Lawrence Daily Journal World Staff and Officials
The Lawrence Daily Journal World lists editor and management roles including President and Editor in Chief, Vice President Publisher, Mayor, Managing Editor, News Editor, Advertising Manager, and Business Manager with named personnel such as Jack Vammersan and Ernest Pontius.
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Rk. Simons
Tl, Mayor
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Jack Vammersan
Ernest Pontius
Leo Eller
Cost of Vietnam War Soars Beyond Budget Forecast
Fortune Magazine projects US war costs at about 21 billion dollars annually if troop buildup reaches 400000 to 600000 by 1967. Current Johnson budget tallies 10 billion for fiscal 1966-67, with gaps likely filled by higher taxes or debt. Figures detail per unit costs from B 52s to helicopters and GI pay, highlighting a widening funding shortfall.
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Viet Nam
United States
Westmoreland
Fortune Magazine
Johnson
Fortune
Guam
South Viet Nam
Automation At Circus
ART BUCHWALD notes in Washington that Ringling Bros. still uses old methods despite automation. The piece humorously suggests trimming acts with a consultant, proposing computerized trapeze support and a single lion, while keeping live performers and a tiger on a horse.
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Washington
Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus
John Ringling North
Mr. North
Children imitate adults as Ohio youngsters protest lunchroom meals
The piece notes Cincinnati area grade-schoolers picketing the lunchroom in imitation of adult protests. It cites famous figures like Mantle and Sayers as role models and questions parental influence while criticizing socialized youth protests as a troubling trend.
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Mickey Mantle
Gale Sayers
Delry Lewis
Julie Andrews
Carol Burnett
Charles Starkweather
Cincinnati Area
Ohio
Pool feature lures travelers despite low usage
A national chain notes 90 percent of business travelers at its motels do not use the pool, yet executives say the pool remains a key factor in choosing a motel. The explanation hints that tired businessmen may lack energy for swimming but still value the amenity.
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Newletter
Travelers choose motels with pools says boss briefing
Report notes bosses have been led to believe guests seek motels with pools for swimming, exercise and relaxation to boost work performance. It highlights discrepancies between traveler choices and managerial perceptions.
Lawrence Chronicle Historical Snippet Highlights Local Anecdotes
Old Home Town notes from 1956 recount Lawrence High School golf entering competition with Jack Galloway David Gray and Don Grover. Rev. M. C. Allen becomes First Baptist pastor from South Carolina. Robert Docking leads Greater University Fund drive with vice chairs Skipper Williams Kim Giffin and Mrs. Jack Maxwell.
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Lawrence High School
Jack Galloway
David Gray
Don Grover
M. C. Allen
First Baptist Church
South Carolina
Robert Docking
Greater University Fund Drive
Skipper Williams
Kim Giffin
Jack Maxwell
Henry Werner
Britain
Bill Ashcraft
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Bill
Elizabeth Crafton
Knox College
Pi Beta Phi
Arlo Hults
Conrad McGrew
James Naismith
Gale Gordon
Charles Black
Albert Peterson
Paul Endacott
Tusten Ackerman
Miller
Massachusetts
Henry Brinkman
Josiah Miller
Quantril
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer
The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Jeremiah 17 9. Prayer asks God to search the heart, know thoughts, reveal wicked ways, and lead in the way everlasting through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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God
Jesus
Surrendering to the School Paper Trail
Columnist Jack Zimmerman laments the opaque coded course list used by schools. He deciphers bits like AMER GOVT and GERMAN while calling out the elusive 677680 and CON ECON AND BUS LAW, finally conceding the system outpaces him and joking he will sign future notices with a distant Army serial.
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C and J SR
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Strategic Air Command
Zimmerman
Jack B Sen Kan
Ely ST
Seneca
Kansas
Angry Democrats Sideline Agency Near 1966 Vote
Democrats wary of the National Committee plan an elite backroom directorate to steer the congressional campaign. Al Barkin and Lawrence O'Brien are eyed for key roles as funding gaps widen and staff are cut, while White House influence and committee debt complicate efforts.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Democratic
House
National Committee
Congress
White House
Eastern Seaboard
al Barkin
Organized Labor
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Barkin
Lawrence F. O'Brien
O'Brien
Johnson
John W. Bailey
Connecticut
Bailey
Courtly
Clifton Carter
Mr. Johnson
Texas
Carter
W. Marvin Watson Jr
Watson
North
Watson-Carter
O’brien
Tribute to Dr. Frank Jennings Beloved Lawrence figure dies
Letters from the Journal-World editor pay tribute to Dr. Frank Jennings who died recently. The piece recalls his long ministry from Ottawa University to First Baptist Church Lawrence and Minneapolis, his ecumenical work in Kansas and Boston, and his enduring cheer amid illness and loss.
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Jennings
Journal-World
Frank Jennings
Lawrence
Ottawa University
Divinity School
University of Chicago
First Baptist Church
University Baptist Church of
Minneapolis
Ray Brewster
Paul Rankin
C. V. Leigh
Kansas School of Religion
University
Boston
Mass
Coun
Margaret
Kansas City
Jesus before Herod the Galilean
The Lenten Story Pilot reports Jesus, a Galilean, shipped to Herod who hoped for miracles. After questioning, Herod sent Jesus to soldiers. They beat Him, clothed Him in a purple robe, placed a thorn crown, mocked Him, and saluted Him as King of the Jews.
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Jesus
Herod
Actors and legends share unlikely school tales during nightlife
George Hamilton admits he never finished high school while dating Lynda Bird Johnson. Tony Curtis recounts W C Fields surviving a Northwoods blizzard for three days with no whiskey, living on food and water.
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George Hamilton
Lynda Bird Johnson
el Morocco
Tony Curtis
W. C. Fields
Fields
New Books at City Library Highlights
The catalog lists works by Francois Mauriac Edmund Love George H. Nerr Norman Mackenzie Curtis LeMay Edmund Wilson Kingsley Amis Robert Conquest Sylvia Ashton Warner Sumner Locke Elliott Nichol as well as Don Carpenter Guillaume Apollinaire Sumner Locke Elliott and Walter O'Meara. Notable volumes include De Gaulle portraits Dream s and Dreaming Egyptian Society tale and The Duke of War set in Britain.
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de Gaulle
Francois Mauriac
Mauriac
France
Flushing
Edmund G. Love
Edmund Love
Formosa
George H. Nerr
Norman Mackenzie
Norman Mckenzie
Lemay
Curtis F. LeMay
AkKing
Edmund Wilson
America
Europe
Kingsley Amis
Robert Conquest
London
Metropolitan Egyptological Society
Socity
Nefertiti
Queen of
Sheba
Guillaume Apollinaire
Sumner Locke Elliott
Yabitha Wane
Don Carpenter
Portland
Ore
San Quentin
Duke OF War
Walter O'Meara
Flavia
Q. Marius Sabinus
Britain
Marius
Vila
Casadora
Corinium
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By Jack Zimmerman
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More Cooper
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Charlemagne
China
Japan
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DSG
James O’hara
Michigan
Richard Bolling
Missouri
Albert Schweitzer
Sy Wooom Ijshmath
The
Lyons den
Leonard Lyons
City Library
Thelma Helyar
Publishers’ Weekly
Michener
Stone
Auchincloss
Deighton
Machines
Schlesinger
Tuchman
Berne
Montgomery
Capote
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