication in Lawrence Kansas and subscription rates for local and long distance mail. Friday evening March 9 1973 is shown.
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Dolph Simons SR
Dolph C. Simons JR
Bill Mayer
Ralph Gage
Ernest Pontius
Leo Suer
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Debate Over Agency Shop Sparks Topeka Sessions
Kansas legislators weigh an agency shop as a nonunion workers pay union dues under a contract. Critics cite right to work votes, while supporters push changes to labor law. The piece also covers KU Professor Paul Mostert opposing affirmative action based on race or sex and calls for selection on merit.
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Kansas
Topeka
Organized Labor
Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry
New York Opinion Sees Competition as Vital to Free Enterprise
Ted Cross argues many firms resent real competition by avoiding new factors such as social issues and environmental concerns. He proposes public disclosure of corporate records on job equality and social impact to empower groups and test merit. Cross, a Harvard adviser and stock exchange governor, says merit rewards drive true competition.
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New York
Ted Cross
Theodore Cross
Amherst
Harvard
Harvard Law Review
Bankers Magazine
Business and Society Review Innovation
American Stock Exchange
Cross
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
National Association of Securities Dealers
Adam Smith
Lincoln Amnesty After Civil War Deserters Still Debated
Knight notes no evidence Lincoln offered unconditional amnesty to deserters and draft evaders after the Civil War. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural spoke of charity for all, but amnesty actions were during the war. He was assassinated within a week of the war’s end.
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Vietnam
Abraham Lincoln
John S. Knight
Detroit Free Press
Lincoln
United States
Knight
Coln
Canada
South
No Primary As District Completes Local Elections
No new candidates filed by the deadline so there is no primary in Old Home Town. Incumbent city commissioners Fred Cooper Don Binns James Titus Ernest Pulliam Emory Scott and James Schubert seek re election. School board incumbents Mrs. Ethan Allen Oscar Rumsey and Dr C C Nauman Ray Culbertson run. Local unemployment runs about four percent vs six percent nationally. KU hosts Seminar for Higher Education in the Americas with Latin visitors. KU Alumni Assn officers include Balfour Jeffery Richard Becker Ray Evans Wayne McCoy George Nettels Red Coombs O W Davidson Paul Neff. Weather improves after a damaging spring storm. Charles Curtis seeks admission to District Court in Washington after practicing in Kansas. Time magazine March 13 profiles James Naismith inventor of basketball at KU.
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City Commission
Fred Cooper
Don Binns
James Titus
Ernest Pulliam
Emory Scott
James Schubert
Ethan Allen
Oscar Rumsey
C. C. Nauman
Ray Culbertson
Americas
Balfour Jeffrey
Richard Becker
Ray Evans
Wayne McCoy
George Nettels
Red Coombs
0. W. Davidson
Paul Neff
Charles Curtis
U.S
District Court
Washington
Kansas
Time Magazine
James Naismith
Arab Nations Must Take Stand on Terror
An analysis asserts Libyan support for the Black September Organization aids Palestinian terrorism with oil links from Libya and Al Fatah. It argues Saudi Arabia Kuwait and Libya block diplomacy, urging Arab leaders to punish perpetrators and back Khartoum justice.
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Washington
Tripoli
Khartoum
Black September Organization
BSO
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
al Fatah
Israel
West Bank
Jordan
Sinai Peninsula
Kansas faces new school finance plan after court ruling
The Kansas judiciary ruled the present financing method unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment and Kansas Constitution. The legislature and governor work on two major plans to raise funds, lower property taxes, and meet a July 1 1973 court mandate.
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Judicial Branch
Kansas
Judicial Branch of Government
DeSoto
Johnson County
Phillip L. Woodworth
Caldwell Children of
Woodworth
U. S
O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Opens at University Theatre
Eugene O'Neill's marathon drama Long Day's Journey into Night opened Thursday at University Theatre to an appreciative audience. Carlotta O'Neill celebrated their 12th anniversary with a revealing inscription, and the cast delivered a poignant portrayal of the Tyrone family as morphine and liquor unmask their flaws. Performances run through March 16 with 7 15 curtain times and a 2 30 Sunday matinee.
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Eugene O’neill
University Theatre
O’neill
Carlotta
Mary Jay Clough
Jamie
Joseph Wilkins
Prayer for shared burden among the oppressed
A devotional prayer calls on God to guide sharing and solidarity with the oppressed. It asks for courage to find the key that unlocks chains and enables freedom in line with divine will. The benediction ends with Amen.
Newspapers In the Lead at 85th Cal Newspaper Publishers Meet
At the 85th annual meeting in San Francisco California Newspaper Publishers Association leaders cited studies showing newspapers remain the public’s dominant news source. Leo Bogart presented data from Audits and Surveys Inc and W R Simmons Associates on TV news viewership versus daily newspaper readership.
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California
Bogart
S, Inc
Bureau of Advertising
W. R. Simmons & Associates Research, Inc
Surgeon General
Scientific Advisory Committee
Coyote hunting law sparks concern over airspace signage
Resident Mrs. Donna Laushman of Lawrence questions how high to post No Hunting signs as legislation allows coyote hunting with helicopter spotters, raising disputes over airspace rights and enforcement.
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Miller
Kansas
Donna Laushman
Rt. 1
Lawrence
Local congestion grows as new stores threaten traffic flow
Editor laments rapid retail development in Lawrence. Tempo and Gibson's expansion, plus Kroger's and planned Dillon's and Kmart, worsen congestion on 23rd and Iowa streets. The writer urges a halt and calls for added stoplights to ease gridlock.
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Tempo Discount
Malls
Kroger’s
23Rd Street
Tempo
Gibson's
Iowa Street
23Rd
Iowa
Dillon’s
Gibson’s
Kmart
Lawrence
Kansas City
Bunker
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