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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1967
Page
2
A robot romance on Lost in Space features a beautiful female robot who enlists her lover to obtain a sub atomic energizer. He steals it, she uses it to threaten the crew, but the humans and hero robot trap and dismantle her. The finale hints at reassembly and a final happy ending.
The Lawrence Daily Journal World is published by The World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets Lawrence Kansas with editors and staff including President and Editor JR and Jack Minter News Editor Ernest Pontius and Leo Eller Business Manager W C Simons Editor 1854 1952 readers in Douglas areas pay monthly and yearly subscriptions with rates listed and AP and ABC memberships noted.
Lawrence voters approved a 2.25 million bond for two new fire stations and a public swimming pool with about 70 percent turnout. The air transportation center bond failed, delaying that project. The pool is to be ready by next spring and the fire stations to begin construction promptly.
Opinion notes that Missouri River dredging to deepen channels for barges has high costs and minimal observed benefits. It argues rail freight would be cheaper, citing 2,500,000 tons moved this year and a $413 million price tag for deepening the river, with yearly interest around $24.8 million.
The piece argues that government subsidies inflate river shipping and rail costs, calling for accountability. It contends taxpayers fund free waterways and regulate tariffs while railroads and truckers bear costs, suggesting the true burden runs to billions and urging defense of freight haulers.
In a New York AP piece Charles de Gaulle warns that inflation driven by the American dollar imperils Europe and global financial order. He argues U S monetary dominance risks economic invasion and calls for currency stability potentially via a gold standard.
Thanksgiving Day announcement named Jack Mitchell as EU football coach earning 15000 dollars annually on a five year contract. Edward Weatherby, noted educator and businessman, died at 81 and helped run the Lawrence Business College with W R Quakenbush from 1905 to 1951.
A devotional prayer requests the Holy Spirit to teach confident prayer and cleansing of hearts so believers may commune with God. It asks for church on earth to live as a unity rather than as separate units, offered in Jesus name.
A light AP column surveys quick judgments and quips on breakfast habits, wit, literature, fashion, law, money, philanthropy, manners, and daily life. It lampoons foibles from age, appetite, and etiquette with sharp one liners and wry observations.
Kansas Senate Education Committee recommends nonpartisan statewide election for the State Board of Education. The bill would place the board race on school election day or another high turnout time, with restrictions on current officers or employees holding board seats. The measure, led by Sen. Joseph Harder, moves to the Senate when session opens.
Barbara M Paris describes dangerous mismanagement by Highway Patrol at the 9th Iowa intersection after a football game. She cites three westbound lanes, a double yellow line, and a negligent patrol response that could have caused a serious accident.
Timothy Leary, once urging youth to tune in and drop out, announces he is withdrawing from public life. He condemns using LSD for selfish kicks, says he will resign from the League for Spiritual Discovery, and notes his Laguna Beach marriage to Rosemary Woodruff.
A 20 year old man, George Stubbs, brought a bundle of $5 bills totaling $500 to the police desk saying he found it in an alley. Investigators believe the money was withdrawn from a bank and may be for the finder if the rightful owner does not come forward.
The KKK in Mississippi remains active and organized, launching a new terror wave after the Meridian convictions. Bombings and arson target homes and institutions in Laurel Jackson Tougaloo College and other sites as Governor-elect Williams faces pressure from extremists and business interests.
Reader asks how to remove wood ticks and prevent bites. Advice says ticks don’t suck blood. suggesting area spraying and repellents. Other letters cover breast soreness before menses, smoking effects on lungs, and cataract surgery with contact lens tips.
A humorous note explains that in zero gravity a lit match cannot stay lit aboard a spaceship as hot gases form a sphere that douses the flame. It concludes with a wry line about quitting smoking.
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