Lawrence World Journal March 20 1957 Evening edition
Lawrence World Journal with editor Signa Simona and World Company publishing from Sixth and New Hampshire Streets Lawrence Kansas. Daily except Sunday schedule in 1957 with AP affiliations and circulation details for local Douglas County. Subscription rates shown and post office entry as Second Class.
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W. G Simona
Daly
Stunday
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kansas
Douglas
United States
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
A! AP
U.S. Guards Firms Now Overseas
Peter Edson reports U S government backing for private oil investment abroad raises Middle East stakes. Pauly and associates plan to spend up to 7.5 million dollars annually with expropriation insurance backed by the United States, plus Jordan treaty considerations. Since 1950s investment guarantees cover 33 countries, totaling 31 million in face value, with Ford Motor Co. largest at eight million. No payouts have been made. premiums amount to 1.8 million.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Vitel
Edin W Pauies
Fas
Ste Pale
Tashenure Kingdon
Vollas
Aver
Jordan
Pauley
ICA Gudre
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Congress
Europe
Latin America
Asia
Ford Motor Co
Germany
Thailand
Radio and TV Programs Schedule Listed
A station schedule fragment lists programs for WOAF KM WREN KP KU and others. It references News Telin Show Time Drostess Seraphonok and Morgan Feat, with various time stamps and show titles for March 20. It reads like a local air time listing with multiple stations and programs.
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Wren
Morgan
Seraphonok
Tine Drostess Marthork
Television listings snapshot with multiple programs
A dense OCR filled schedule listing TV programs for a day including Mickey Mouse Club and King, Weather and Sports segments, and various shows like Disneyland and Captain Kangaroo. It shows times, channel identifiers, and many fragmented items.
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Kmbo.tv
Komg-Tv
Mickey Mouse Club
Newa Spectato
Three Star Sports
Lee
W-Grant
Disneyland
Xavier Cugat
Television Theatre
Ford Theatre
Pat Boone Emerges as Wholesome Rock Star For Teens
A nostalgic portrait of Pat Boone as a clean cut 22 year old who blends rock appeal with family values. He stands out for modesty education and religious devotion while avoiding nightlife and money they risk, signaling the rise of a wholesome teen idol who could reshape youth culture away from controversial figures like Elvis Presley.
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Pat
Elvis Presley
Texas
Boone
Tennessee
Columbia University
Phi Beta Kappa
Church of Christ
New York
Mailbox assault resurfaces as rural boxes damaged
Douglas County residents report renewed mailbox vandalism with boxes damaged or destroyed by shotgun blasts and dangerous plans to place explosives inside them. Officials monitor and warn that federal penalties apply if U S mail is harmed.
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Douglas County
U. S
Anniversary of Federal Income Tax Marked in Conflicted Tone
A retrospective on the 44th day of the federal income tax notes grim views on levy burden. The piece recalls tax rates from 1913 at one and six percent to today’s top rate near ninety one percent, and mentions Britain’s early use in 1700s military campaigns.
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Portland
Income tax opinion letter praises tax benefits and civic duty
In a letter to the Journal-World Jo Ann Schott Putnam argues income tax supports national wealth and future earnings reflecting America’s natural resources and opportunities. Laurel Anderson commends the paper for coverage of local issues and candidate information aiding voters to cast informed ballots.
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Journal-World
America
Jo Ann Schott Putnam
Lawrence League of Women Voters
Laurel Anderson
Ala
Barbs to the kids in bed and a biting letter
A fragmented local note mocks bedtime discipline and a postscript about a letter after T being V. It references two Ohio teens driving a hot rod into a two room trailer and comments on home life and blame as children grow.
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Ohio
Verse Misreadings Inspire Satirical Tongue Twister
A playful misrendering of Luke 7 25 arrives as a jocular archaism. The garbled line riffs on gorgeously Anpar and diaticately Yad, prompting lighthearted confusion about biblical phrasing.
Toy guns boost fortune for Ruth Handler firm
Hal Boyle reports Ruth Handler, top toy industry executive, predicts toy guns may outsell dolls next Christmas with up to 18 million units. She and husband Elliot built a Los Angeles firm employing thousands, stressing research, design, and limited lines to stay ahead in a competitive market.
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New York
Ruth Handler
Jeanes
Handler
WAT
Suns
Los Angeles
Ruth
St Patrick’s Day Parade Pats Irish Fight Tradition Fades
Column recalls the old Irish American St Patrick’s Day parade culture and brawling past. It notes a shift from boisterous Trish rovers to calmer civic life as former roisters retreat into family life and lawsuits. Names of roving rogues are mentioned in anecdotal terms.
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Trishtman
Navyadiys
Karin
St Patrick's
Kocuisks
O'Cobens
Ladevinskis
Ladevinskis In the Parade Thant There Avert Houlthang
Kellys
Maes Namiras
Ochorchild
County Cork
Imore Groomias
Nagyan Wetoskas
Torey Brennan
Jerreriy
Janine
Bera Flynn Oance
Amg
St. Pat. Vick
Linland
America
Quiz Q Where is the island of St Luc and other questions
A jumble of trivia prompts asks where the island of St Luc is located in the Windward Islands and queries about historical dates in New England. It includes a prompt on obtaining U S government publications and defines peons in a laboring class.
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St. Luc
Mar- Hinique
Caribbean Sea
New England
Shieh
Old Home Town Highlights From Topeka And Lawrence
Ten year summary recalls 8 years ago reports from Topeka and 40 years ago notes from Lawrence. Honors for Mabel Elliott at Northwestern University for Red Cross service and family anniversaries at home are listed along with civic updates on naval reserve planning at KU and local cultural events.
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Mabel Elliott
Northwestern University
Red Cross
Leonard Hadi
Shirley Ann
John Holmes
Emery Rd
Children’s Play Club
William Semple
Julia Clark Hill
Ethel Nelson
Patee
Tallulah Bankhead
Fredrick March
Dickinson
Bela Lugosi
Rue Morgue
Varsity
Mariam Hopkins
Jack Oakie
Eugene Pallette
William Collier Jr
Glenn Cunningham
Howard Cgurtler
Maya
S. L. Lawrence
Mary Elizabeth
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Washington, D.C
Wyth
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Old Home Town
Miller Carpenter
Mildred
Martha
John
Lee Yoder
Naval Reserve
Military Science
K.U
Topeka
Mary Gower Hill
Irving Hill
J. T. Newson
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Pythian Lodge
Oread
J.C. Rudolph
Erma Rudolph
Washington, D. C
Radio & TV
Montgomery Ward
Maen Ea A
Soes
A. V. Phillips
Bird TV
Massachusetts Street
Roberts
Viking
YES
B.F. Goodrich
Ray Stoneback
Prescriptions
Round Corner Drug CO
Mel Fisher
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