Earning Big Money in Sports and Entertainment
The editorial argues that athletes and entertainers justify top pay as long as promoters and the public profit. It cites salaries from baseball, basketball, football, USFL, and Hollywood stars, contrasting with average workers, and notes shifts toward drama, sports, and public visibility over academic achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes
Joes
National Football League
USFL
New Jersey
Doug Flutie
Steve Young
Los Angeles Express
Michael Jackson
Frank Sinatra
Las Vegas
Dolly Parton
Geraldine Ferraro
Johnny Carson
Jane Wyman
Ronald Reagan
United States
Tip O’neill
Sonny Boy
Definition of a family farm by Bill Shirley
Farmland News quotes Bill Shirley, a farm family management specialist, defining a family farm as a place where people learn to work, love, and love to work. The piece invites reflection on the positive memories and shared experiences of farm families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Shirley
Farmland News
New KU Art Museum Forges Fund With 250000 Grant
The Kress Foundation of New York agreed to donate about 250000 toward Kansas University’s new 5 million dollar Spencer Museum of Art on campus. Former KU chancellors Murphy and Wescoe helped assemble the funding and press board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kress Foundation of
New York
Helen Foresman Spencer
Kansas University
Saudi Arabia
Archives hold line on Nixon papers despite law
In December 1974 Congress ordered public release of Nixon White House tapes and documents with regard to Watergate abuses. Thirty years of lawsuits and delays followed as archives proposed fresh access rules. The National Archives issued new proposals yet litigation looms, with critics demanding openness while lawyers warn delays persist until legal challenges run their course. Alan Morrison cautions readers to wait before seeking access at the archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Nixon White House
Nixon
Reagan
National Archives
Patrick J. Buchanan
Lyn Nofziger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Hudson Institute
William E. Timmons
Tom C. Korologos
R. Stan Mortenson
Mortenson
John Brademas
Indiana
Brademas
New York University
House of Congress
Alan B. Morrison
Readers laud Lawrence Symphony and KU basketball
Letters praise the Lawrence Symphony Concert in the Kansas Union Ballroom with 69 local musicians and free admission. They challenge a Geneva missile critique and discuss Stephen Ministry at First Presbyterian Church, broadcast journalism vs print, and celebrate Jayhawks reaching Final Four under Larry Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Lawrence
Lawrence Symphony
Kansas Union
First Presbyterian Church
Stephen
Larry Borwn
Jayhawks
Kansas
Allen Fieldhouse
Jayhawk
True Blue
Journal World Postage Notice in Lawrence Kan
Local newspaper postal notice states second class postage and AP and ABC memberships. It lists postmaster address changes to Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas with box number and ZIP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Journal-World
P.O
Journal-World Letters Policy Overview
The Journal-World invites reader letters under 350 words, edited for clarity without changing viewpoints. Letters must include the writer’s name, address, and phone number for verification. unsigned letters are not used. Pen names are not accepted. names and addresses appear in print but phone numbers do not. submissions should be exclusive and preferably typed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
March 30 1981 Reagan assassination attempt and other history
On March 30 1981 President Reagan was shot and wounded outside the Washington Hilton by John Hinckley Jr. Wounded also were White House press secretary James Brady a Secret Service agent and a DC police officer. Also noted are Florida becoming a US territory in 1822 Dr Crawford Long using ether as anesthetic in 1842 and Hyman Lipman patent for the pencil with eraser in 1858.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
John W. Hinckley Jr
Washington Hilton
White House
James S. Brady
Secret Service
District of Columbia
Florida
United States
Crawford W. Long
Jefferson
Hyman L. Lipman
Philadelphia
Security mania risks citizen involvement near the White House
The piece questions sealing two blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue to protect presidents, arguing it would erode openness and civic access. It notes CIA secrecy debates and warns that a secrets act could chill reporting and hinder government transparency. It urges restraint and preserves public access to a democratic space.
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Casey
Nicaragua
United States
Interagency
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
White House
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Elmer Schaake
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Stratford Rd
U.S
Geneva
David Beard
W. 20Th Ter
Thomas C. Ryan
1St Presbyterian Church
Bob Newton
Lawrence Ave
Newton
Basketball
Hawks
Brown
David Garfield
Campus Rd
Journal- World
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Dolph Simons Sr
Rolph Gage
Bill Mayer
Robert Nordyke
Allen Torrey
Eee
Ed Schultz
Donna Wiley
Eweneae
Keith Wood
Dallas Dolan
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Kaw
Douglas
Kansas City
James A. Baker 3d
the Treasury
William J. Casey
CIA
Stuart Taylor Jr
New York Times
Lafayette Park
Tom Wicker
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