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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1956
Page
8
Edward G Robinson discusses a philosophy of living beyond means, recounting early scarcity and his later rise to wealth. He explains buying art, avoiding debt, and using paintings and investments as insulation against life’s shocks while noting a wish for greater financial liquidity.
A company announced approval from Export Control for an exchange sending iron plate to Red China in return for 400000 tons of coal. The ruling comes as Export Control monitors shipments of strategic goods to the Reds.
Kansas University will set up two Mitchell scholarships in mathematics totaling about 5000 dollars annually. The program honors Dr. Ulysses Grant Mitchell and his wife Mrs. Lulu Mitchell with awards for freshmen and upperclass majors, selected by KU committees, based on math prowess and overall scholarship.
Italian Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti attacked Kremlin anti Stalin critics describing them as a mob of shrieking apes. The comments came as Togliatti and aides faced difficulties explaining the Stalin shift to Italy's two million Communists.
Kansas farmers plan a record sorghum crop this year while corn plantings drop to the lowest level in more than 80 years. The federal and state agriculture departments report sorghum at 6,106,000 acres versus 6,448,000 last year and a 10 year average of 3,241,000. Corn acreage is indicated at 1,694,000 acres, down from 1,802,000 in 1955 and well below the 10 year average of 2,660,000.
Turmoil in Nicosia as Turkish Cypriot youths storm Konak Square and the Mosque of St Sophia after reports of Greek attacks. Police disperse the crowd with tear gas. about 500 involved, leaving debris and injuring a Greek Cypriot photographer lightly. A separate note records a 10 day jail sentence for drunkenness.
Cellins received a jail sentence for drunkenness but it was suspended and he was placed on six month probation.
Vienna dispatch reports Bulgaria has joined a Communist drive against immorality. Bulgarian papers say Sofia has adopted a new law criminalizing adultery as part of a moral reform program.
A law states that a spouse who leaves the family and cohabits with another person faces six months of freedom deprivation or a fine up to 1000 leva and public condemnation. The provision highlights social condemnation alongside prison and financial penalties.
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